ASROCK Z87 OC Formula/ac Installation And Configuration Guide

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Guide to SATA Hard Disks
Installation and RAID Conguration
1. Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation ..............................2
1.1 Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Disks Installation ................2
2. GuidetoRAIDCongurations ...........................................3
2.1 Introduction of RAID .................................................3
 2.2 RAIDCongurationPrecautions ..............................6
 2.3 InstallingWindows
®
8/864-bit/7/764-bitWith
RAID Functions ........................................................7
 2.4 SettingtheBIOSRAIDItems ...................................8
 2.5 ConguringaRAIDarray .........................................8
2.5.1 ConguringaRAIDarrayUsingUEFISetupUtility ...... 8
2.5.2 ConguringaRAIDarrayUsingIntelRAIDBIOS ...... 13
3. InstallingWindows
®
onaHDDunder2TBinRAID
 mode  ..................................................................17
4. InstallingWindows
®
onaHDDlargerthan2TBin
 RAIDmode ..................................................................18

ASROCK Z87 OC Formula/ac Specifications

General

Socket	LGA 1150
Chipset	Intel Z87
Form Factor	ATX
Memory Slots	4
Max Memory	32GB
PCI Express 3.0 x16	3
PCI Express 2.0 x1	2
PCI Slots	2
SATA 6Gb/s	8
SATA Express	1
M.2	1
Audio Chipset	Realtek ALC1150
Audio Channels	7.1
Max. LAN Speed	10/100/1000 Mbps
Dimensions (W x L)	30.5 cm x 24.4 cm
Memory Standard	DDR3
Wireless LAN	802.11ac
Bluetooth	No
USB 3.0	4
USB 2.0	6
Back Panel Ports	1 x HDMI, 1 x DisplayPort, 4 x USB 3.0
Power Pin	24-pin ATX
RAID Support	0, 1, 10