ECS A790GXM-AD3 User Manual

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AMD RAID Configuration
b Select “ATI AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x86 platform” and press
Enter for 32-bit OS or Select “ATI AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x64
platform” and press Enter for 64-bit OS.
The following Windows Setup screen appears listing both drivers:.
Figure 1.12 Windows Setup—AMD drives listed
Press Enter to continue with Windows XP Installation.
Be sure to leave the floppy disk inserted in the floppy drive until the blue
screen portion of Windows XP installation is completed, then take out the
floppy.
Follow the instructions on how to install Windows XP.
After Windows XP is completely installed, it is recommended that you
install the ForceWare software in order to access the FastBuild RAID Man-
agement tool.
Note:
Each time you add a new hard drive to a RAID array, the RAID driver
will have to be installed under Windows once for that hard drive. After
that, the driver will not have to be installed.
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Figure 1.11 Windows Setup—Selected SCSI Adapter
The following Windows Setup screen appears:

ECS A790GXM-AD3 Specifications

General

Number of memory slots	4
Maximum internal memory	32 GB
Processor socket	Socket AM3
Processor manufacturer	AMD
USB 2.0 connectors	3
Power fan connector	Yes
Number of SATA connectors	6
Number of EATX power connectors	1
USB 2.0 ports quantity	USB 2.0 ports have a data transmission speed of 480 Mbps, and are backwards compatible with USB 1.1 ports. You can connect all kinds of peripheral devices to them.
Firewire (IEEE 1394) ports	0
Audio chip	Realtek ALC888
Motherboard chipset	AMD 790GX
Audio output channels	7.1 channels
Motherboard form factor	ATX
PCI Express x16 slots	2
Controller interface type	AMD SB750
Controller 2nd interface type	JMB 361
Graphics card	Radeon HD 3300
RAID levels	0, 1, 10
LAN controller	Realtek RTL8111C
Networking features	Gigabit Ethernet
BIOS memory size	64 Mbit

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	244 mm
Width	305 mm