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Preface Preface Copyright This publication, including all photographs, illustrations and software, is protected under international copyright laws, with all rights reserved. Neither this manual, nor any of the material contained herein, may be reprod...

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ii Preface Canadian Department of Communications This class B digital apparatus meets all requirements of the Canadian Interference- causing Equipment Regulations. Cet appareil numérique de la classe B respecte toutes les exigences du Réglement sur...

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iii TT TT T ABLE OF CONTENTSABLE OF CONTENTS ABLE OF CONTENTSABLE OF CONTENTS ABLE OF CONTENTS Preface i Chapter 1 1 Introducing the Motherboard 1 Introduction..............................................................

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iv Chapter 6 75 75 75 75 75 Intel ® Matrix Storage Manager RAID Configurations 75 Before creating a RAID set.............................................................75 Entering Intel ® Matrix Storag...

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1 Introducing the Motherboard Chapter 1 Introducing the Motherboard Introduction Thank you for choosing H61H2-A motherboard. This motherboard is a high performance, enhanced-function motherboard designed to support the LGA1155 socket for latest new S...

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2 Introducing the Motherboard Feature • Accommodates latest new Sandy Bridge high-end desktop proces- sors • DMI 20 GB/S • Supports “Hyper-Threading” technology CPU • One PCI Express x16 Gen2 port supporting up to 5 GB/s direction peak ba...

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3 Introducing the Motherboard The motherboard comes with the following expansion options: • One PCI Express x16 slot for Graphic Interface • Three PCI Express x1 slots • Two 32-bit PCI v2.2 compliant slots • Four 7-pin SATA 3.0 Gb/s conn...

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4 Introducing the Motherboard • LGA1155 socket for latest new Sandy Bridge high-end desk- top processors • DMI 20 GB/S • Supports “Hyper-Threading” technology CPU CPU Specifications • Intel ® H61 Chipset Chipset • ITE IT8893 PCI Bridg...

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5 Introducing the Motherboard Motherboard Components Form Factor • ATX Size, 305mm x 195mm • Supports PgUp clear CMOS Hotkey (Has PS2 KB Model only) • Supports ACPI 3.0 revision • Supports ECS M.I.B III Utility, GPU Voltage Adjustable, Multi-...

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6 Introducing the Motherboard Table of Motherboard Components This concludes Chapter 1. The next chapter explains how to install the motherboard. LABEL COMPONENTS LGA1155 socket for for latest new Sandy Bridge high-end desktop processors 2. CPU_FAN...

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7 Installing the Motherboard Chapter 2 Installing the Motherboard Safety Precautions • Follow these safety precautions when installing the motherboard • Wear a grounding strap attached to a grounded device to avoid dam- age from static electricit...

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8 Installing the Motherboard Checking Jumper Settings This section explains how to set jumpers for correct configuration of the motherboard. Setting Jumpers Use the motherboard jumpers to set system configuration options. Jumpers with more than one p...

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9 Installing the Motherboard Checking Jumper Settings The following illustration shows the location of the motherboard jumpers. Pin 1 is labeled. Jumper Settings To avoid the system instability after clearing CMOS, we recommend users to enter the mai...

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10 Installing the Motherboard Installing Hardware Installing the Processor Caution: When installing a CPU heatsink and cooling fan make sure that you DO NOT scratch the motherboard or any of the surface-mount resis- tors with the clip of the cooling ...

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11 Installing the Motherboard A. Opening of the Load Plate · Put your thumb on the tail of the load plate and press the tail down. · Rotate the load plate to fully open position. B. Disengaging of the Load Lever · Hold the hook of lever a...

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12 Installing the Motherboard Installing Memory Modules This motherboard accommodates two memory modules. It can support two 240-pin DDR3 DDR3 1333/1066 SDRAM. The total memory capacity is 16 GB. You must install at least one module in any of the two...

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13 Installing the Motherboard Installation Procedure Refer to the following to install the memory modules. 1 This motherboard supports unbuffered DDR3 SDRAM . 2 Push the latches on each side of the DIMM slot down. 3 Align the memory module with the s...

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14 Installing the Motherboard Installing Add-on Cards The slots on this motherboard are designed to hold expansion cards and connect them to the system bus. Expansion slots are a means of adding or enhancing the motherboard’s features and capabilit...

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15 Installing the Motherboard Follow these instructions to install an add-on card: 1 Remove a blanking plate from the system case corresponding to the slot you are going to use. 2 Install the edge connector of the add-on card into the expansion slot....

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16 Installing the Motherboard SATA1~4: Serial ATAII connectors These connectors are used to support the Serial ATA 3Gb/s devices, simpler disk drive cabling and easier PC assembly. It eliminates limitations of the current Parallel ATA interface. But ...

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17 Installing the Motherboard F_USB1~2(USB 2.0): Front Panel USB 2.0 headers The motherboard has two USB 2.0 headers supporting four USB 2.0 ports. Addition- ally, some computer cases have USB 2.0 ports at the front of the case. If you have this kind...

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18 Installing the Motherboard SPDIFO: SPDIF out header This is an optional header that provides an SPDIFO (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) output to digital multimedia device through optical fiber or coaxial connector. 1 SPDIFOUT 2 +5V 3 Key 4 GND Pi...

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19 Installing the Motherboard Installing a SATA Hard Drive This section describes how to install SATA devices such as a hard disk drive and a CD- ROM drive. SATA cable (optional) SATA power cable (optional) About SATA Connectors Your motherboard feat...

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20 Installing the Motherboard Connecting I/O Devices The backplane of the motherboard has the following I/O ports: LAN Port Connect an RJ-45 jack to the LAN port to connect your computer to the Network. Use the USB 2.0 ports to connect USB 2.0 device...

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21 Installing the Motherboard Connecting Case Components After you have installed the motherboard into a case, you can begin connecting the motherboard components. Refer to the following: The ATX 24-pin connector allows you to connect to ATX v2.x pow...

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22 Installing the Motherboard ATX_POWER: ATX 24-pin Power Connector Users please note that the fan connector supports the CPU cooling fan of 1.1A ~ 2.2A (26.4W max) at +12V. CPU_FAN: CPU cooling FAN Power Connector 1 GND System Ground 3 Sense...

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23 Installing the Motherboard SPK: Internal speaker Pin Signal Name 1 VCC 2 Key 3 NC 4 Signal PWR_FAN: FAN Power Connector 3 Sense Sensor 2 +12V Power +12V 1 GND ...

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24 Installing the Motherboard Hard Drive Activity LED Connecting pins 1 and 3 to a front panel mounted LED provides visual indication that data is being read from or written to the hard drive. For the LED to function properly, an IDE drive should be ...

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25 Using BIOS About the Setup Utility The computer uses the latest “American Megatrends Inc. ” BIOS with support for Windows Plug and Play. The CMOS chip on the motherboard contains the ROM setup instructions for configuring the motherboard BIOS....

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26 Using BIOS Press the delete key to access BIOS Setup Utility. Using BIOS When you start the Setup Utility, the main menu appears. The main menu of the Setup Utility displays a list of the options that are available. A highlight indicates which opt...

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27 Using BIOS The default BIOS setting for this motherboard apply for most conditions with optimum performance. We do not suggest users change the default values in the BIOS setup and take no responsibility to any damage caused by changing the BIOS s...

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28 Using BIOS LAN Configuration The item in the menu shows the LAN-related information that the BIOS automatically detects. LAN Configuration Onboard LAN Controller [Enabled] Enable/Disable Onboard LAN Controller Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) ...

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29 Using BIOS Onboard LAN Controller (Enabled) Use this item to enable or disable the Onboard LAN. Press <Esc> to return to the Advanced Menu page. ECS eJIFFY Function ECS eJIFFY Function [Disabled] Make sure that the eJIFFY has been installed ...

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30 Using BIOS -=- PECI Mode -=- Offset to TCC Activation Temp : -27 Smart Fan start PWM value 180 Smart Fan start PWM TEMP(-) 30 Delta T +3 Smart Fan Slope PWM value...

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31 Using BIOS • System Temperature • CPU Fan Speed • CPU Voltage • AXG Voltage • DIMM Voltage • PCH Voltage System Component Characteristics These items display the monitoring of the overall inboard har...

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32 Using BIOS Resume By PS2 KB (S3) (Disabled) This item enables or disables you to allow keyboard activity to awaken the system from power saving mode. Power Management Setup Resume by RING [Disabled] Resume By PCI/PCI-E/Lan PME ...

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33 Using BIOS CPU Configuration The item in the menu shows the CPU . CPU Configuration Intel (R) Core(TM) i5-2500K CPU @ 3.30GHz EMT64 Supported Processor Speed 3300 MHz Processor Stepping 206a6 Microcode Revision 28 Processor Cores 4 Intel HT Techn...

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34 Using BIOS Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2500K CPU @ 3.30GHz This is display-only field and diaplays the information of the CPU installed in your computer. EMT64 (Supported) This item shows the computer supports EMT64. Processor Speed (3300MHz) This item s...

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35 Using BIOS Press <Esc> to return to the Advanced Menu page. SATA Configuration Use this item to show the mode of serial SATA configuration options. SATA Configuration SATA Mode [IDE Mode] Serial-ATA Controller 0 ...

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36 Using BIOS All USB Devices (Enabled) Use this item to enable or disable all USB devices. USB Configuration Use this item to show the information of USB configuration. +/- :Change Opt. Enter : Select   :Select Screen :Select Item USB C...

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37 Using BIOS Super IO Configuration Scroll to this item and press <Enter> to view the following screen: Super IO Chip (IT8728) This item shows the information of the super IO chip. +/- :Change Opt. Enter : Select   :Select Screen ...

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38 Using BIOS Parallel Port Configuration Scroll to this item and press <Enter> and view the following screen. Parallel Port (Enabled) This item allows you to enable or disable serial port. Device Settings (IO=378h; IRQ=5; DMA=3) This item s...

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39 Using BIOS The chipset menu items allow you to change the settings for the North chipset, South chipset and other system. Chipset Menu North Bridge Scroll to this item and press <Enter> and view the following screen. Initate Graphic Adapt...

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40 Using BIOS IGD Multi-Monitor (Disabled) This item enables or disables IGD(Internal Graphics device) multi-monitor. Press <Esc> to return to the chipset menu page. Multi-Monitor technology Please note that Multi-Monitor technology supports up...

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41 Using BIOS +/- :Change Opt. Enter : Select   :Select Screen :Select Item F1:General Help Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc. F2:Previous Values F3:Optimized Defaults ...

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42 Using BIOS 2.Select display devices, set the multiple displays option and to extend destop for display “Multi-Monitor technology”. Change the apprearance of your displays Control Panel All Control Panel Items Display Screen Resolution Sear...

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43 Using BIOS Change the apprearance of your displays Control Panel All Control Panel Items Display Screen Resolution Search Control Panel 1 Detect Identify 4. AL1717Display: Resolution: 1920 x 1200 (recommended) Orientation: Landscape...

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44 Using BIOS South Bridge +/- :Change Opt. Enter : Select   :Select Screen :Select Item F1:General Help Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc. F2:Previous Values F3:Optimized ...

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45 Using BIOS Azalia HD Audio Enabled Disabled +/- :Change Opt. Enter : Select   :Select Screen :Select Item F1:General Help Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc. F2:Previous Values ...

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46 Using BIOS ICC Over-Clocking Lib Version (7.0.0.29) This item shows the ICC over-clocking lib version. Number of ICC Profiles (N/A) This item shows number of ICC profiles. This page enables you to set the clock speed and system bus for your system...

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47 Using BIOS Press <Esc> to return to the M.I.B III menu page. Current ICC Profiles Index (N/A) This item shows current ICC profiles index. ICC Enable (Disabled) This item allows you to enable or disable current ICC. ...

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48 Using BIOS  Memory Voltage Control Memory Voltage Control Memory Voltage Config [Auto]  :Select Screen Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc. Memory Voltage Control +/- :Change ...

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49 Using BIOS  Performance Tunning Performance Tuning CPU Configuration Chipset Configuration  :Select Screen Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc. CPU Configuration +/- :Change Opt. Enter : Select  :Selec...

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50 Using BIOS Power Limit 1 Value (Watt) (95) Use this item to control the limit of the TDP. This is for Turbo mode. Power Limit 2 Switch (Enabled) Use this item to control the Power Limit 2. This is for Turbo mode. Power Limit 2 Value (118) Use this...

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51 Using BIOS Press <Esc> to return to the Performance Tunning page. Row Precharge Time(tRP) (9) This item specifies Row precharge to Active or Auto-Refresh of the same bank. RAS# to CAS# Delay(tRCD) (9) This item specifies the RAS# to CAS# del...

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52 Using BIOS Auto Detect DIMM/PCI Clk (Enabled) When this item is enabled, BIOS will disable the clock signal of free DIMM/PCI slots. Spread Spectrum (Enabled) If you enable spread spectrum, it can significantly reduce the EMI (Electro- MagneticInte...

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53 Using BIOS This page enables you to set the keyboard NumLock state. Boot Menu Boot Configuration This item shows the information of the boot Configuration. Bootup NumLock State (On) This item determines if the NumLock key is active or inactive at ...

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54 Using BIOS This page enables you to set setup administrator and password. Security Menu +/- :Change Opt. Enter : Select   :Select Screen :Select Item F1:General Help Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatren...

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55 Using BIOS Save Changes and Exit Scroll to this item and press <Enter> to view the following screen: This page enables you to exit system setup after saving or without saving the changes. Save & Exit Menu Save Changes and Exit Discard Ch...

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56 Using BIOS Boot Override Use this item enables you to set the device order. Save Options This item enables you to save the options that you have made. Save Changes This item enables you to save the changes that you have made. Discard Changes This ...

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57 Using BIOS Updating the BIOS You can download and install updated BIOS for this motherboard from the manufacturer’s Web site. New BIOS provides support for new peripherals, improve- ments in performance, or fixes for known bugs. Install new BIOS...

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58 Using BIOS Memo ...

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59 Using the Motherboard Software Chapter 4 Using the Motherboard Software Auto-installing under Windows XP/Vista/7 The Auto-install DVD-ROM/CD-ROM makes it easy for you to install the drivers and software for your motherboard. If the Auto-install DV...

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60 Using the Motherboard Software Drivers Setup Click the Setup button to run the software installation program. Select from the menu which software you want to install. Browse CD The Browse CD button is the standard Windows command that allows you t...

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61 Using the Motherboard Software 2. Click Next. The following screen appears: 3. Check the box next to the items you want to install. The default optionsare recom- mended. 4. Click Next run the Installation Wizard. An item installation screen appear...

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62 Using the Motherboard Software Manual Installation Insert the disk in the DVD-ROM/CD-ROM drive and locate the PATH.DOC file in the root directory. This file contains the information needed to locate the drivers for your motherboard. Look for the c...

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Setting Up eJIFFY 63 Introduction eJIFFY is a fast boot program under Linux. Instead of waiting Windows O.S to start execution, eJIFFY is ready to provide users the instant enjoyment on web browsing, photo review and online chat just within several s...

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Setting Up eJIFFY 64 Installation and BIOS Setup DVD Activation Finish the DVD utility setup, and then set the BIOS to complete eJIFFY activation. 1. Insert ECS software utility DVD and enter below “Utilities” screen. Click eJIFFY feature item t...

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Setting Up eJIFFY 65 3. After setting up eJIFFY under Windows, you can switch eJIFFY display/keyboard language from English to your local language. The changes will be applied after rebooting. Note: The keyboard language selection list offers several...

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Setting Up eJIFFY 66 4. Restart your computer after eJIFFY installation. Press <DEL> or click the BIOS Setup button on the post screen to enter the BIOS setup page after boot up. 5. And then enter the Advanced Setup page to enable the item ECS ...

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Setting Up eJIFFY 67 Entering eJIFFY The post screen appears within several seconds after boot up and it has three buttons If you click eJIFFY, the following screen will appear. And If you make no choice it will enter the normal OS automatically afte...

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Setting Up eJIFFY 68 Feature Icons The following illustration shows the main feature icons that eJIFFY provides on the menu. ePix: Photo viewing. eWeb: Firefox for web browsing/webmail and watching flash video. Shut Down/Restart: Ends your session...

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Setting Up eJIFFY 69 to open the language control panel. Keyboard Language Setup Usage FAQ Language Control Panel: Besides setting English as the default interface, eJIFFY offers multi-language displays and keyboard settings for language- switch. Ope...

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Setting Up eJIFFY 70 Click the language bar here. Move your mouse pointer on the text box and press Ctrl+Space. The language bar will then appear as fol- lows. Select your desired language Click to enable all possible language inputs y...

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Setting Up eJIFFY 71 How to change display language? Open the Language Control Panel and click to show the display language list. Check your desired display language. Your selected display language will be applied after rebooting. How to set ...

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Setting Up eJIFFY 72 Step1 Select the icon , press the right key of your mouse, then select “Edit Connection...” item. Step2 Select the connection you want (eg. Wired) and click “+Add” button. (1) Wired connection Types of connections ...

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Setting Up eJIFFY 73 (2) Wireless connection (3) DSL connection Note: Details about eJIFFY please refer to eJIFFY in disk. ...

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Setting Up eJIFFY 74 Memo ...

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75 Intel ® Matrix Storage Manager RAID Configurations The Intel ® Matrix Storage Manager allows you to configure RAID 0, and 1 sets on the external Serial ATA hard disk drives. Complete the following steps before you create a RAID set: 1. Install...

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76 Intel ® Matrix Storage Manager RAID Configurations 2. The main Intel ® Matrix Storage Manager RAID BIOS menu appears. Entering Intel ® Matrix Storage Manager RAID BIOS util- ity 1. During POST, press <Ctrl-I> to enter the Intel ® Mat...

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77 Intel ® Matrix Storage Manager RAID Configurations 2. When the RAID Level item is highlighted, use the up/down arrow key to select the RAID set that you want to create. Creating a RAID set 1. In the main Intel ® Matrix Storage Manager RAID BIO...

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78 Intel ® Matrix Storage Manager RAID Configurations Pressing <Y> deletes all the data in the HDDs. 5. The following screen appears, displaying the relevant information about the RAID set you created. Users please be noted that RAID 0 (Strip...

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79 Intel ® Matrix Storage Manager RAID Configurations Deleting a RAID set 1. In the main Intel ® Matrix Storage Manager RAID BIOS menu, highlight Delete RAID Volume using the up/down arrow key then press <Enter>. 2. Use the space bar to sel...

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80 Intel ® Matrix Storage Manager RAID Configurations Resetting disks to Non-RAID An HDD that has been previously configured as part of another RAID set in another platform is called a broken RAID HDD. When you install a broken RAID HDD, you cann...

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81 Trouble Shooting Chapter 7 Trouble Shooting Start up problems during assembly After assembling the PC for the first time you may experience some start up problems. Before calling for technical support or returning for warranty, this chapter may he...

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82 Trouble Shooting Maintenance and care tips Your computer, like any electrical appliance, requires proper care and maintenance. Here are some basic PC care tips to help prolong the life of the motherboard and keep it running as best as it can. Star...

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Power Bu on is pressed but PC fails to start. Yes Check if Power Supply Unit (PSU) is working No No Any Beep sound? No CLR CMOS and check if CPU 12V power is connected art the PC stRe Problem with PSU or board? If board probl...

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84 Memo ...