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  • Page 1

    1 H77M User Manual V ersion 1.1 Published July 2012 Copyright©2012 ASRock INC. All rights reserved.[...]

  • Page 2

    2 Copyright Notice: No part of this manual may be reproduced, transcribed, transmitted, or translated in any language, in any form or by any means, except duplication of documentation by the purchaser for backup purpose, without written consent of ASRock Inc. Products and corporate names appearing in this manual may or may not be regis- tered trade[...]

  • Page 3

    3 Contents 1 Introduction ......................................................... 7 1.1 Package Contents ......................................................... 7 1.2 Specications ................................................................. 8 1.3 Motherboard Layout ....................................................... 13 1.4 I/O Panel[...]

  • Page 4

    4 3 UEFI SETUP UTILITY ................................................. 42 3.1 Introduction .................................................................... 42 3.1.1 UEFI Menu Bar .................................................... 42 3.1.2 Navigation Keys ................................................... 43 3.2 Main Screen ................[...]

  • Page 5

    5 Chapter 1: Introduction Th an k y ou fo r pu rc ha si ng AS Ro ck H 77 M m ot he rbo ar d, a re li ab le m ot he rb oar d produced under ASRock’s consistently stringent quality control. It delivers excellent performance with robust design conforming to ASRock’s commitment to quality and endurance. In this manual, chapter 1 and 2 contains intr[...]

  • Page 6

    6 1.2 Specifications Platform - Micro A TX Form Factor: 9.6-in x 8.5-in, 24.4 cm x 21.6 cm - All Solid Capacitor design CPU - Supports 3 rd and 2 nd Generation Intel ® Core TM i7 / i5 / i3 in LGA1 155 Package - Digi Power Design - 4 + 2 Power Phase Design - Supports Intel ® T urbo Boost 2.0 T echnology - Supports Intel ® K-Series unlocked CPU - [...]

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    7 - Supports HDMI 1.4a T echnology with max. resolution up to 1920x1200 @ 60Hz - Supports DVI with max. resolution up to 1920x1200 @ 60Hz - Supports D-Sub with max. resolution up to 2048x1536 @ 75Hz - Supports Auto Lip Sync, Deep Color (12bpc), xvYCC and HBR (High Bit Rate Audio) with HDMI (Compliant HDMI monitor is required) (see CAUTION 7 ) - Sup[...]

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    8 Connector - 4 x SA T A2 3.0 Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, Intel Rapid Storage and Intel Smart Response T echnology), NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug functions - 2 x SA T A3 6.0Gb/s connectors - 1 x IR header - 1 x CIR header - 1 x Print Port header - 1 x COM port header - 1 x HDMI_SPDIF header - CPU/Chassis/Power F AN con[...]

  • Page 9

    9 W ARNING Please realize that there is a certain risk involved with overclocking, including adjusting the setting in the BIOS, applying Untied Overclocking T echnology , or using third-party overclocking tools. Overclocking may affect your system’s stability , or even cause damage to the components and devices of your system. It should be done a[...]

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    10 7. xvYCC and Deep Color are only supported und er Windows ® 7 64-bit / 7. Deep Color mode will be enabled only if the display supports 12bpc in EDID. HBR is supported under Windows ® 7 64-bit / 7 / V ista TM 64-bit / Vista TM . 8. For microphone input, this motherboard supports both stereo and mono modes. For audio output, this motherboard sup[...]

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    11 12. ASRock Smart V iew, a n ew functio n for i nternet bro wsers, is the smar t start page for IE that combines your most visited web sites, your history , your Fac ebook frie nds and yo ur real -time newsf eed in to an enha nced view for a more personal Internet experience. ASRock motherboards are exclusive ly equipped with the ASRock SmartView[...]

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    12 20. ASRock XFast RA M is not supported by Microsoft ® Windows ® XP / XP 64-bit. Intel ® Smart Connect T echnology and Intel ® USB 3.0 ports are not supported by Microsoft ® Windows ® Vista TM / Vista TM 64-bit / XP / XP 64- bit. 21. EuP stands for Energy Using Product, was a provision regulated by the Eu ro pea n U nio n t o de fi ne t he [...]

  • Page 13

    13 1.3 Motherboard Layout 1 A TX 12V Power Connector (A TX12V1) 2 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_F AN1) 3 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_F AN2) 4 1 155-Pin CPU Socket 5 2 x 240-pin DDR3 DIMM Slots (DDR3_A1, DDR3_B1, Black) 6 A TX Power Connector (A TXPWR1) 7 USB 3.0 Header (USB3_0_1, Black) 8 SA T A3 Connector (SA T A3_1, Gray) 9 SA T A3 Connector (SA T A3_0, Gray[...]

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    14 1.4 I/O P anel * There are two LED next to the LAN port. Please refer to the table below for the LAN port LED indications. LAN Port LED Indications Activity/Link LED SPEED LED Status Description Status Description Off No Link Of f 10Mbps connection Blinking Data Activity Orange 100Mbps connection On Link Green 1Gbps connection 1 USB 2.0 Ports (U[...]

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    15 T o enable Multi-Streaming function, you need to connect a front panel audio cable to the front panel audio header . After restarting your computer , you will nd “Mixer” tool on your system. Please select “Mixer T oolBox” , click “Enable playback multi-streaming”, and click “ok”. Choose “2CH”, “4CH”, “6CH”, or “8[...]

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    16 Chapter 2: Installation This is a Micro A TX form factor (9.6" x 8.5", 24.4 x 21.6 cm) motherboard. Before you install the motherboard, study the conguration of your chassis to ensure that the motherboard ts into it. Make sure to unplug the power cord before installing or removing the motherboard. Failure to do so may cause physi[...]

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    17 1 155-Pin Socket Overview 2.3 CPU Installation In order to provide the LGA 1 155 CPU sock- et s m or e p ro te ct io n a nd m ak e t he in s ta l- la tio n pr oce ss e asi er, AS Ro ck ha s a dd ed a ne w pr otec tion c over o n to p o f th e l oad pla te to r epla ce the for mer P nP ca ps tha t were under the load plate. For the installa - tio[...]

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    18 Pin1 alignment key alignment key Pin1 1 155-Pin CPU For proper installation, please ensure to match the two orientation key notches of the CPU with the two alignment keys of the socket. Step 2-3. C a r e f u l l y p l a c e t h e C P U i n t o t h e socket. Step 2-4. Verify that the CPU is within the sock- et an d p ro per ly m at ed t o t he o [...]

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    19 2.4 Installation of CPU F an and Heatsink Thi s m other board is e quip ped wi th 1 1 55-Pi n s ocket tha t s uppor ts I ntel 1155-P in CPUs. Please adopt the type of heatsink and cooling fan compliant with Intel 1 155- Pin CPU to dissipate heat. Before you install the heatsink, you need to spray ther- mal interface material between the CPU and [...]

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    20 2.5 Installation of Memor y Modules (DIMM) This mot herboar d pr ovides t wo 2 40-pin D DR3 (Dou ble Data R ate 3) DI MM slots , and su pport s Dual C hannel M emory T e chnol ogy . For du al cha nnel c onfig urati on, yo u alw ays n eed to i nst all tw o ide nti cal (t he sa me b ran d, s peed , si ze a nd ch ip- type) memory modules in the DDR[...]

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    21 2.6 Expansion Slots (PCI and PCI Express Slots) There are 2 PCI slots and 2 PCI Express slots on this motherboard. PCI slots: PCI slots are used to install expansion cards that have the 32-bit PCI interface. PCIE slots: PCIE1 (PCIE 3.0 x16 slot) is used for PCI Express x16 lane width graphics cards, or to install PCI Express graphics cards to su[...]

  • Page 22

    22 1. If a customer incorrectly congures their system they will not see the performance benets of CrossFireX TM . All three CrossFireX TM components, a CrossFireX TM Ready graphics card, a CrossFireX TM Ready motherboard and a CrossFireX TM Edition co-processor graphics card, must be installed correctly to benet from the CrossFireX TM mult[...]

  • Page 23

    23 CrossFire Bridge Step 3. Co nnect the DVI monitor cable to the DVI connector on the Radeon graph- ics card on PCIE1 slot. (Y ou may use the DVI to D-Sub adapter to convert the DVI connector to D-Sub interface, and then connect the D-Sub monitor cable to the DVI to D-Sub adapter .) Step 2. Connect two Radeon graphics cards by installing a CrossFi[...]

  • Page 24

    24 The Catalyst Uninstaller is an optional download. We recommend using this utility to uninstall any previously installed Catalyst drivers prior to installation. Please check AMD’s website for AMD driver updates. Step 3. Install the required drivers to your system. For Windows ® XP OS: A. AMD recommends Windows ® XP Service Pack 2 or higher to[...]

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    25 Although you have selected the option “Enable CrossFire TM ”, the CrossFireX TM function may not work actually . Y our computer will automatically reboot. After restarting your computer , please conrm whether the option “Enable CrossFire TM ” in “A TI Catalyst Control Cent er” is selected or not; if not, please select it again, an[...]

  • Page 26

    26 2. If you have already installed the onboard VGA driver from our support CD to your system, you can freely enjoy the benets of dual monitor function after your system boots. If you haven’t installed the onboard VGA driver yet, please install the onboard VGA driver from our support CD to your system and restart your computer . 2.8 Dual Monit[...]

  • Page 27

    27 Surround Display Feature This motherboard supports surround display upgrade. With the internal VGA output support (DVI-D, D-Sub and HDMI) and external add-on PCI Express VGA cards, you can easily enjoy the benets of surround display feature. Please refer to the following steps to set up a surround display environment: 1. Install the PCI Expre[...]

  • Page 28

    28 HDCP Function HDCP function is supported on this motherboard. T o use HDCP function with this motherboard, you need to adopt a monitor that supports HDCP function as well. Therefore, you can enjoy the superior display quality with high-denition HDCP encryption contents. Please refer to the instructions below for more details about HDCP functi[...]

  • Page 29

    29 * ASRock Smart Remote is only supported by some of ASRock's motherboards. Please refer to ASRock's website for the motherboard support list: http://www .asrock.com USB 2.0 header (9-pin, black) CIR header (4-pin, gray) 2.9 ASRock Smart Remote Installation Guide ASR ock S mart R emot e is o nly u sed f or ASRo ck mo therb oard s with C [...]

  • Page 30

    30 2.10 Jumpers Setup T h e i l l u s t r a t io n s h o w s h o w j u m p e r s a r e setup. When the jumper cap is placed on pins, the jumper is “Short”. If no jumper cap is placed on pins, the jumper is “Open”. The i l lu s t r at i o n s h ow s a 3 - pi n j u m p er w h os e pin1 and pin2 are “Short” when jumper cap is placed on the[...]

  • Page 31

    31 2.11 Onboard Headers and Connectors Onboar d headers and con nectors a re NOT jum pers. Do NOT place jumper caps over these headers and connectors. Placing jumper caps over the headers and connectors will cause permanent damage of the motherboard! Serial A T A2 Connectors These four Serial A T A2 (SA T A2) (SA T A2_2: see p.13, No. 10) connector[...]

  • Page 32

    32 Infrared Module Header This header supports an (5-pin IR1) optional wireless transmitting (see p.13, No. 25) and receiving infrared module. USB 3.0 Header Besides two default USB 3.0 (19-pin USB3_0_1) ports on the I/O panel, there is (see p.13, No. 7) one USB 3.0 header on this motherboard. This USB 3.0 head er ca n supp ort tw o USB 3.0 ports. [...]

  • Page 33

    33 D. MIC_RET and OUT_RET are for HD audio panel only . Y ou don’t need to connect them for AC’97 audio panel. E. T o activate the front mic. For Windows ® XP / XP 64-bit OS: Select “Mixer”. Select “Recorder”. Then click “FrontMic”. For Windows ® 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista TM / Vista TM 64-bit OS: Go to the “FrontMic” T ab in the Re[...]

  • Page 34

    34 Chassis and Power Fan Connectors Please connect the fan cables (4-pin CHA_F AN1) to the fan connectors an d match (see p.13, No. 22) the black wire to the ground pin. CHA_F AN1 and CHA_F AN2 (3-pin CHA_F AN2) supports Fan Control. (see p.13, No. 31) (3-pin PWR_F AN1) (see p.13, No. 32) CPU Fan Connectors Please connect the CPU fan (4-pin CPU_F A[...]

  • Page 35

    35 4-Pin A TX 12V Power Supply Installation Though this motherboard provides 8-pin A TX 12V power connector , it can still work if you adopt a traditional 4-pin A TX 12V power supply . T o use the 4-pin A TX power supply , please plug your power supply along with Pin 1 and Pin 5. Serial port Header This COM1 header supports a (9-pin COM1) serial po[...]

  • Page 36

    36 2.12 Serial A T A (SA T A) / Serial A T A2 (SA T A2) Hard Disks Installation This motherboard adopts Intel ® H77 chipset that supports Serial A T A (SA T A) / Serial A T A2 (SA T A2) hard disks and RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, Intel Rapid Storage and Intel Smart Response T echnology) functions. Y ou may install SA T A / SA T A2 hard d[...]

  • Page 37

    37 2.14 Hot Plug and Hot Swap F unctions for SA T A / SA T A2 HDDs This motherboard supports Hot Plug and Hot Swap functions for SA T A / SA T A2 in RAID / AHCI mode . Intel ® H77 chipset pro vides hardware support for Advanced Host controller Interface (AHCI), a new programming interface for SA T A host controllers developed through a joint indus[...]

  • Page 38

    38 Caution 1. Without SA T A 15-pin power connector interface, the SA T A / SA T A2 / SA T A3 Hot Plug cannot be processed. 2. Even some SA T A / SA T A2 / SA T A3 HDDs provide both SA T A 15-pin power connector and IDE 1x4-pin conventional power connector interfaces, the IDE 1x4-pin conventional power connector interface is denitely not able to[...]

  • Page 39

    39 How to Hot Plug a SA T A / SA T A2 / SA T A3 HDD: Points of attention, before you process the Hot Plug: Please do follow below instruction sequence to process the Hot Plug, improper procedure will cause the SA T A / SA T A2 / SA T A3 HDD damage and data loss. Connect SA T A data cable to the motherboard’s SA T A2 / SA T A3 connector . Connect [...]

  • Page 40

    40 2.17 Driver Installation Guide T o install the drivers to your system, please insert the support CD to your optical drive rst. Then, the drivers compatible to your system can be auto-detected and listed on the support CD driver page. Please follow the order from up to bottom side to install those required drivers. Therefore, the drivers you i[...]

  • Page 41

    41 2.19 Installing Windows ® 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista TM / Vista TM 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit Without RAID Functions If you want to install Windows ® 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista TM / Vista TM 64-bit / XP / XP 64- bit OS on your SA T A / SA T A2 / SA T A3 HDDs without RAID functions, please follow below procedures according to the OS you install. 2.19.1 Instal[...]

  • Page 42

    42 Chapter 3: UEFI SETUP UTILITY 3.1 Introduction This section explains how to use the UEFI SETUP UTILITY to congure your system. The UEFI chip on the motherboard stores the UEFI SETUP UTILITY . Y ou may run the UEFI SETUP UTILITY when you start up the computer. Please press <F2> o r <De l> d uring the Power -On-Self- T est (POS T) t[...]

  • Page 43

    43 3.1.2 Navigation K eys Please check the following table for the function description of each navigation key . Navigation Key(s) Function Description / Moves cursor left or right to select Screens / Moves cursor up or down to select items + / - T o change option for the selected items <T ab> Switch to next function <Enter> T o bring u[...]

  • Page 44

    44 3.3 OC T weak er Screen In the OC T weaker screen, you can set up overclocking features. CPU Conguration CPU T urbo Ratio Use this item to change the ratio value of this motherboard. Intel SpeedStep T echnology Intel SpeedStep technology is Intel’s new power saving technology . Pro- cessors can switch between multiple frequencies and voltag[...]

  • Page 45

    45 Short Duration Power Limit Use this item to congure short duration power limit in watts. The default value is [Auto]. Primary Plane Current Limit Use this item to congure the maximum instantaneous current allowed for the primary plane. The default value is [Auto]. Secondary Plane Current Limit Use this item to congure the maximum instan[...]

  • Page 46

    46 DRAM tRP Use this item to change Row Precharge T ime (tRP) Auto/Manual setting. The default is [Auto]. DRAM tRAS Use thi s item to chan ge RAS # Active Time (tRAS) Auto/ Manual settin g. The default is [Auto]. Command Rate (CR) Use this i tem to change Comm and Rate (CR) Auto/Manual setting. The default is [Auto]. DRAM tWR Use this item to chang[...]

  • Page 47

    47 MRC Fast Boot Use this ite m to ena ble or d isable M RC Fast Boot. The def ault is [Enable d]. V oltage Conguration CPU Core V oltage Use this to select CPU Core V oltage. The default value is [Auto]. CPU Load-Line Calibration CPU Load-Line Calibration helps prevent CPU voltage droop when the system is under heavy load. IGPU V oltage Use thi[...]

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    48 Setting wrong values in this section may cause the system to malfunction. 3.4 Advanced Screen In this section, you may set the congurations for the following items: CPU Congu- ration, North Bridge Conguration, South Bridge Conguration, Storage Congura - tion, Intel(R) Rapid Start T echnology , Intel(R) Smart Connect T echnology , [...]

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    49 3.4.1 CPU Configuration Intel Hyper Threading T echnology T o enable this feature , a computer system with an Intel processor that sup- ports Hyper-Threading technology and an operating system that includes optimization for this technology , such as Microsoft ® Windows ® XP / Vista TM / 7 is required. Set to [Enabled] if using Microsoft ® Win[...]

  • Page 50

    50 to the IA-32 Intel Architecture. An IA-32 processor with “No Execute (NX) Memory Protection” can prevent data pages from being used by malicious software to execute codes. This option will be hidden if the current CPU does not support No-Excute Memory Protection. Intel Virtualization T echnology When this option is se t to [Enabled], a VMM ([...]

  • Page 51

    51 3.4.2 North Bridge Configuration Primary Graphics Adapter This allo ws you to selec t [Onbo ard], [P CI] or [PCI Exp ress] a s the b oot graphic adapter priority . The default value is [PCI Express]. VT -d Use this to enable or disable Intel ® VT -d technology (Intel ® Virtualization T echnology for Directed I/O). The default value of this fea[...]

  • Page 52

    52 3.4.3 South Bridge Configuration Onboard HD Audio Select [Auto], [Enabled] or [Disabled] for the onboard HD Audio feature. If you select [Auto], the onboard HD Audio will be disabled when PCI Sound Card is plugged. Front Panel Select [Auto] or [Disabled] for the onboard HD Audio Front Panel. On/Off Play U se t his item to en able or d isable On/[...]

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    53 3.4.4 Storage Configuration SA T A Controller(s) Use this item to enable or disable the SA T A Controller feature. SA T A Mode Selection Use this to select SA T A mode. Conguration options: [IDE Mode], [AHCI Mode] and [RAID Mode]. The default value is [AHCI Mode]. AHC I (Ad vanc ed Ho st C ontro ller I nter face) sup ports N CQ a nd ot her ne[...]

  • Page 54

    54 3.4.5 Intel(R) Rapid Start T echnology Intel(R) Rapid Start T echnology Use this item to enable or disable Intel(R) Rapid Start T echnology . Intel(R) Rapid Start T echnology is a new zero power hibernation mode which al- lows users to resume in just 5-6 seconds. The default is [Disabled].[...]

  • Page 55

    55 3.4.6 Intel(R) Smart Connect T echnology Intel(R) Smart Connect T echnology Use th is i tem t o e nabl e o r d isab le In tel( R) Sm art C onne ct T echn olo gy . Intel(R) Smart Connect T echnology keeps your e-mail an d social networks, such as T witter , Facebook, etc. updated automatically while the computer is in sleep mode. The default is [[...]

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    56 3.4.7 Super IO Configuration Serial Port Use this item to enable or disable the onboard serial port. Serial Port Address Use this item to set the address for the onboard serial port. Conguration options: [3F8h / IRQ4] and [3E8h / IRQ4]. Infrared Port Use this item to enable or disable the onboard infrared port. Parallel Port Use this item to [...]

  • Page 57

    57 3.4.8 ACPI Configuration Suspend to RAM Use this item to select whether to auto-detect or disable the Suspend-to- RAM feature. Selecting [Auto] will enable this feature if the OS supports it. Check Ready Bit Use this item to enable or disable the feature Check Ready Bit. ACPI HPET T able Use this item to enable or disable ACPI HPET T able. The d[...]

  • Page 58

    58 3.4.9 USB Configuration USB 2.0 Controller Use this item to enable or disable the use of USB 2.0 controller . USB 3.0 Controller Use this item to enable or disable the use of USB 3.0 controller . Legacy USB Support Use this option to select legacy support for USB devices. There are four conguration options: [Enabled], [Auto], [Disabled] and [[...]

  • Page 59

    59 3.5 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen In this section, it allows you to monitor the status of the hardware on your system, including the parameters of the CPU temperature, motherboard temperature, CPU fan speed, chassis fan speed, and the critical voltage. CPU Fan 1 & 2 Setting This allows you to set CPU fan 1 & 2’ s speed. Con?[...]

  • Page 60

    60 3.6 Boot Screen In this section, it will display the available devices on your system for you to cong- ure the boot settings and the boot priority . Setup Prompt Timeout T hi s s h ow s t he n um b er o f s e co n d s t o w ai t f o r s e tu p a c ti v at i on k ey. 65535(0XFFFF) means indenite waiting. Bootup Num-Lock If this item is set [...]

  • Page 61

    61 3.7 Security Screen In this section, you may set or change the supervisor/user password for the system. For the user password, you may also clear it.[...]

  • Page 62

    62 3.8 Exit Screen Save Changes and Exit When you select this option, the following message “Save conguration changes and exit setup?” will pop-out. Select [Y es] to save the changes and exit the UEFI SETUP UTILITY . Discard Changes and Exit When you select this option, the following message “Discard changes and exit setup?” will pop-out[...]

  • Page 63

    63 Chapter 4: Sof tware Support 4.1 Install Operating System This motherboard supports various Microsoft ® Windows ® operating systems: 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista TM / Vista TM 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit. Because motherboard settings and hardware options vary , use the setup procedures in this chapter for general refer- ence only . Refer to your OS docume[...]

  • Page 64

    64 Installing OS on a HDD Larger Than 2TB in AHCI Mode This motherboard adopts UEFI BIOS that allows Windows ® OS to be installed on a large size HDD (>2TB). Please follow the procedures below to install the operating system. 1. Please make sure to use Windows ® Vista TM 64-bit (with SP2 or above) or Windows ® 7 64-bit (with SP1 or above) . 2[...]

  • Page 65

    65 Installing OS on a HDD Larger Than 2TB in RAID Mode This motherboard adopts UEFI BIOS that allows Windows ® OS to be installed on a large size HDD (>2TB). Please follow the procedures below to install the operating system. 1. Please make sure to use Windows ® Vista TM 64-bit (with SP2 or above) or Windows ® 7 64-bit (with SP1 or above) . 2[...]

  • Page 66

    66 If you i nsta ll Win dows ® 7 6 4-bit / Vi sta TM 64 -bit o n a l arge har d dis k (ex . Disk volume > 2TB), it may take more time to boot into Windows ® or install dr iver /ut ili ties . I f yo u en cou nte r th is p rob lem, yo u wi ll n eed t o f ollo w t he instructions below to x this problem. Windows ® Vista TM 64-bit: Microsoft ?[...]

  • Page 67

    67 B. Disable “V olume Shadow Copy” service. a. T ype “computer management” in the Start Menu, then press “Enter”. b. Go to “Ser vices and Application s>Services” ; Then double clic k “V olume Shadow Copy”.[...]

  • Page 68

    68 c. Set “Startup type” to “Disable” then Click “OK”. C. Reboot your system. D. After reboot, please start to install motherboard drivers and utilities. Windows ® 7 64-bit: A. Please request the hotx KB2505454 through this link: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2505454/ B. After installing Windows ® 7 64-bit, install the hotx kb[...]