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Refer to the following for installing the driver during the Windows setu\
p process. 
Step 1: 
Restart your system to boot from the Windows XP setup disk and press  as soon as you see the message 
"Press F6 if you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver." A screen will then appear asking you to specify 
an additional SCSI adapter. Press .
Step 3:
On the next screen, press  to continue the driver installation. After the driver installation, you can proceed 
with the Windows...

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C. Rebuilding an ArrayRebuilding  is  the  process  of  restoring  data  to  a  hard  drive  from  other  drives  in  the  array.  Rebuilding  applies only  to  fault-tolerant  arrays  such  as  RAID  1,  RAID  5,  and  RAID  10  arrays. The  procedures  below  assume  a new drive is added to replace a failed drive to rebuild a RAID 1 array. (Note: The new drive must have equal or greater capacity than the old one.)
For the Intel X79:Turn off your computer and replace the failed hard drive...

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Performing the Rebuild in the Operating System •
While in the operating system, make sure the Chipset driver and Intel Rapid Storage Technology Enterprise 
RAID Port Drivers have been installed from the motherboard driver disk. Then launch Intel Rapid Storage 
Technology enterprise from All Programs in the Start menu.
Step 1:
On the right panel of the screen, click Rebuild to 
another disk under Volume Properties. 
The Status item  on  the  right  of  the  screen  and 
the Information...

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Step 2: 
The new hard drive will be displayed on the screen. Press  or  on the new hard drive to select 
it and then press  on NEXT. When prompted, press  to confirm. The new hard drive is now set as a 
Spare drive.  
For the Marvell 88SE9172:
Turn off your computer and replace the failed hard drive with a new one. Restart your computer. To enable an 
automatic  rebuild  in  the  operating  system,  you  have  to  set  the  new  hard  drive  as  a  Spare  drive  in  the  RAID 
setup...

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Manually Rebuilding RAID 1 in the Operating System •
You can manually rebuild a RAID 1 array without setting the new hard drive as a Spare drive in the RAID setup 
utility first. While in the operating system, open the Marvell Storage U\
tility and login. 
Under Virtual  Disk  0,  the Property  tab  displays  the 
rebuild progress on the right of the Background Activity 
Progress  item,  indicating  that  the  RAID  volume  is 
being  rebuilt.  When  completed,  the  status  will  display...

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5-2 Bigfoot Killer Network Manager
The Bigfoot Killer Network Manager allows you to view your network connection status and Internet bandwidth 
and to configure your network settings. It also displays your system information and CPU/memory usage. After 
installing  the  LAN  driver,  you  can  access  the  Bigfoot  Killer  Network  Manager  in  Start\All  Programs\Bigfoot 
Networks\Killer Network Manager or right-click on the  icon in the notification area (Note 1).
Configuring How...

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You can change the upload and download bandwidth for 
each application as well. Click the application you want 
and move the cursor to the arrow on the right end of the 
bar. When the cursor changes to a double-headed arrow, 
drag it to change the bandwidth. 
Bandwidth Testing
After installing the LAN driver from the motherboard driver 
disk  and  restarting  your  computer,  the Bigfoot  Killer 
Network Manager screen will automatically appear. The 
Bandwidth  Test  dialog  box  will  pop...

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5-3-1 Configuring 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel Audio
The motherboard supports 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel audio. 
Refer  to  the  following  for  multi-channel  speaker 
configurations. 
2-channel audio: Headphone or Line out. •
4-channel  audio:  Front  speaker  out  and  Rear  •
peaker out.
5.1-channel audio: Front speaker out, Rear speaker  •
out, and Center/Subwoofer speaker out.
7.1-channel audio: Front speaker out, Rear speaker out, Center/Subwoofer\
 speaker out, and Side speaker out. •
5-3...

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5-3-2 Configuring S/PDIF Out
The  S/PDIF  Out  jack  can  transmit  audio  signals  to  an  external  decoder  for  decoding  to  get  the  best  audio 
quality.
1. Connecting a S/PDIF Out Cable:
Connect a S/PDIF optical cable to an external decoder for transmitting t\
he S/PDIF digital audio signals.
(Note)  Select SPDIF Out if you use the S/PDIF Out connector on the back panel for digital audio output or HDMI Out screen if you use the internal S/PDIF Out connector (SPDIF_O) on the...

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After installing the audio driver, you can find the Creative 
Software Suite in Start\All Programs\Creative.
The Creative Software Suite includes the Creative Audio 
Control Panel, Creative Software AutoUpdate, Alchemy, 
and Sound Blaster X-Fi. 
5-3-3 Creative Software Suite
(The following instructions use Windows 7 as the example operating syst\
em.)
Creative Audio Control Panel 
The Creative Audio Control Panel integrates commonly-
used  audio  functions  such  as  control  mode...