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 ▶Device Selection
Here you can select a audio output source to change the related options.\
 The “check” 
sign (in orange) indicates the devices as default.
 
▶Volume Adjustment
You can control the volume or balance the right/left side of the speaker\
s that you 
plugged in front or rear panel by adjust the bar.
 
▶Application Enhancement
The array of options will provide you a complete guidance of anticipated sound effect 
for both output and input device.
 
▶Jack status panel
This panel depicts all render and capture devices currently connected wi\
th your 
computer. 
Auto popup dialog
When you plug into the device at the jack, a dialogue window will pop up\
 asking you 
which device is current connected.
As you know, each jack corresponds to its default setting, you can refer\
 to the next 
section “Hardware Default Setting”.
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Hardware Default Setting
The following diagrams are audio back panel default setting. 
■
Backpanel audio jacks to 2-channel speakers diagram
F r o n t
 
■Backpanel audio jacks to 4-channel speakers diagram
R e a r
F r o n t
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■Backpanel audio jacks to 6-channel speakers diagram
R e a r
F r o n tC e n t e r &
Su b w o o f e r
 
■Backpanel audio jacks to 8-channel speakers diagram
R e a r
F r o n tC e n t e r &
Su b w o o f e r
S i d e
Su
r r o u n d
Appendix A 
Realtek Audio  
						

							Appendix B
Intel RAID (optional)
This appendix will assist users in configuring and enabling RAID functionality 
and accelerating system on platforms  
						

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Introduction
The motherboard comes with the Intel RAID controller that allows you to configure 
SATA hard drives as RAID sets.
SATA hard drives deliver blistering transfer speeds up to 6 Gb/s. Serial\
 ATA uses 
long, thin cables, making it easier to connect your drive and improving the airflow 
inside your PC. The most outstanding features are:
1. Supports 3 Gb/s or 6 Gb/s transfers with CRC error checking.
2.  Supports Hot-plug-n-play feature.
3.  Data handling optimizations including tagged command queuing, elevator seek 
and packet chain command.
Intel
® RAID controller offers RAID level 0 (Striping), RAID level 1 (Mirrorin g and 
Duplexing), RAID level 5 (Block Interleaved Distributed Parity), RAID\
 level 10 (A Stripe 
of Mirrors) , Intel
® Rapid Storage Technology.
RAID 0 breaks the data into blocks which are written to separate hard dr\
ives. 
Spreading the hard drive I/O load across independent channels greatly im\
proves I/O 
performance.
RAID 1 provides data redundancy by mirroring data between the hard drive\
s and 
provides enhanced read performance. 
RAID 5 Provides data striping at the byte level and also stripe error co\
rrection 
information. This results in excellent performance and good fault tolera\
nce. Level 5 is 
one of the most popular implementations of RAID. 
RAID 10 Not one of the original RAID levels, multiple RAID 1 mirrors are\
 created, and 
a RAID 0 stripe is created over these. 
Intel
® Rapid Storage Technology is the advanced ability for two RAID volumes to share 
the combined space of two hard drives being used in unison.
Intel
® Rapid Storage Technology utilizes RAID 1 functionality to copy data  from a 
designated Master drive to a designated Recovery drive. The size of the Master drive 
must be less than or equal to the size of the Recovery drive. When a Recovery volume 
is created, complete capacity of the Master drive will be used as the Ma\
ster volume. 
Only one Recovery Volume can exist on a system. There are 2 methods of u\
pdating 
the data on the Master to the Recovery drive. They are Continuous Update\
 Policy and 
On Request Update Policy.
 Important
The least number of hard drives for RAID 0, RAID 1, Recovery or Matrix m\
ode is 2.  The least number of hard drives for RAID 10 mode is 4. And the least num\
ber of hard drives for RAID 5 mode is 3.
All the information/ volumes/ pictures listed in your system might differ from the illustrations in this appendix. 
Appendix B 
Intel RAID  
						

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Using Intel Rapid Storage Technology Option ROM
The Intel Rapid Storage Technology Option ROM should be integrated with \
the 
system BIOS on all motherboards with a supported Intel chipset. The Inte\
l Rapid 
Storage Technology Option ROM is the Intel RAID implementation and provi\
des BIOS 
and DOS disk services. Please use  +  keys to enter the “Int\
el
® RAID for 
Serial ATA” status screen, which should  appear early in system boot-\
up, during the 
POST (Power-On Self Test). Also, you need to enable the RAID function \
in BIOS to 
create, delete and reset RAID volumes.
Creating, Deleting and Resetting RAID Volumes:
The Serial ATA RAID volume may be configured using the RAID Configuration utility 
stored within the Intel RAID Option ROM. During the Power-On Self Test (\
POST), the 
following message will appear for a few seconds.
 Important
The “Device Model”, “Serial #” and “Size” in the following example might be different  from your system.
RAID Volumes
None defined.
Physical Disks:
Port   Device Model     Serial #   Size Type/Status(Vol ID)
1        XXXXXXXXXXXXX     XXXXXXXXXXXXX XXX.XGB Non-RAID Disk
2        XXXXXXXXXXXXX     XXXXXXXXXXXXX XXX.XGB Non-RAID Disk
Press    to enter Configuration Utility..  
After the above message shows, press  and  keys simultaneously \
to enter 
the Intel Rapid Storage Technology Option ROM.
 Important
The following procedure is only available with a newly-built system or i\
f you are  reinstalling your OS. It should not be used to migrate an existing syste\
m to RAID. 
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After pressing the  and  keys simultaneously, the following win\
dow will 
appear: 
■Create RAID Volume 
1.  Select option 1 “Create RAID Volume” and press  key. The fo\
llowing 
screen appears. Then in the Name field, specify a RAID Volume name and then 
press the  or  key to go to the next field.
2.  Use the arrow keys to select the RAID level best suited to your usage mo\
del in 
RAID Level. 
[                                     ]CREATE VOLUME MENU
[             ]HELP
           Name :
RAID  1 : Mirrors  data  (redundancy) .
[ ↑↓] - Change         [TAB] - Next          [ESC] - Previous Menu         [ENTER] - Select       RAID Level :
     Disks :
     Strip Size :      Capacity :      Sync : Volume0
RAID1(Mirror)
Select  Disks
N / A
XXX.X  GB
N / A
Create Volume
MAIN MENU[                     ]
DISK / VOLUME INFORMATION[                                                ]
4.       Recovery Volume  Options
5.       Acceleration Options
6.       Exit
RAID  Volumes :
None  defined.
Physical  Devices :
Port  Device  Model                 Serial  #                                                  Size    Type/Status (Vol  ID)
1       XXXX-XXXXXXXX          XXXXXXXXXXXXXX                    XXX.XGB\
    Non-RAID  Disk
2       XXXX-XXXXXXXX          XXXXXXXXXXXXXX                    XXX.XGB\
    Non-RAID  Disk
[ ↑↓] - Select                            [ESC] - Exit               [ENTER] - Select Menu
1.       Create  RAID  Volume
2.       Delete  RAID  Volume
3.       Reset Disks to Non-RAID
[                        ]MAIN  MENU
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3. In the Disk field, press  key and use  key to select the disks you 
want to create for the RAID volume, then click  key to finish selection. This 
field will become available according to the selected RAID level.
4.  Then select the strip size for the RAID array by using the “upper arrow” or “down 
arrow” keys to scroll through the available values, and pressing the \
 key 
to select and advance to the next field. The available values range from 4KB to 
128 KB in power of 2 increments. The strip size should be chosen based on the 
planned drive usage. Here are some typical values:   
RAID0 -128KB / RAID10 - 64KB / RAID5 - 64KB. This field will become available 
according to the selected RAID level.
5.  Then select the capacity of the volume in the Capacity field. The default value is 
the maximum volume capacity of the selected disks.
[                                     ]CREATE VOLUME MENU
[             ]HELP
           Name :
The  default  value  indicates  the  maximum  capacity  using  the  sele\
cted 
disks.  Entering  a  lower  capacity  allows  you  to  create  a  second\
     volume  on  these  disks.
[ ↑↓] - Change         [TAB] - Next          [ESC] - Previous Menu         [ENTER] - Select       RAID Level :
     Disks :
     Strip Size :      Capacity :      Sync : Volume0
RAID1(Mirror)
Select  Disks
N / A
XXX.X  GB
N / A
Create Volume
 Important
Since you want to create two volumes, this default size (maximum) needs to be 
reduced. Type in a new size for the first volume. As an example: if you want the first volume to span the first half of the two disks, re-type the size to be half of what is shown by default. The second volume, when created, will automatically\
 span the remainder of two hard drives.
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7. Then the following screen appears to indicate that the creation is finished.
6. 
Go to the Create Volume field and press , the following screen appears for 
you to confirm if you are sure to create the RAID volume. Press  to continue.
[                                     ]CREATE VOLUME MENU
[             ]HELP
           Name :
Press  ENTER  to  create  the  specified  volume.
[ ↑↓] - Change 
       [TAB] - Next          [ESC] - Previous Menu         [ENTER] - Select       RAID Level :
     Disks :
     Strip Size :      Capacity :      Sync : Volume0
RAID1(Mirror)
Select  Disks
N / A
XXX.X  GB
N / A
Create Volume
WARNING : ALL DATA ON SELECTED DISKS WILL BE LOST.Are  you  sure  you  want  to  create  this  volume?  (Y / N)  :
DISK / VOLUME INFORMATION[                                                ]
4.       Recovery Volume  Options
5.       Acceleration Options
6.       Exit
RAID  Volumes :
ID       Name                      Level     Strip                  Size    Status           Bootable
0         Volume0                      RAID1(Mirror)               N /\
 A        XXX.XGB    Normal             Yes
Physical  Devices :
Port  Device  Model                 Serial  #                                                  Size    Type/Status (Vol  ID)
1       XXXX-XXXXXXXX          XXXXXXXXXXXXXX                    XXX.XGB\
    Member  Disk(0)
2       XXXX-XXXXXXXX          XXXXXXXXXXXXXX                    XXX.XGB\
    Member  Disk(0)
[ ↑↓] - Select                            [ESC] - Exit               [ENTER] - Select Menu
1.       Create  RAID  Volume
2.       Delete  RAID  Volume
3.       Reset Disks to Non-RAIDMAIN MENU[                     ][                        ]MAIN  MENU
Appendix B 
Intel RAID