Rog Speeding Hdd - Asus MAXIMUSII/FORMULA - Maximus II Formula Motherboard User Manual

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ROG Speeding HDD

ROG Speeding HDD secures the data stored in your hard disk drive and enhances
hard drive performance, saving you the trouble of complicated configurations. With
its friendly graphical user interface, you can easily make hard drive backups or
increase the hard drive's transfer rate.
Installing Serial ATA hard drives
To use Speeding HDD in Windows
prepare three hard disks: one with operating system already installed, and the other
two for Speeding HDD configuration.
To install Serial ATA hard disks for Speeding HDD configuration:
1. Install two SATA hard disks into the drive bays.
2. Plug one end of the SATA signal cables to each drive, and plug the other end
of the cables to the SPEEDING HDD1 and SPEEDING HDD2 connectors on
the motherboard. Refer to page 2-26 for the location of these two connectors.
3. Connect a SATA power cable to the power connector of each drive.
• For optimal performance, we highly recommend that you install identical For optimal performance, we highly recommend that you install identical
drives of the same model and capacity.
• The onboard SPEEDING HDD1/2 connectors do not support ATAPI devices
or hot-plug function.
Launching Speeding HDD in Windows
After installing Speeding HDD from the bundled support
, double-click the Speeding HDD icon on the
DVD, double-click the
Windows notification area.
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The main screen appears. There are two
modes for Speeding HDD: EZ Backup
and Super Speed.
• Before using the Speeding HDD function, ensure that you have installed
the Marvell 61xx driver to the system.
When the Speeding HDD mode in BIOS setup is configured as EZ
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Backup or Super Speed, ensure that you install two hard disks to the
SPEEDING1/2 connectors. Otherwise, the HDD LED on the front panel
flashes.
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