ご質問: How do I enable the Optane H10/H20 hybrid function on the Intel Z690/B660/H670 platform?(3/1/2022) 答え: If you want to make a fresh Windows installation with Optane H10/H20 hybrid function, please refer to the following steps:
Step 1.
Make sure that H10/H20 Optane memory is installed in an M.2 socket which supports Optane. You can find the info by checking the storage section of the motherboard specifications page on ASRock's website.
Step 2.
Enable the Hybrid Storage Detection and Configuration Mode in BIOS and press "F10” to save the settings.
Advanced\Storage Configuration\Hybrid Storage Detection and Configuration Mode
Step 3.
Go to Advanced\Storage Configuration\VMD Configuration and set Enable VMD controller to [Enabled].
Then set Enable VMD Global Mapping to [Enabled]. Press F10 to save the changes and exit setup.
Installing Windows® on a VMD platform
After the BIOS setup, please follow the steps below.
Step 1.
Please download the "SATA Floppy Image” driver from ASRock's website (https://www.asrock.com/index.asp). Unzip the file to a USB flash drive or copy the files from ASRock's motherboard support CD.
Step 2.
Press at system POST to launch the boot menu and choose the item "UEFI:
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Step 3.
If during the Windows installation process the target drive is not available, please click .
Step 4.
Click and locate the driver on your USB flash drive.
Step 5.
Select "Intel RST VMD Controller” and then click .
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Step 6.
Select unallocated space and then click .
Step 7.
Please follow Windows' installation instructions to finish the process.
Step 8.
After the Windows installation is finished, please install the "Intel Rapid Storage Technology driver and utility” from ASRock's website. https://www.asrock.com/index.asp
Step 9.
Launch the Intel® Optane™ Memory and Storage Management tool from the Microsoft store.
Step 10.
Select the drive which you want to accelerate. Enable Intel® Optane™ Memory. (One restart is required)
Step 11.
Erase all data on the Intel® Optane™ memory module and click
Step 12.
After the system has restarted, the Optane Management tool will show that Optane memory is enabled.
ご質問: Why can my game not start with my Intel 600 series motherboard?(11/2/2021) 答え: Some games use DRM (Digital Rights Management) protection. Please check for available updates for your game, where the DRM solution supports Alder Lake CPUs.
If the game development is discontinued and there is no update available for the DRM, please follow below steps to enable the "Legacy Game Compatibility Mode”.
Step 1.
Press [Del] or [F2] during the POST stage to boot into BIOS.
Step 2.
Press [F6] to enter "Advanced” mode and go to Advanced\CPU Configuration
Step 3.
Enable the "Legacy Game Compatibility Mode” in BIOS.
(The option is at the bottom of the CPU Configuration page)
Step 4.
Press [F10] to save the setting and restart the system.
Step 5.
The [Scroll Lock] key on your keyboard is now a hotkey. It can be used to enable/disable the Intel E-core parking feature. Before starting a game outdated DRM protection, please press [Scroll Lock] within the OS to enable Intel E-core parking.
ご質問: After I selected EZ OC to higher frequency option in ION330. There will be no post image or get black screen. How can I do?(8/11/2009) 答え: Please kindly refer to the following suggestions:
First, push the power button for three times.
Please power on the ION330 then off it for three times.
Press during post screen and go into BIOS to load BIOS defaults.
If you still have black screen, please try to clear CMOS.
Please open the upper chassis and remove the DVD-OM device.
ご質問: When I install a Terratec Cinergy C PCI TV card or Technisat Cablestar HD2 TV card on VIA® chipset based motherboards, such like 4CoreDual-SATA2 (PT880 series motherboards) or ALiveSATA2-GLAN, it always show "PCI IRQ routing table error" message after BIOS POST, or simply hang up during BIOS POST. Any way to fix the problem?(9/5/2008) 答え: Due to compatibility issue of VIA® chipset with Terratec Cinergy C PCI TV card and Technisat Cablestar HD2 TV card.
We don't recommend using this kind of TV card on VIA® chipset motherboards. Sorry for your inconvenience.
ご質問: My motherboard is AM2XLI-eSATA2. How do I install Windows® XP on SATA HDD in AHCI mode?(8/18/2006) 答え: You need to make a SATA driver diskette before you start the OS installation. Please refer to the following steps:
Enter "SATA Operation Mode" in BIOS setup to set the option to [RAID].
Insert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive to boot your system.
During POST at the beginning of system boot-up, press key, and then a window for boot devices selection appears. Please select CDROM as the boot device.
When you see the message on the screen, "Do you want to generate Serial ATA driver diskette [YN]?", press .
Then you will see these messages, Please insert a diskette into the floppy drive.
WARNING! Formatting the floppy diskette will lose ALL data in it!
Start to format and copy files [YN]?
Please insert a floppy diskette into the floppy drive, and press .
The system will start to format the floppy diskette and copy SATA drivers into the floppy diskette.
Restart and enter "SATA Operation Mode" in BIOS setup to set the option to [AHCI].
At the beginning of Windows® setup, press F6 to install a third-party SCSI or RAID driver. When prompted, insert a floppy disk containing the ULi® RAID driver. After reading the floppy disk, the driver will be presented. Select the driver to install according to the mode you choose and the OS you install.
ご質問: I found two digits or letters changing at the right bottom corner during POST screen. What is it?(6/13/2003) 答え: This is the BIOS POST code. It represents each step BIOS does during POST screen.