Biostar

Here is the instruction for turning on the CPU clock ratio for TA75A+ motherboard.

1.Go to CMOS O.N.E. menu
2.Select Manual Overclock

3.Go to P-States configuration and enable it.

Default BIOS setting for SATA port will set to IDE compatible mode. For using Ubuntu to install OS, it will need to set to AHCI mode. Then SATA DVD drive can be recognize by Ubuntu. Please press Delete key to go BIOS> Advanced> SATA Mode> AHCI mode, then press F4 key Save and exit the BIOS setting. It will help system to recognize SATA DVD drive properly during OS installation.

1. A75 motherboard will be able to support Hybrid Crossfire with PCI-E VGA card on PEX16_1 slot.

Yes, A75/A55 motherboard will be able to support PS2 mouse on the purple PS2 port. Also it will be able to support PS2 Wake up function from PS2 keyboard or mouse.

Please update to the latest version on website for fully support iPad.

Prepare a standard SATA hard drive and a SSD SATA hard drive above 20G.

Note: All the data in hard disk will be cleared during installation.

1. Press Delete key in POST to go to BIOS menu> Advanced> SATA configuration> SATA mode. Set to RAID mode.

2. Press F4 to Save configuration and reset.

3. Use only standard SATA hard drive to install Windows 7.

4. Install Intel Rapid Storage Technology driver and other drivers for the system.

Reboot the system after driver installation.

5. Install SSD SATA hard drive to motherboard.

Boot to Windows 7 and click Intel Rapid Storage Technology utility on bottom right corner.

Select Accelerate and click Enable acceleration.

6. Click OK to set the RST function.

Note: All the data in SSD will be delete.

7. Finish RST installation.

System requirement
CPU: Intel Sandybridge Dual/Quad core CPU
VGA card: Nviaia GF 4xx or higher
  ATI 5xxx or higher
Memory: 2G or above
OS: Windows 7 32/64 bit
VGA driver: Intel/AMD/Nvidia All WHQL drivers

i-Mode provides user with Intel Sandy bridge special features and power saving options
When no 3D gaming is used. To use Lucid Virtu solution in i-Mode, display must be
always connected to Sandy Bridge motherboard video output.

d-Mode is provided for 3D gamers to achieve uncompromised 3D performance of
discrete GPU installed in the system.

Note:  We recommend 3D gaming User to use d-mode to get better performance.
For power saving User, we recommend User to use i-mode.

Virtu d-Mode Hardware installation
1. Install external VGA card to TZ68A+ M/B.
2. Connect display to external VGA output.

3. Enter BIOS setup menu and enter below position for change setting.
 (1)   Chipset > North Bridge > Initiate Graphic Adapter > Set to PEG/IGD

 (2)   Chipset > North Bridge > IGD Multi-Monitor > Set to Enable

Virtu i-Mode Hardware installation
1. Install external VGA card to TZ68A+ M/B.
2. Connect display to onboard VGA output.

3. Enter BIOS setup menu and enter below position for change setting.
   (1)   Chipset > North Bridge > Initiate Graphic Adapter > Set to IGD
  

 (2) Chipset > North Bridge > IGD Multi-Monitor > Set to Enable

Driver installation
1. Install Intel Z68 on-board VGA driver.
2. Install external VGA driver.
3. Install Virtu software from support CD.

Virtu Operation
After the installation process completed, VIRTU is activated. The Lucid logo shows on system tray.
Right click with Mouse at the icon, it will display the following screen.

You can stop the Virtu function by press “Disable Virtu”. When stop Virtu, system will use onborad Sandy Bridge IPG for graphic activities.
Invisible or grey logo means VIRTU is not activated.
In case no logo is shown on the system tray, it is possible to activate the driver and the control panel manually by using the following instructions: 
   1. Click "Start" > "Programs" > "VIRTU".  
   2. Click right button of the mouse on “Virtu Control Panel”.

1. Install SATA HDD cables on SATA port 1 and 2.

2. Install SATA DVD ROM cable on SATA port 4.

3. Go to CMOS> Chipset> SouthBridge Chipset Configuration> OnChip SATA Type, set to [RAID] mode.

4. Press [F10] key to Save configuration changes and exit setup.

5. System will reboot and read RAID Option ROM.

Press [Crtl-F] key to go to RAID Option ROM Utility setup screen.

RAID Option ROM will detect two SATA HDDs and one SATA DVD device correspond to the SATA ports which device plugged in.

6. RAID Option ROM setup screen.

Choose [2] to define new RAID array.

7. Press [Enter] to select No 1 to make RAID array.

8. Use [Space] key to select RAID 0 mode in this section.

Press [Down] key to select Stripe Block size for 64 KB or 128 KB.

9. Assign both HDDs to [Y] in Drvies Assignments section, Total Drv must be [2] to make RAID 0 array.

10. Press [Ctrl-Y] to save the setting. RAID Option ROM will clear HDD MBR data. Press [Crtl-Y] again to agree and keep the setting.

11. Option ROM will ask to set RAID array disk space. Press any key to select maximum disk space.

12. After settings are complete, it will show the RAID 0 Status Funcitonal.

Press [Esc] to finish the setting.

13. Press [Esc] to complete the RAID option ROM setting and press [Y] to reboot the system.

14. After next boot up, RAID Option ROM will detect RAID 0 array.

Let system to read Windows 7 SP1 disk from DVD drive.

15. Follow the setting for Windows 7 SP1 installation.

Windows will recognize RAID 0 system in one single disk.

Continue Windows 7 SP1 installation by press [Next] button, or choose [Drive option] to set partition and disk space.