Abit IT7-MAX2, User Manual

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4-4 Chapter 4
4-3. BIOS Setup for RAID
For further information on RAID concept, you can find it on the “
Technological Terms
” from our WEB
site, or you can search the related information on the Internet.
This motherboard supports the RAID operation of “ Striping (RAID 0) ”, “ Mirroring (RAID 1) ”, or
“
Striping/Mirroring (RAID 0+1)
”. For the striping operation, the identical drives can read and write
data in parallel to increase system performance. The Mirroring operation creates a complete backup of
your files. Striping with Mirroring operation offers both read/write performance and fault tolerance.
After completed the installation of HPT374 driver, you have to enable the RAID function in BIOS setup
menu. Enter the “
Advanced BIOS Features ” in the BIOS setup menu. Change the settings of “ First
Boot Device ”, “ Second Boot Device ” and “ Third Boot Device ” to “ ATA133RAID ”. See the figure
below:
NOTE:
The option of “SCSI” cannot be worked as a booting device if this “ATA133RAID” had been
selected as booting device, and vice versa.
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