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Refer to the illustration below for proper installation:
1. Attach either cable end to the connector (
A
) on the mainboard.
7. Attach the other cable end (
B
) to the SATA hard drive.
8. Attach the SATA power cable to the SATA hard drive (
C
) and connect the
other end to the power supply.
Note:
This mainboard does not support the “Hot-Plug” function.
Installing Windows OS into the Serial ATA HDD
If you want to use the Serial ATA HDD and install OS into it, please follow the
initial step before proceeding to the next procedure.
Initial step (do this using another computer)
1. Insert
the
Motherboard Support CD
into the CD-ROM.
2. Insert a floppy disk.
3. Follow this path
E:\RAID\VIA\/DriverDisk\SATA\
4. Copy all files and directories to the floppy disk.
5. Keep your floppy disk ready. Continue the steps below.
Please follow the steps below to install the VIA VT8237 Serial ATA driver
1. Boot system from OS installation CD.
2. Press
F6
when the message appears “Press F6 if you need to install third
party SCSI or RAID driver”.
3. Insert the floppy disk.
4. Depending on your OS, choose the device drive according to your OS.
5. Press
Enter
to start the device driver installation.
6. Run
setup.exe
(E:\RAID\VIA) after OS has been installed.