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Install Hard Disks
Install SATA hard disks:
STEP 1: Install one SATA hard disk into one drive bay.
STEP 2: Connect one end of the SATA data cable to the motherboard
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s one of
SATA connectors.
STEP 3: Connect the other end of the SATA data cable to the SATA hard disk.
STEP 4: Connect the power cable to the SATA hard disk.
STEP 5: Following step 1/2/3/4 to install the other SATA hard disks.
Basic Configuration Instructions
The following are the basic steps for configuring NVIDIA RAID:
Non-Bootable RAID Array
1. Choose the hard disks that are to be RAID enabled in the system BIOS.
2. Specify the RAID level, either Mirroring (RAID 1), Striping (RAID 0), Stripe Mirroring
(RAID 0+1), or RAID5 and create the desired RAID array.
3. Install the operating system on one hard disk, then reboot the computer.
4. Run the Windows nForce Setup application and install the RAID driver.
5. Initialize the NVRAID Array.
Bootable RAID Array
1. Choose the hard disks that are to be RAID enabled in the system BIOS.
2. Specify the RAID level, either Mirroring (RAID 1), Striping (RAID 0), Mirrored Strip-
ing (RAID 0+1), or RAID5 and create the desired RAID array.
3. Boot from the Windows CD, then press F6 when the Windows Setup appears.
4. Insert the RAID driver floppy to Install the nForce RAID driver.
5. Initialize the NVRAID Array.
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