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Chapter 3 Coniguring SATA Hard Drive(s)
Before you begin
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At least two SATA hard drives (to ensure optimal performance, it is recommended that you use two hard drives
with identical model and capacity). If you do not want to create RAID, you may prepare only one hard drive.
•
Windows setup disk.
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Motherboard driver disk.
•
A USB thumb drive.
Coniguring the Onboard SATA Controller
A. Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your computer
Attach one end of the SATA signal cable to the rear of the SATA hard drive and the other end to available SATA
port on the motherboard. Then connect the power connector from your power supply to the hard drive.
B. Coniguring SATA controller mode in BIOS Setup
Make sure to conigure the SATA controller mode correctly in system BIOS Setup. For the BIOS Setup menus,
refer to Chapter 2, "BIOS Setup," "Integrated Peripherals."
Steps:
1.
Turn on your computer and press <Delete> to enter BIOS Setup during the POST (Power-On Self-Test). Go
to
Peripherals\SATA Coniguration
, make sure
Integrated SATA Controller
is enabled. To create RAID,
set
SATA Mode Selection
to
RAID
. If you do not want to create RAID, set this item to
IDE
or
AHCI
.
2.
If you want to conigure UEFI RAID, follow the steps in "C-1." To enter the legacy RAID ROM, save the
settings and exit BIOS Setup. Refer to "C-2" for more information.
The BIOS Setup menus described in this section may differ from the exact settings for your motherboard.
The actual BIOS Setup menu options you will see shall depend on the motherboard you have and
the BIOS version.
C-1. UEFI RAID Coniguration
Only Windows 8.1/8 64-bit supports UEFI RAID coniguration.
Step:
1. After you set the SATA controller to RAID mode, go to
BIOS Features
and set
Windows 8 Features
to
Windows 8
and
CSM Support
to
Never
. Save the changes and exit BIOS Setup.
2. After the system reboot, enter BIOS Setup again. Then enter the
Peripherals\Intel(R) Rapid Storage
Technology
sub-menu.
3. On the
Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology
menu, press <Enter> on
Create RAID Volume
to enter the
Create RAID Volume
screen. Enter a volume name with 1~16 letters (letters cannot be special characters)
under the
Name
item and press <Enter>. Then, select a RAID level. RAID levels supported include RAID
0, RAID 1, RAID 10, and RAID 5 (the selections available depend on the number of the hard drives being
installed). Next, use the down arrow key to move to
Select Disks
.
4. Under
Select Disks
item, select the hard drives to be included in the RAID array. Press the <Space> key
on the hard drives to be selected (selected hard drives are marked with "X"). Then set the stripe block size .
The stripe block size can be set from 4 KB to 128 KB. Once you have selected the stripe block size, set the
volume capacity.
&
Load Proiles
If your system becomes unstable and you have loaded the BIOS default settings, you can use this function
to load the BIOS settings from a proile created before, without the hassles of reconiguring the BIOS
settings. First select the proile you wish to load and then press <Enter> to complete. You can select
Select
File in HDD/USB/FDD
to input the proile previously created from your storage device or load the proile
automatically created by the BIOS, such as reverting the BIOS settings to the last settings that worked
properly (last known good record).
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