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Table of Contents

Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s)  (Controller Intel ICH6R) ......................................................... 2

(1) Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your computer .......................................................................... 2

(2) Configuring SATA controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup .................................... 3

(3) Configuring RAID set in RAID BIOS ............................................................................................. 5

(4) Making a SATA Driver Disk ........................................................................................................... 9

(5) Installing SATA controller driver during OS installation ............................................................. 11

Summary of Contents for GA-8I915P Dual Graphic

Page 1: ...ntel ICH6R 2 1 Installing SATA hard drive s in your computer 2 2 Configuring SATA controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup 3 3 Configuring RAID set in RAID BIOS 5 4 Making a SATA Driver Disk 9 5 Installing SATA controller driver during OS installation 11 ...

Page 2: ...formance it is recommended that you use two hard drives with identical model and capacity If you do not want to create RAID with the SATA controller you may prepare only one hard drive b An empty formatted floppy disk c Windows XP 2000 setup disk d Driver CD for your motherboard 1 Installing SATA hard drive s in your computer Attach one end of the SATA signal cable to the rear of the SATA hard dri...

Page 3: ...CI Mode under the Integrated Peripherals menu to RAID Disabled by default Then set On Chip SATA Mode to Manual or Auto default based on your own requirements Figure 1 CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2004 Award Software Integrated Peripherals KLJI Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F3 Language F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults The BIOS S...

Page 4: ...igure 2 Step 4 Save and exit BIOS Setup Figure 3 CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2004 Award Software Hard Disk Boot Priority KL K L CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2004 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features KLJI Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F3 Language F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Step 3 Set First Boot Device under the Ad...

Page 5: ... 1 After the POST memory test begins and before the operating system boot begins look for a message which says Press Ctrl I to enter Configuration utility Figure 4 Press CTRL I to enter the RAID BIOS setup utility Figure 4 Step 2 After you press CTRL I the Create RAID Volume screen will appear Figure 5 Create RAID Volume If you want to create RAID array select Create RAID Volume in Main Menu and p...

Page 6: ...4KB to 128KB After the setting press ENTER to set array capacity Figure 7 Figure 6 Step 3 After entering the Create Volume Menu screen name the disk array with 1 16 letters letters cannot be special characters under the Name item When finished press ENTER to select a RAID level Figure 6 There are two RAID levels RAID0 Stripe and RAID1 Mirror Select a RAID level and press ENTER KL KL ...

Page 7: ... Step 6 When prompted to confirm whether to create this volume press Y to create or N to cancel Figure 8 Step 5 After setting all the items above select Create Volume and press ENTER Figure 8 to begin the creation of the RAID array KL Figure 9 KL ...

Page 8: ...including RAID mode disk block size disk name and disk capacity etc To exit the ICH6R RAID BIOS utility press ESC in Main Menu Now you can proceed to the installation of the SATA driver and operating system Delete RAID Volume If you want to delete a RAID volume select the Delete RAID Volume option in Main Menu Press ENTER and follow on screen instructions Figure 10 KL KL ...

Page 9: ...ndows setup process First of all you need to copy the driver for the SATA controller from the motherboard driver CD to a floppy disk The instructions below explain how to copy the driver Step 1 Find an available system and insert the motherboard driver CD into the CD ROM drive The installation utility will appear automatically Quit the installation utility first Step 2 Go to My Computer and right ...

Page 10: ...pplication Accelerator 4 0 Then it will take about one minute to copy the SATA driver from the motherboard driver CD to the floppy disk Step 6 Press 0 to exit when the procedure is complete Figure 14 You have copied the SATA driver sucessfully Step 4 Double click MENU exe An MS DOS prompt screen similar to Figure 13 below will appear ...

Page 11: ...he SATA driver The following is an example of Windows XP installation Step 1 Restart your system to boot from the Windows 2000 XP Setup disk and press F6 as soon as you see the Press F6 if you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver message Figure 15 After pressing F6 there will be a few moments of some files being loaded before you see the next screen Step 2 When a screen similar to that ...

Page 12: ...from the floppy disk Figure 17 If your southbridge is ICH6R select Intel R 82801FR ICH6R If your southbridge is ICH5R select Intel R 82801ER ICH5R Figure 18 If a message appears saying one or some file s cannot be found please check the floppy disk or copy the correct SATA driver again from the motherboard driver CD Step 4 When the screen as shown below appears press ENTER to continue the SATA dri...

Page 13: ...will have to be installed under Windows once for that hard drive After that the driver will not have to be installed After the SATA controller driver installation is completed you should see a screen as below It indicates that you have installed the SATA controller driver successfully You can proceed with the Windows 2000 XP installation ...

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