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Table of Contents

Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) (Controller: VIA VT8237/VT8237R) ................................................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 ................................................................................................... 10

(5) Installing SATA controller driver during OS installation ......................................................... 12

Summary of Contents for GA-8VT880P Combo

Page 1: ...8237 VT8237R 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...

Page 2: ...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...

Page 3: ...s Enabled OnChip IDE Channel 0 Enabled OnChip IDE Channel 1 Enabled OnChip Serial ATA Enabled SATA Mode RAID AC97 Audio Auto VIA Onboard LAN Enabled USB 1 1 Controller Enabled USB 2 0 Controller Enabl...

Page 4: ...it F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Item Help Menu Level Step 4 Save and exit BIOS Setup Figure 3 Step 2 Later select Hard Disk Boot Priority under the Ad...

Page 5: ...Right reserved Scan Devices Please wait Press Tab key into User Window Serial_Ch0 Master ST3120026AS Serial_Ch1 Master ST3120026AS Step 2 In the VT8237 SATA RAID BIOS utility screen Figure 5 you can u...

Page 6: ...to create a RAID array is to set the RAID mode Select Array Mode and press ENTER And the RAID mode selection menu will appear Figure 7 The supported RAID modes include RAID 0 for performance RAID 1 fo...

Page 7: ...RAID BIOS Ver 2 31 Channel Drive Name Array Name Mode Size GB Status Serial_Ch0 Master ST3120026AS SATA 111 79 Stripe0 Serial_Ch1 Master ST3120026AS SATA 111 79 Stripe1 Create a RAID array with the h...

Page 8: ...er ST3120026AS ARRAY 0 SATA 111 79 Stripe0 Serial_Ch1 Master ST3120026AS ARRAY 0 SATA 111 79 Stripe1 The selected array will be destoried Are you sure Continue Press Y N C Select Boot Array You can se...

Page 9: ...Select Boot Array u Serial Number View Channel Drive Name Array Name Mode Size GB Status Serial_Ch0 Master ST3120026AS ARRAY 0 SATA 111 79 Stripe0 Serial_Ch1 Master ST3120026AS ARRAY 0 SATA 111 79 Str...

Page 10: ...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 ins...

Page 11: ...37 Series ATA item 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 17 You have...

Page 12: ...ve any device support disks from a mass storage device manufacturer or do not want to specify additional mass storage devices for use with Windows press ENTER 5 Installing SATA controller driver durin...

Page 13: ...Serial ATA RAID Controller Windows XP To specify additional SCSI adapters CD ROM drives or special disk controllers for use with Windows including those for which you have a device support disk from...

Page 14: ...ional Setup Welcome to Setup This port of the Setup program prepares Microsoft R Windows R XP to run on your computer To set up Windows XP now press ENTER To repair a Windows XP installation using Rec...