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SATA Hard Drive Configurations (VT8237(R))

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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.

Figure 19

WindowsXP Professional  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
   Recovery Console, press R.

        To quit Setup without installing Windows XP, press F3.

Enter= Continue

R=Repair

F3=Exit

(Note: Each time you add a new hard drive to a RAID array, the RAID driver will have to be installed
under Windows once for that hard drive. After that, the driver will not have to be installed.)

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...

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