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Chapter 4 Appendix
4-1 Coniguring SATA Hard Drive(s)
Before you begin
Please prepare:
•
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 7/Vista/XP setup disk.
•
Motherboard driver disk.
•
A USB loppy disk drive (needed during Windows XP installation)
•
An empty formatted loppy disk (needed during Windows XP installation)
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 configure 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).
Make sure
OnChip SATA Controller
is enabled. To enable RAID for the SATA2_0/1/2/3 connectors, set
OnChip SATA Type
to
RAID
. To enable RAID for th
e SATA2_4/SATA2_5 connecto
rs, set
OnChip SATA
Type
to
RAID
and set
OnChip SATA Port4/5 Type
to
As SATA Type
.
2. Save changes and exit BIOS Setup.
The BIOS Setup menus described in this section may differ from the exact settings for your moth-
erboard. The actual BIOS Setup menu options you will see shall depend on the motherboard you
have and the BIOS version.
C. Coniguring RAID set in RAID BIOS
Enter the RAID BIOS setup utility to conigure a RAID array. After the POST memory test begins and
before the operating system boot begins, look for a message which says "Press <Ctrl-F> to enter RAID
Option ROM Utility". Press <Ctrl> + <F> to enter the RAID BIOS setup utility. To create a new array, press
<2> to enter the
LD View/LD Deine Menu
window. To create an array, press <Ctrl+C> to access the
LD
Deine Menu
. In the
LD Deine Menu
, use the up or down arrow key to move to an item for further conigu
-
ration. In the following procedure, we'll create RAID 0 as an example.
Steps:
1. Under the
RAID Mode
section, press the <SPACE> key to select
RAID 0
.
2. Set the
Stripe Block
size.
64 KB
is the default.
3. Under the
Drives Assignments
section, press the up or down arrow key to highlight a drive.
4. Press the <SPACE> key or <Y>to change the
Assignment
option to
Y
. This action adds the drive to the
disk array. The
Drv
section will show the number of disks assigned.
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