Gigabyte nForce Series Configuration Download Page 4

SATA Hard Drive Configurations (nForce series) - 4  -

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Step 2:
Later, select 

Hard Disk Boot Priority 

under

 

the

 Advanced BIOS Features 

menu.  In the 

Hard Disk

Boot Priority 

submenu, select the model of the SATA hard drive onto which you intent to install Microsoft

Windows 2000/XP (Figure 3).

Figure 3

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Hard Disk Boot Priority

1. CH2 M.       :

S_ATA1-ST3120026AS

2. CH3 M.       :

S_ATA2-ST3120026AS

3. Bootable Add-in Cards

hi

: Move

PU/PD/+/-: Change Priority

 F10: Save

ESC: Exit

Item Help
Menu Level     

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Use <

h

> or <

i

> to

select a device, then
press <+> to move it
up, or <-> to move it
down the list. Press
<ESC> to exit this
menu.

Step 3:
Set 

First Boot Device 

under the 

Advanced BIOS Features 

menu to 

CDROM 

to boot from CD-ROM

drive after system restarts (Figure 4).

CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software

Advanced BIOS Features

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Hard Disk Boot Priority

[Press Enter]

First Boot Device

[CDROM]

Second Boot Device

[Hard Disk]

Third Boot Device

[CDROM]

Boot Up Floopy Seek

[Disabled]

Password Check

[Setup]

Flexible AGP 8X

[Auto]

Init Display First

[AGP]

higf

: Move

Enter: Select

+/-/PU/PD: Value

F10: Save

ESC: Exit

F1: General Help

F5: Previous Values

F6: Fail-Safe Defaults

F7: Optimized Defaults

Item Help
Menu Level

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Step 4:
Save and exit BIOS Setup.

Figure 4

Summary of Contents for nForce Series

Page 1: ...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 controller driver disk 8 5...

Page 2: ...es 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 with the SATA controller you may prepare only one ha...

Page 3: ...bled USB Mouse Support Disabled Serial ATA 2 Internal PHY Enabled AC97 Audio Auto On Chip LAN nVIDIA Auto Onboard Serial ATA Enabled Serial ATA Function RAID Onboard 1394 Enabled Onboard LAN Control E...

Page 4: ...or i to select a device then press to move it up or to move it down the list Press ESC to exit this menu Step 3 Set First Boot Device under the Advanced BIOS Features menu to CDROM to boot from CD RO...

Page 5: ...M od el N am e 1 0 M S T3120026A S 1 1 M S T3120026A S A rra y D isks L o c Disk M od el N am e g Add f D el F6 Back F7 Finish TAB Navigate h i Select ENTER Popup Step 2 The Define a New Array screen...

Page 6: ...inish TAB Navigate h i Select ENTER Popup 1 0 M S T3120026A S 1 1 M S T3120026A S Figure 7 Step 5 Next select the hard drives which you wish to be included in the disk array The Free Disks section dis...

Page 7: ...Set Boot N New Array ENTER Detail Boot I d S ta tu s Ve n d o r A rra y M o d e l N a m e BBS 2 H e a l t h y NV I D I A MIR ROR 111 79G A rra y 2 NV ID IA MIR RO R 111 79G Arra y D e t a il RA ID Mo...

Page 8: ...the Windows 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...

Page 9: ...ss F to select F nVIDIA Series ATA 2K if you want to install Windows 2000 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...

Page 10: ...files being loaded before you see the next screen Figure 16 Windows Setup S Specify Additional Device ENTER Continue F3 Exit Setup could not determine the type of one or more mass storage devices ins...

Page 11: ...ter Continue F3 Exit Setup will load support for the following mass storage device s NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER To specify additional SCSI adapters CD ROM drives or special disk controllers for use with...

Page 12: ...upport disk from a mass storage device manufacturer press S If you do not have any device support disks from a mass storage device manufacturer or do not want to specify additional mass storage device...

Page 13: ...Integrated Peripherals IDE Function Setup Press Enter RAID Config Press Enter OnChip USB V1 1 V2 0 USB Keyboard Support Disabled USB Mouse Support Disabled AC97 Audio Auto Onboard H W LAN Enabled Onb...

Page 14: ...the Free Disks section with the TAB key Select the desired disk and use the RIGHT ARROW key to add it to Array Disks menu Figure 23 Step 4 After all the settings press F7 to complete the configuratio...

Page 15: ...are prompted to select the desired Free Disk s to add to the bootable RAID array Press Finish then NVRAID will start converting the single disk RAID array into a multi disk RAID array in a bootable fo...

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