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Conguring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

(Note)

on the motherboard. Then connect the power connector from your power supply to the hard drive.

B.Conguring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," "Advanced."

Steps:

1. Turn on your computer and press <Delete> or <F2> to enter BIOS Setup during the POST (Power-On

Self-Test). To create RAID, set SATA Mode under the Advanced menu to RAID Mode(IDE Mode by

default). If you do not want to create RAID, set this item to IDE or AHCI Mode.

2. Save changes and exit BIOS Setup.

The BIOS Setup options described in this section may differ from the exact settings for your mother-

board. The actual BIOS Setup options you will see shall depend on the motherboard you have and

the BIOS version.

(Note) When a RAID set is built across the SATA 6Gb/s and SATA 3Gb/s channels, the system perfor-

mance of the RAID set may vary depending on the devices being connected.

C.ConguringRAIDsetinRAIDBIOS

Enter the RAID BIOS setup utility to congure a RAID array. After the POST memory test begins and before

the operating system boot begins, look for a message which says "Press <Ctrl-I> to enter Conguration Util-

ity". Press <Ctrl> + <I> to enter the RAID Conguration Utility.

Steps:

1. If you want to create a RAID array, select Create RAID Volume in MAIN MENU and press <Enter>.

2. After entering the CREATE VOLUME MENU screen, enter a volume name with 1~16 letters (letters can

not be special characters) under the Name item and press <Enter>. Then, select a RAID level. RAID

levels supported include RAID 0, RAID 1, Recovery, RAID 10, and RAID 5 (the selections available de-

pend on the number of the hard drives being installed). Press <Enter> to proceed.

Under Disks item, select the hard drives to be included in the RAID array. If only two hard drives are

installed, they will be automatically assigned to the array. Set the stripe block size if necessary. The stripe

block size can be set from 4 KB to 128 KB. Once you have selected the stripe block size, press <Enter>.

4. Enter the array capacity and press <Enter>. Finally press <Enter> on the Create Volume item to begin

creating the RAID array. When prompted to conrm whether to create this volume, press <Y> to conrm

or <N> to cancel.

When completed, you can see detailed information about the RAID array in the DISK/VOLUME

INFORMATION section, including the RAID level, stripe block size, array name, and array capacity, etc.

6. To exit the RAID BIOS utility, press <Esc> or select 5. Exit in MAIN MENU.

Now, you can proceed to

create the SATA RAID/AHCI driver diskette and install the SATA RAID/AHCI driver and operating system.