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Conguring SATA Hard Drive(s)

Chapter3 ConguringSATAHardDrive(s)

TocongureSATAharddrive(s),followthestepsbelow:

A. InstallSATAharddrive(s)inyourcomputer.

B. CongureSATAcontrollermodeinBIOSSetup.

C. CongureaRAIDarrayinRAIDBIOS.

(Note1)

D. Install the SATA RAID/AHCI driver and operating system.

(Note2)

Before you begin, please prepare the following items:

• 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.

• A Windows setup disk.

• Motherboard driver disk.

• A USB thumb drive.

RAID Levels

3-1 ConguringSATAControllers

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.IfyouwanttocongureaRAIDset,makesuretoconnecttheharddrivesto

theSATA30~5ports.Thenconnectthepowerconnectorfromyourpowersupplytotheharddrive.

RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 10

Minimum

Number of Hard

Drives

≥2 2 ≥3 ≥4

Array Capacity Number of hard

drives*Sizeofthe

smallest drive

Sizeofthesmallest

drive

(Numberofhard

drives-1)*Sizeof

the smallest drive

(Numberofhard

drives/2)*Sizeofthe

smallest drive

Fault Tolerance No Yes Yes Yes

(Note1) SkipthisstepifyoudonotwanttocreateRAIDarrayontheSATAcontroller.

(Note2) RequiredwhentheSATAcontrollerissettoAHCIorRAIDmode.