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Chapter 3 Appendix

Before you begin, please prepare the following items:

• At least two SATA hard drives or SSDs.

(Note)

(To ensure optimal performance, it is recommended that you use

two hard drives with identical model and capacity).

• Windows setup disk.

• Motherboard driver disk.

• A USB thumb drive.

ConguringtheOnboardSATAController

A. Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your computer

Install the hard drives/SSDs in the SATA/M.2 connectors on the motherboard. Then connect the power connectors

from your power supply to the hard drives.

B.ConguringSATAcontrollermodeinBIOSSetup

MakesuretoconguretheSATAcontrollermodecorrectlyinsystemBIOSSetup.

Steps:

Turn on your computer and press <Delete> to enter BIOS Setup during the POST (Power-On Self-Test). Under

Chipset, set SATA Mode to RAID. Then save the settings and restart your computer. (If you want to use NVMe

PCIeSSDstocongureRAID,makesuretosetNVMe RAID mode to Enabled.)

3-1 ConguringaRAIDSet

RAID Levels

The BIOS Setup menus described in this section may differ from the exact settings for your motherboard.

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

the BIOS version.

RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 10

Minimum Number of

Hard Drives

≥2 2 4

Array Capacity Number of hard drives *

Size of the smallest drive

Size of the smallest drive (Number of hard drives/2) *

Size of the smallest drive

Fault Tolerance No Yes Yes

(Note) AnM.2PCIeSSDcannotbeusedtosetupaRAIDsetwithaSATAharddrive.

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