User manual ASUS M4A77TD

[. . . ] For example, SATA0_SB/SATA_SB is controlled by the SATA controller on South-Bridge. ) Then connect the power connector from your power supply to the hard drive. "*" Skip this step if you do not want to create RAID array on the SATA controller. SATA Hard Drive Configurations (nForce series) - 2 - (2) Configuring SATA controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup You have to make sure whether the SATA controller is configured correctly in system BIOS Setup and set BIOS boot sequence for the SATA hard drive(s). Step 1: Turn on your computer and press Del to enter BIOS Setup during POST (Power-On Self Test). If you want to create RAID, select IDE Function Setup under the Integrated Peripherals menu and then press ENTER (Figure 1). [. . . ] The KB is the standard unit of Striping Block size. We recommend you leaving it to the default setting--Optimal (64K). The size range is from 4K to 128K. NV I D I A R A I D Ut il it y Ma y 10 2 0 0 4 - De fine a N e w A rray RA ID Mo d e: Mirro rin g S t r ip in g Bl o c k : O p t im a l F r e e D is ks Loc Disk M od el N am e 1. 0. M 1. 1. M S T 3 1 20 0 2 6 A S S T 3 1 20 0 2 6 A S A rr a y D isk s Loc Disk M od el N am e [g ] A d d [f ] D e l [ h i ] S e le c t [ F 6] Bac k [ F 7] F in is h [ TA B] N a viga t e [ E N TE R ] P o p u p Figure 6 - 5 - SATA Hard Drive Configurations (nForce series) Ác Åé ¤¤ ¤å Step 5: Next, select the hard drives which you wish to be included in the disk array. The Free Disks section displays the information about the currently installed SATA hard drives. Press the TAB key to move to the Free Disks section. Select the target hard drives and use the RIGHT ARROW key to add the hard drives to the Array Disks section (Figure 7). NV I D I A R A I D Ut il it y Ma y 10 2 0 0 4 - De fine a N e w A rray RA ID Mo d e: Mirro rin g S t r ip in g Bl o c k : O p t im a l F r e e D is ks Loc Disk M od el N am e A rr a y D isk s Loc Disk M od el N am e 1. 0. M [g ] A d d 1 . M S T3 1 20 0 2 6 A S S T3 1 20 0 2 6 A S [f ] D e l [ h i ] S e le c t [ F 6] Bac k [ F 7] F in is h [ TA B] N a viga t e [ E N TE R ] P o p u p Figure 7 Step 6: Press F7 after selecting the target hard disks. A message which says "Clear disk data?" will appear. If you are sure to clear the data in the selected hard drives, press Y. (If the hard drives contain previously created RAID array, you need to press Y to clear the data from the hard drives. ) NV I D I A R A I D Ut il it y Ma y 10 2 0 0 4 - De fine a N e w A rray RA ID Mo d e: Mirro rin g S t r ip in g Bl o c k : O p t im a l F r e e D is ks Loc Disk M od el N am e C le a r d is k dA r a a ?D i s k s atr y Loc Disk M od el N am e 1 . Currently, Setup will load support for the following mass storage devices(s) <none> * To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or special disk controllers for use with Windows, including those for which you have a device support 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 devices for use with Windows, press ENTER. S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 16 SATA Hard Drive Configurations (nForce series) - 10 - Step 3: If Setup correctly recognizes the driver in the floppy disk, a controller menu similar to Figure 17 below will appear. Use the ARROW keys to select NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER* (Figure 17) and press ENTER. Later, when a screen similar to Figure 18 appears, you must press S to select additional driver. The screen will return to previous screen as shown in Figure 17. Select NVIDIA NForce Storage Controller and press ENTER, and then it will begin to load the SATA driver from the floppy disk. Windows Setup You have chosen to configure a SCSI Adapter for use with Windows, using a device support disk provided by an adapter manufacturer. It indicates that you have installed the SATA controller driver successfully. You can proceed with the Windows 2000/XP installation. WindowsXP Professional Setup Welcome to Setup. This port of the Setup program prepares Microsoft(R) Windows (R) XP to run on your computer. To repair a Windows XP installation using Recovery Console, press R. To quit Setup without installing Windows XP, press F3. Enter= Continue R=Repair F3=Exit Figure 20 SATA Hard Drive Configurations (nForce series) - 12 - (6) Configuring a bootable RAID array with Microsoft Windows 2000 Problem: Users cannot install Windows 2000 with Service Pack 2 (or previous versions) to a bootable RAID volume. [. . . ] F r e e D is ks Loc Disk M od el N am e [ Y] YE S A rr a y D isk s Loc Disk M od el N am e [N] NO 1. 0. M [g ] A d d 1 . M S T3 1 20 0 2 6 A S S T3 1 20 0 2 6 A S O p t im a l [f ] D e l [ F 6] Bac k [ F 7] F in is h [ TA B] N a viga t e [ h i ] S e le c t [ E N TE R ] P o p u p Figure 24 SATA Hard Drive Configurations (nForce series) - 14 - Step 5: Install the NVIDIA nForce Driver Package while in Windows 2000 and reboot the system. Go to START>Programs>Nvidia Corporation and select NVRAID manager. You should see the single disk RAID array (in striping mode) that was created from the boot disk. [. . . ]