User manual ASUS MAXIMUS III FORMULA

[. . . ] IN NO EVENT SHALL ASUS, ITS DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF BUSINESS, LOSS OF USE OR DATA, INTERRUPTION OF BUSINESS AND THE LIKE), EVEN IF ASUS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES ARISING FROM ANY DEFECT OR ERROR IN THIS MANUAL OR PRODUCT. SPECIFICATIONS AND INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS MANUAL ARE FURNISHED FOR INFORMATIONAL USE ONLY, AND ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE, AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY ASUS. ASUS ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY FOR ANY ERRORS OR INACCURACIES THAT MAY APPEAR IN THIS MANUAL, INCLUDING THE PRODUCTS AND SOFTWARE DESCRIBED IN IT. Products and corporate names appearing in this manual may or may not be registered trademarks or copyrights of their respective companies, and are used only for identification or explanation and to the owners' benefit, without intent to infringe. 2 RAID configuration and driver installation Contents 1. [. . . ] In the FastBuildTM Utility main menu, press <1> to select A u t o p. S e t u p The following screen appears. 3. 4. 5. Use the arrow keys to go to the Optimize Array for field, then select S e c u r i t y using the space bar. The M o d e field displays M i r r o r/ r/ e. Stripe After making a selection, press <Ctrl+Y>. Press <Y> (Create and Quick Initialize) to create the RAID 0+1 set. 32 RAID configuration and driver installation 6. A pop-up message appears, warning you that all existing data on the hard disk drives will be deleted. Press <Y>. 7. After you have created the RAID 0+1 set, press any key to reboot the system. During POST, the FastTrak S150 TX4TM BIOS checks and displays the disk array information. 8. 9. Use the FDISK utility to format the array as a single hard drive. After you have formatted the arrayed drives, install an operating system (OS). The OS will treat the RAID 0+1 set as a single drive unit. RAID configuration and driver installation 33 1 . Array Menu 3. Press the up or down arrow keys to highlight the array number you want to delete, then press <Del>. The V i e w A r r a y D e f i n i t i o n M e n u appears displaying the hard disk drives assigned to the selected array. 4. When prompted, press <Ctrl> + <Y> to delete the array. RAID configuration and driver installation 37 5. The D e l e t e A r r a y M e n u appears, showing that the array is successfully deleted. Press <Esc> to exit. 38 RAID configuration and driver installation 1 . 6 Rebuilding a RAID 1 set The R e b u i l d A r r a y M e n u allows you to rebuild a RAID 1 set and recover the array from errors. During POST, the FastTrak S150 TX4TM BIOS checks and displays the RAID 1 condition. The screen displays the following information if the BIOS detected an error on the array. To rebuild the array: 1. Press <Ctrl> + <F> to enter the FastBuildTM Utility. From the FastBuildTM Utility main menu, press <3> to display the u. 5. Select the failed array, then identify the failed drive channel and ID. Exit the utility, then turn off the system. Replace the failed drive with an identical (same storage capacity) drive. RAID configuration and driver installation 39 6. [. . . ] The LAN controller drivers are automatically installed in the system. 9. 62 RAID configuration and driver installation To verify the Intel® 82547GI LAN controller driver installation: 1. Right-click the M y C o m p u t e r icon on the Windows® desktop , then select P r o p e r t i e s from the menu. Click the H a r d w a r e tab, then click the D e v i c e M a n a g e r button. Click the "+" sign before the item N e t w o r k a d a p t e r s s. [. . . ]