User manual ASUS F1A55-M LX

[. . . ] If you want to create RAID, assure that the Onboard H/W GIGARAID item under Integrated Peripherals is set to Enabled and GigaRAID Function to RAID (Figure 1). If you do not want to create RAID, set GigaRAID Function to ATA. CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software Integrated Peripherals : Move Enter: Select F5: Previous Values +/-/PU/PD: Value F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help F7: Optimized Defaults Figure 1 The BIOS Setup menus described in this section may not show 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 . -3- IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) Ác Åé ¤¤ ¤å Step 2 Next, go to Advanced BIOS Features and select Hard Disk Boot Priority. In the Hard Disk Boot Priority submenu, use the ARROW keys to select the desired IDE hard drive onto which you want to install Microsoft Windows 2000/XP and use the PLUS SIGN to move it up to the first item. [. . . ] Define RAID [2]: To manually create an array, press 2 to enter the Define RAID menu. Delete RAID [3]: To delete existing RAID set, press 3 to enter the Delete RAID menu. Rebuild RAID [4]: To rebuild RAID 1 or RAID 0+1 set, press 4 to enter the Rebuild RAID menu. RAID Card Configuration [5]: To check information about the RAID controller and current hard drive status, press 5 to enter the RAID Card Configuration screen. Figure 5 -5- IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) Ác Åé ¤¤ ¤å Auto Configuration Auto Configuration will guide you to set an array and this is the simplest and fastest way to create your first array. You should see a screen similar to Figure 6 below after pressing 1 from the Main Menu. Auto Configuration Menu: You can use the ARROW keys or SPACEBAR to cycle through RAID mode options under the Setup Array Type as item. The supported RAID modes include RAID0, RAID1, RAID0+1, JBOD, and Normal (standard ATA mode). The folllowing is an example of RAID 0 creation. Array Configuration: This section displays the information about the RAID set you select, such as RAID mode and RAID array size. After selecting the RAID mode, press CTRL+Y to save the settings. And press any key to return to the Main Menu. In the Drive List section, use UP or DOWN keys to select the desired drive and press ENTER. Figure 13 - 11 - IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) Ác Åé ¤¤ ¤å After the assignment, the following window (Figure 14) will appear. Later, answer Y or N to the next prompt "Do you like monitoring the reconstruction status till it completes?" If you answer Y, you can monitor the whole rebuild process until it completely ends or select background rebuild. If you choose background rebuild, rebuild can proceed at the background and you can leave Setup Utility and boot directly. Figure 14 IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) - 12 - RAID Card Configuration: Press 5 in Main Menu to enter the RAID Card Configuration menu (Figure 15). The RAID Card Configuration section: When Auto-Rebuild is enabled, the GigaRAID ATA RAID Controller can rebuild your mirrored array automatically. If a failed mirrored drive is replaced without shutting down your PC, the GigaRAID ATA RAID Controller can detect the hot-swap action and start rebuilding automatically. When Auto-Rebuild is disabled, you need to rebuild your mirrored array manually from Rebuild RAID Menu (please refer to page 11). The RAID Card Resource section: This section displays PCI slot interrupt and I/O port address used by the GigaRAID ATA RAID Controller. The Driver Status section: This section displays the status of each hard drive. Figure 15 - 13 - IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) Ác Åé ¤¤ ¤å (4) Making a IDE RAID controller driver disk To install Windows 2000/XP onto a hard drive on the GigaRAID controller successfully, you need to install required driver for the GigaRAID controller on your motherboard during OS installation. Without the driver, the hard drive may not be recognized during the Windows setup process. First of all, you need to copy the driver for the IDE RAID controller from the motherboard driver CD to a floppydisk. The instructions below explain how to copy the driver. [. . . ] Step 5: Press 0 to exit when the procedure is complete (Figure 19). You have copied the IDE RAID driver sucessfully. Figure 19 - 15 - IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) Ác Åé ¤¤ ¤å (5) Installing IDE RAID controller driver during OS installation Now that you have prepared a floppy disk with the IDE RAID controller driver and adjusted BIOS settings, you are ready to install Windows 2000/XP onto your IDE hard drive with the driver. The following is an example of Windows XP installation. Step 1: Restart your system to boot from the Windows 2000/XP Setup disk and press F6 as soon as you see the "Press F6 if you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" message (Figure 20). [. . . ]