User manual ASUS M4A78

[. . . ] 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 SATA Mode under the Integrated Peripherals menu (Figure 1) and set this item to RAID (RAID by default). Set SATA Mode to IDE if you do not want to create RAID. CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software Integrated Peripherals IDE DMA transfer access OnChip IDE Channel 0 OnChip IDE Channel 1 OnChip Serial ATA SATA Mode AC97 Audio VIA Onboard LAN USB 1. 1 Controller USB 2. 0 Controller USB Keyboard Support USB Mouse Support Onboard H/W LAN Onboard H/W 1394 Onboard H/W Serial ATA Serial ATA Function GigaBit LAN Boot ROM On-Chip LAN Boot ROM Onboard Serial Port 1 Onboard Serial Port 2 higf: Move Enter: Select F5: Previous Values [Enabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [RAID] [Auto] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [RAID] [Disabled] [Disabled] [3F8/IRQ4] [2F8/IRQ3] +/-/PU/PD: Value F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F10: Save Item Help Menu Level} 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- SATA Hard Drive Configurations (VT8237(R)) Ác Åé ¤¤ ¤å Step 2: Later, select Hard Disk Boot Priority under the Advanced BIOS Features menu. [. . . ] Highlight an item that you want to execute and press ENTER. VIA Tech. VT8237 SATA RAID BIOS Ver 2. 31 u u u u u Create Array Delete Array Create/Delete Spare Select Boot Array Serial Number View Create a RAID array with the hard disks attached to VIA RAID controller F1 h, i Enter ESC Array Name : : : : View Array/disk Status Move to next item Confirm the selection Exit Mode SATA SATA Size(GB) 111. 79 111. 79 Status Hdd Hdd Channel Serial_Ch0 Master Serial_Ch1 Master Drive Name ST3120026AS ST3120026AS Figure 5 -5- SATA Hard Drive Configurations (VT8237(R)) Ác Åé ¤¤ ¤å A. Create Array: In Main Menu, select Create Array and press ENTER, a screen similar to Figure 6 below will appear. VIA Tech. VT8237 SATA RAID BIOS Ver 2. 31 u u u u u Auto Setup For Performance Array Mode RAID 0 (Striping) Select Disk Drives Block Size 64K Start Create Process Create a RAID array with the hard disks attached to VIA RAID controller F1 h, i Enter ESC Array Name : : : : View Array/disk Status Move to next item Confirm the selection Exit Mode SATA SATA Size(GB) 111. 79 111. 79 Status Hdd Hdd Channel Serial_Ch0 Master Serial_Ch1 Master Drive Name ST3120026AS ST3120026AS Figure 6 The first step to create a RAID array is to set the RAID mode. And the RAID mode selection menu will appear (Figure 7). The supported RAID modes include RAID 0 for performance, RAID 1 for data protection, and RAID SPAN for capacity. Use the UP or DOWN ARROW key to select a RAID mode. VIA Tech. VT8237 SATA RAID BIOS Ver 2. 31 u u u u u Auto Setup For Data Security RAID 0 for performance Array Mode RAID 0 (Striping) RAID 1 Drives Select Diskfor data protection RAID SPAN Block Size 64K for capacity Start Create Process Create a RAID array with the hard disks attached to VIA RAID controller F1 h, i Enter ESC Array Name : : : : View Array/disk Status Move to next item Confirm the selection Exit Mode SATA SATA Size(GB) 111. 79 111. 79 Status Hdd Hdd Channel Serial_Ch0 Master Serial_Ch1 Master Drive Name ST3120026AS ST3120026AS Figure 7 SATA Hard Drive Configurations (VT8237(R)) 6- After selecting a RAID mode, you must decide whether you want the RAID array to be configured automatically or manually. Auto Setup allows BIOS to assign the hard drives and create arrays automatically, but it does not duplicate the mirroring drives even if user selects Create and duplicate for RAID 1. It is recommended all hard drives are new ones when you want to create an array. Select Disk Drives lets users select the array drives by their requirements. Serial Number View: Highlight Serial Number View and press ENTER. Use the ARROW keys to select a drive, and the selected drive's serial number can be viewed in the last line. The serial number is assigned by the disk drive manufacturer (Figure 12). VIA Tech. VT8237 SATA RAID BIOS Ver 2. 31 u u u u u Create Array Delete Array Create/Delete Spare Select Boot Array Serial Number View View the serial number of hard disk, it is useful for identify same model disks F1 h, i Enter ESC Array Name ARRAY 0 ARRAY 0 : : : : View Array/disk Status Move to next item Confirm the selection Exit Mode SATA SATA Size(GB) 111. 79 111. 79 Status Stripe0 Stripe1 Channel Serial_Ch0 Master Serial_Ch1 Master Serial Number: Drive Name ST3120026AS ST3120026AS 3JT354CP Figure 12 E. View Array Status: Press F1 to show the array status on the lower screen. If there are no disk arrays then nothing will be displayed on the screen (Figure 13). VIA Tech. VT8237 SATA RAID BIOS Ver 2. 31 u u u u u Create Array Delete Array Create/Delete Spare Select Boot Array Serial Number View Create a RAID array with the hard disks attached to VIA RAID controller F1 h, i Enter ESC Array Mode Stripe : : : : View Array/disk Status Move to next item Confirm the selection Exit Size(GB) 223. 58 Array Name ARRAY 0 Block Size(GB) 64K Figure 13 -9- SATA Hard Drive Configurations (VT8237(R)) Ác Åé ¤¤ ¤å (4) Making a SATA Driver Disk To install Windows 2000/XP onto a SATA hard drive on the VT8237 controller successfully, you need to install required driver for the SATA controller 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 SATA controller from the motherboard driver CD to a floppy disk. The instructions below explain how to copy the driver. Step 1: Find an available system and insert the motherboard driver CD into the CD-ROM drive. [. . . ] VIA Serial ATA RAID Controller(Windows XP) VIA Serial ATA RAID Controller(Windows 2000) VIA Serial ATA RAID Controller(Windows NT4) VIA ATA/ATAPI Host Controller(Windows XP) ENTER=Select F3=Exit Figure 20 If a message appears saying one or some file(s) cannot be found, please check the floppy disk or copy the correct SATA driver again from the motherboard driver CD. Step 4: When the screen as shown below appears, press ENTER to continue the SATA driver installation from the floppy disk. The driver installation will be finished in about one minute. Windows Setup Setup will load support for the following mass storage device(s): VIA Serial ATA RAID Controller(Windows XP) * 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 21 "*" If you want to create a RAID array, select the item depending on the operating system that you want to install. [. . . ]