User manual ASUS M4A785TD-V EVO

[. . . ] Step 1: Turn on your computer and press Del to enter BIOS Setup during POST (Power-On Self Test). In the BIOS Setup menu, go to the Integrated Peripherals menu and assure that the OnChip SATA is enabled. If you want to create RAID, set OnChip SATA Mode to RAID (RAID by default). Set OnChip SATA Mode to IDE if you do not want to create RAID. CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software Integrated Peripherals OnChip Audio OnChip SATA OnChip SATA Mode On-Chip Primary IDE On-Chip Secondary IDE IDE DMA transfer access Onboard H/W LAN USB 1. 1 Controller USB Keyboard Support USB Mouse Support USB 2. 0 Controller Onboard Serial Port 1 Onboard Serial Port 2 UART Mode Select x UR2 Duplex Mode Onboard Parallel Port Parallel Port Mode Game Port Address Midi Port Address higf: Move Enter: Select F5: Previous Values [Enabled] [Enabled] [RAID] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Enabled] [3F8/IRQ4] [2F8/IRQ3] [Normal] Half [378/IRQ7] [PRINTER] [201] [Disabled] +/-/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. [. . . ] An "S" flash cursor appears at Drive Select Menu for the user to choose the first drive for RAID 0. Use SPACEBAR to select the desired drive for RAID 0. Then the flash cursor changes to an "s" flash cursor for the user to choose the second drive for RAID 0. (Figure 7) RAID BIOS Setup Utility (c) 2004 ALi Corporation www. ali. co m. tw Create RAID 0 Striping for Performance Create RAID 1 Mirroring for Reliability Create JBOD for integrated Capacity SPACE : Select Stripe Size 64K h, i : Moving Cursor Delete RAID Settings & Partition Enter : Select & Finish Delete All RAID Settings & Partition ESC : Exit Rebuild RAID Array Select Stripe Drives Drive Model S Channel 1 Master : ST3120026AS s Channel 2 Master : ST3120026AS Capacity RAID Array A : RAID Array B : RAID Array C : Mode SATA 1 SATA 1 RAID Type Capacity 120034 MB 120034 MB Stripe Size RAID Array/Type RAID Name Figure 7 Press SPACEBAR to select the second drive. The prompt "Data on RAID Drives will be deleted (Y/ N)?" appears after two drives are properly assigned. Press Y and then some necessary information will be written to the drives, which will destroy the original data in the drives. Make sure the data in drives is no longer in use before creating RAID 0. SATA Hard Drive Configurations (ULi M1689) -6- Next, the Array Name input line appears for the user to key in a name for the newly created array. The effective characters for an array name are 0-9, A-Z, a-z, space and underscore. (Figure 8) RAID BIOS Setup Utility (c) 2004 ALi Corporation www. ali. co m. tw Create RAID 0 Striping for Performance Create RAID 1 Mirroring for Reliability Create JBOD for integrated Capacity SPACE : Select Stripe Size 64K h, i : Moving Cursor Delete RAID Settings & Partition Enter : Select & Finish Delete All RAID Settings & Partition ESC : Exit Rebuild RAID Array Input RAID Name (8 characters) : ALi_RAID Drive Model Mode S Channel 1 Master : ST3120026AS SATA 1 s Channel 2 Master : ST3120026AS SATA 1 Capacity RAID Array A : RAID Array B : RAID Array C : RAID Type Capacity 120034 MB 120034 MB Stripe Size RAID Array/Type RAID Name Figure 8 After the RAID array has been created successfully, its information shows up at RAID Array List. (Figure 9) RAID BIOS Setup Utility (c) 2004 ALi Corporation www. ali. co m. tw Create RAID 0 Striping for Performance Create RAID 1 Mirroring for Reliability Create JBOD for integrated Capacity SPACE : Select Stripe Size 64K h, i : Moving Cursor Delete RAID Settings & Partition Enter : Select & Finish Delete All RAID Settings & Partition ESC : Exit Rebuild RAID Array Drive Model Channel 1 Master : ST3120026AS Channel 2 Master : ST3120026AS Capacity 240 GB Mode SATA 1 SATA 1 RAID Type 0 Capacity 120034 MB 120034 MB Stripe Size 64K RAID Array/Type RAID Array A : RAID Array B : RAID Array C : RAID Name ALi_RAID Figure 9 To create a RAID 0 Array, you can select the stripe block size manually. The Stripe Size is effective for RAID 0. A "J" flash cursor appears at Drive Select Menu for the user to choose the first drive for JBOD. Use SAPCEBAR to select the desired drive for JBOD. Press ENTER to finish JBOD drive selection(Figure 13). Press Y to start the rebuild process and data duplication. The process status bar shows up during the duplication process. SATA Hard Drive Configurations (ULi M1689) - 10 - (4) Making a SATA controller driver disk To install Windows 2000/XP onto a SATA hard drive on the ULi M1689 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. The installation utility will appear automatically. Step 2: Go to My Computer and right-click the CD-ROM drive icon and select Open (Figure 14). Figure 14 Step 3: Go to the BootDrv folder and look for an executable program named MENU. exe (Figure 15). Figure 15 - 11 - SATA Hard Drive Configurations (ULi M1689) Step 3: Double-click MENU. exe. [. . . ] If you want to install Windows XP, use the ARROW keys to select ALi SATA RAID Controller (M5289, Windows XP/Server 2003)* (Figure 20) and press ENTER. 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. Select the SCSI Adapter you want from the following list, or press ESC to return to the previous screen. ALi SATA RAID Controller(M5289, Windows XP/Server 2003) ALi SATA RAID Controller(M5289, Win2000) ALi SATA RAID Controller(M5289, Windows XP/Server 2003 AMD 64-bit Edition) ENTER=Select F3=Exit Figure 20 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. [. . . ]