User manual ASUS P8H61-M PLUS V2

[. . . ] 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)/RAID array. 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, make sure that IDE/SATA RAID function under the Integrated Peripherals menu is enabled (Figure 1). Also make sure that the Serial-ATA 1/Serial-ATA 2 are enabled (including SATA 1 Primary/Secondary RAID/SATA 2 Primary/Secondary RAID), depending on which SATA ports you connect. [. . . ] You can press the TAB key to highlight through options. Step 3: In the RAID Mode field, use the UP or DOWN ARROW key to select a RAID mode. The supported RAID modes include Mirroring (default), Striping, Stripe Mirroring, and Spanning. The following is an example of RAID 0 array creation. Step 4: If RAID 0 (Striping) is selected, you can manually set the striping block size. In the Striping Block field, use the UP or DOWN ARROW key to set the Striping Block size. 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. NVIDIA RAID Utility Nov 5 2004 - Define a New Array RAID Mode: Striping Striping Block: Optimal Free Disks Loc Disk Model Name 2. 0. M 2. 1. M ST3120026AS ST3120026AS Array Disks Loc Disk Model Name [g] Add [f ] Del [ESC] Quit [F6] Back [F7] Finish [TAB] Navigate [hi] Select [ENTER] Popup Figure 6 SATA Hard Drive Configurations (nForce series) - 6 - 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. 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 14). After pressing F6, there will be a few moments of some files being loaded before you see the next screen. Windows Setup Press F6 if you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver. Figure 14 Step 2: When a screen similar to that below appears (Figure 15), insert the floppy disk containing the SATA driver and press S. Windows Setup Setup could not determine the type of one or more mass storage devices installed in your system, or you have chosen to manually specify an adapter. 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 15 - 11 - SATA Hard Drive Configurations (nForce series) Ác Åé ¤¤ ¤å Step 3: If Setup correctly recognizes the driver in the floppy disk, a controller menu similar to Figure 16 below will appear. Use the ARROW keys to select NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER* (Figure 16) and press ENTER. * 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 18 After the SATA controller driver installation is completed, you should see a screen similar to that below. You can proceed with the Windows 2000/XP installation now. WindowsXP Professional Setup The following list shows the existing partitions and unpartitioned space on this computer. Use the UP and DOWN ARROW keys to select an item in the list. l l l To set up Windows XP on the seleted item, press ENTER. To create a partition in the unpartitioned space, press C. To delete the selected partition, press D. [. . . ] Restart the computer to boot into Windows 2000. NVIDIA RAID Utility Nov 5 10 2004 - Define a New Array RAID Mode: Striping Striping Block: Optimal Free Disks Loc Disk Model Name Clear disk data ?Disks Array Loc Disk Model Name 1. 0. M [Y] YES [N] 1. 1. M NO [g] Add ST3120026AS ST3120026AS [f ] Del [ESC] Quit [F6] Back [F7] Finish [TAB] Navigate [hi ] Select [ENTER] Popup Figure 22 - 15 - SATA Hard Drive Configurations (nForce series) Ác Åé ¤¤ ¤å 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. [. . . ]