User manual ASUS P8H61-M PLUS2

[. . . ] Step 1: Turn on your computer and press Del to enter BIOS Setup during POST (Power-On Self Test). In BIOS Setup menu, go to Integrated Peripherals and assure that SATA RAID-5 Function (Figure 1) is enabled. Please note that SATA RAID-5 Function is to enable or disable the Sil3114 controller. To set either RAID or non-RAID mode (or single hard drive), you MUST enter the Sil3114 RAID BIOS utility. CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2005 Award Software Integrated Peripherals : Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F5: Previous Values F10: Save ESC: Exit F7: Optimized Defaults F1: General Help Figure 1 The BIOS Setup menus described in this section may not show the exact settings for your motherboard. [. . . ] To set either RAID or non-RAID mode (or single hard drive), you MUST enter the Sil3114 RAID BIOS utility. CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2005 Award Software Integrated Peripherals : Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F5: Previous Values F10: Save ESC: Exit F7: Optimized Defaults F1: General Help 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 (Sil3114) Ác Åé ¤¤ ¤å (3) Configuring SATA hard drives in RAID BIOS To configure either RAID or non-RAID boot drive/data drive or single hard drive, you MUST enter the the Sil3114 SATA RAID BIOS setup utility. After the POST memory test begins and before the operating system boot begins, look for a message which says "Press <Ctrl+S> or <F4> to enter RAID utility"(Figure 2). Hit the CTRL+ S or F4 key to enter the RAID BIOS setup utility. If you cannot enter the RAID BIOS , assure that your SATA drives are properly installed. Figure 2 While you are in the RAID BIOS, you should see a screen similar to that below (Figure 3). Use the UP or DOWN ARROW key to highlight through choices. Highlight the item that you want to execute and press ENTER. MAIN MENU Create RAID set Delete RAID set Rubuild Raid1 set Resolve Conflicts Low Level Format Logical Drive Info HELP Figure 3 SATA Hard Drive Configurations (Sil3114) -4- 3-1 Configuring single hard drive or non-RAID boot drive/data drive Since the RAID BIOS no longer reports non-RAID drives to the system BIOS, if you wish to install a single hard drive or configure non-RAID boot drive or data drive, you MUST set the hard drive(s) to JBOD mode in RAID BIOS so the RAID BIOS will report it to the system BIOS. Step 1: Select Create RAID set and press ENTER, and the RAID type selection menu will appear. Use the UP or DOWN ARROW key to select JBOD (Single) (Figure 4) and press ENTER. Figure 4 Step 2: Select the JBOD hard drive from the physical drive list and press ENTER. Step 3: Select the JBOD hard drive size (Figure 5). 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 15). Figure 15 Step 3: Go to the BootDrv folder and look for an executable program named MENU. exe (Figure 16). Figure 16 - 11 - SATA Hard Drive Configurations (Sil3114) Ác Åé ¤¤ ¤å Step 4: Double-click MENU. exe. An MS-DOS prompt screen similar to Figure 17 below will appear. Figure 17 Step 5: Insert an empty floppy disk. Select the Sil3114 Raid5 item by pressing the corresponding letter (Figure 18). Important You MUST select the Sil3114 Raid5 item no matter which RAID mode you created. If you wish to set up a non-RAID configuration (or single hard drive), you must select Sil3114 Raid5, too. [. . . ] Select the Sil3114 Raid5 item by pressing the corresponding letter (Figure 18). Important You MUST select the Sil3114 Raid5 item no matter which RAID mode you created. If you wish to set up a non-RAID configuration (or single hard drive), you must select Sil3114 Raid5, too. After selecting Sil3114 Raid5, your system will then automatically zip and transfer this driver file to the floppy disk. Figure 18 Selecting Sil3114 or Sil3114 Raid from the menu will result in the failure to install operating system during OS installation. Step 6: Press 0 to exit when the procedure is complete (Figure 19). [. . . ]