User manual ASUS P8Z77-V LX

[. . . ] In BIOS Setup menu, go to Integrated Peripherals and assure that Onboard H/W SATA is enabled. If you want to create RAID, set the Serial ATA Function item to RAID (RAID by default) (Figure 1). Change the Serial ATA Function item to BASE if you do not want to create RAID. 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- SATA Hard Drive Configurations (Sil3112) Ác Åé ¤¤ ¤å Step 2: Select Hard Disk Boot Priority under the Advanced BIOS Features menu. [. . . ] In the Hard Disk Boot Priority submenu, select the model of the SATA hard drive onto which you want to install Microsoft Windows 2000/XP (Figure 2). CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software Hard Disk Boot Priority Figure 2 Step 3: Set First Boot Device under the Advanced BIOS Features menu to CD-ROM to boot from CD-ROM drive after system restarts (Figure 3). CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features : Move Enter: Select F5: Previous Values +/-/PU/PD: Value F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help F7: Optimized Defaults Figure 3 Step 4: Save and exit BIOS Setup. SATA Hard Drive Configurations (Sil3112) -4- (3) Configuring RAID set in RAID BIOS Enter the RAID BIOS setup utility to configure a RAID array. Skip this step and proceed to Section 4 if you do not want to create RAID. Step 1: After the Power-On Self Test (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 4). Hit the CTRL+ S or F4 key(s) to enter the RAID BIOS setup utility. If you cannot enter the RAID BIOS correctly, assure that your SATA drives are properly installed. Figure 4 Step 2: After you enter the RAID Configuration Utility, a screen similar to that below will appear (Figure 5). Main Menu: The Main Menu in the upper left corner allows you to use the UP or DOWN ARROW key to highlight through choices. Highlight an item that you want to execute and press ENTER. The Create RAID set selection allows user to create a new RAID Set. Step 2: Go to My Computer and right-click the CD-ROM drive icon and select Open (Figure 10). Figure 10 Step 3: Go to the BootDrv folder and look for an executable program named MENU. exe (Figure 11). Figure 11 SATA Hard Drive Configurations (Sil3112) -8- Step 4: Double-click MENU. exe. An MS-DOS prompt screen similar to Figure 12 below will appear. Figure 12 Step 5: Insert an empty floppy disk. If you want to create RAID array(s), press 4 to select the 4)SilRAID item. If you do not want to create RAID array, press 3 to select 3)SiIBASE. Then it will take about one minute to copy the SATA driver from the motherboard driver CD to the floppy disk. Step 6: Press 0 to exit when the procedure is complete (Figure 13). You have copied the SATA driver sucessfully. Figure 13 -9- SATA Hard Drive Configurations (Sil3112) Ác Åé ¤¤ ¤å (5) Installing SATA controller driver during OS installation Now that you have prepared a floppy disk with the SATA controller driver and configured BIOS settings, you are ready to install Windows 2000/XP onto your SATA 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). [. . . ] 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). After pressing F6, there will be a few moments of some files being loaded before you see the next screen. 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. Figure 15 SATA Hard Drive Configurations (Sil3112) - 10 - Step 3: If Setup correctly recognizes the driver in the floppy disk, a controller menu similar to Figure 16 below will appear. If you want to install Windows XP, use the ARROW keys to select Silicon Image SiI 3x12 SATARaid Controller for Windows XP* and press ENTER. [. . . ]