User manual GIGABYTE GA-8I945P PRO annexe 1

[. . . ] If you do not want to create RAID with the SATA controller, you may prepare only one hard drive. (d) Driver CD for your motherboard. (1) Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your computer Attach one end of the SATA signal cable to the rear of the SATA hard drive and the other end to available SATA 3Gb/s port(s) on the motherboard. Then connect the power connector from your power supply to the hard drive. "*" Skip this step if you do not want to create RAID array on the SATA controller SATA Hard Drives Configurations (Intel ICH7R) -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). Step 1: Turn on your computer and press Del to enter BIOS Setup during POST (Power-On Self Test). [. . . ] When finished, press ENTER to select a RAID level (Figure 6). There are four RAID levels: RAID0, RAID1, RAID10 and RAID5. Select a RAID level and press ENTER. Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM V5. 0. 0. 1032 ICH7R wRAID5 Copyright(C) 2003-05 Intel Corporation. [ CREATE VOLUME MENU ] Name : RAID_Volume0 RAID Level : RAID0(Stripe) Disks : Select Disks Strip Size : 128KB Capacity : 223. 6 GB Create Volume [ HELP ] RAID0RAID1RAID10RAID5Choose the RAID level best suited to your usage model. Data striped across multiple physical drives for performance. Data mirrored across multiple physical drives for redundancy. Striped volume whose segments are RAID1 volumes. Data and parity striped across three or more physical drives for performance and redundancy. [TAB]-Next [ESC]-Previous Menu [ENTER]-Select [ ]-Change Figure 6 Step 4: Set the stripe block size (Figure 7). The KB is the standard unit of stripe block size. The stripe block size can be set from 4KB to 128KB. After the setting, press ENTER to set array capacity. Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM V5. 0. 0. 1032 ICH7R wRAID5 Copyright(C) 2003-05 Intel Corporation. [ CREATE VOLUME MENU ] Name : RAID_Volume0 RAID Level : RAID0(Stripe) Disks : Select Disks Strip Size : 128KB Capacity : 223. 6 GB Create Volume [ HELP ] The following are typical values: RAID0 - 128KB RAID10 - 64KB RAID5 - 64KB [ ]-Change [TAB]-Next [ESC]-Previous Menu [ENTER]-Select Figure 7 SATA Hard Drives Configurations (Intel ICH7R) -6- Step 5: After setting all the items above, select Create Volume and press ENTER (Figure 8) to begin the creation of the RAID array. Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM V5. 0. 0. 1032 ICH7R wRAID5 Copyright(C) 2003-05 Intel Corporation. [ CREATE VOLUME MENU ] Name : RAID_Volume0 RAID Level : RAID0(Stripe) Disks : Select Disks Strip Size : 128KB Capacity : 223. 6 GB Create Volume [ HELP ] Enter the volume capacity. The default value indicates the maximum volume capacity using the selected disks. If less than the maximum capacity is chosen, creation of a second volume is needed to utilize the remaining space. [ ]-Change [TAB]-Next [ESC]-Previous Menu [ENTER]-Select Figure 8 Step 6: When prompted to confirm whether to create this volume, press Y to create or N to cancel. Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM V5. 0. 0. 1032 ICH7R wRAID5 Copyright(C) 2003-05 Intel Corporation. [ CREATE VOLUME MENU ] Name : RAID_Volume0 RAID Level : RAID0(Stripe) Disks : Select Disks Strip Size : 128KB Capacity : 223. 6 GB Create Volume WARNING : ALL DATA ON [SELECTED DISKS WILL BE LOST. HELP ] Are you sure you want to creat this volume?(Y/N) : Press "ENTER" to Create the specified volume [ ]-Change [TAB]-Next [ESC]-Previous Menu [ENTER]-Select Figure 9 -7- SATA Hard Drives Configurations (Intel ICH7R) Ác Åé ¤¤ ¤å After the creation is completed, you can see detailed information about the RAID Array in the DISK/ VOLUME INFORMATION section, including RAID mode, disk block size, disk name, and disk capacity, etc. Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM V5. 0. 0. 1032 ICH7R wRAID5 Copyright(C) 2003-05 Intel Corporation. Exit [ DISK/VOLUME INFORMATION ] RAID Volumes : ID Name 0 Volume0 Physical Disks : Port Driver Model 0 ST3120026AS 1 ST3120026AS Level RAID(Stripe) Serial # 3JT354CP 3JT329JX Strip 128KB Size 223. 6GB Size 111. 8GB 111. 8GB Status Normal Bootable Yes Type/Status(Vol ID) Member Disk(0) Member Disk(0) [ ]-Select [ESC]-Exit [ENTER]-Select Menu Figure 10 Delete RAID Volume If you want to delete a RAID volume, select the Delete RAID Volume option in Main Menu. Press ENTER and follow on-screen instructions. Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM V5. 0. 0. 1032 ICH7R wRAID5 Copyright(C) 2003-05 Intel Corporation. Exit [ DISK/VOLUME INFORMATION ] RAID Volumes : ID Name 0 Volume0 Physical Disks : Port Driver Model 0 ST3120026AS 1 ST3120026AS Level RAID(Stripe) Serial # 3JT354CP 3JT329JX Strip 128KB Size 223. 6GB Size 111. 8GB 111. 8GB Status Normal Bootable Yes Type/Status(Vol ID) Member Disk(0) Member Disk(0) [ ]-Select [ESC]-Exit [ENTER]-Select Menu To exit the ICH7R RAID BIOS utility, press ESC in Main Menu. [. . . ] The driver installation will be finished in about one minute. Windows Setup Setup will load support for the following mass storage device(s): Intel(R) 82801 GR/GH SATA RAID Controller (Desktop ICH7R/DH) * 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 18 "*" If you wish to install 64-bit Windows Operating System, select Intel(R) 82801 GR/GH SATA AHCI Controller (Desktop ICH7R/DH). SATA Hard Drives Configurations (Intel ICH7R) - 12 - After the SATA controller driver installation is completed, you should see a screen as below. It indicates that you have installed the SATA controller driver successfully. [. . . ]