User manual GIGABYTE GA-K8NS-939

[. . . ] (5) Install the SATA controller driver during OS installation. Before you begin Please prepare: (a) Two SATA hard drives (to ensure optimal performance, it is recommended that you use two hard drives with identical model and capacity). 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 port(s) on the motherboard. (If there are more than one SATA controller on your motherboard, you may check the name of the SATA connector to identify the SATA controller for the connector. [. . . ] (If the hard drives contain previously created RAID array, you need to press Y to clear the data from the hard drives. ) NV I D I A R A I D Ut il it y Ma y 10 2 0 0 4 - De fine a N e w A rray RA ID Mo d e: Mirro rin g S t r ip in g Bl o c k : O p t im a l F r e e D is ks Loc Disk M od el N am e C le a r d is k dA r a a ?D i s k s atr y Loc Disk M od el N am e 1 . M S T3 1 20 0 2 6 A S [ Y] [g ]S A d d [ N1 . O S T 3 1 2 0 0 2 6 A S YE ] NM [f ] D e l [ h i ] S e le c t [ F 6] Bac k [ F 7] F in is h [ TA B] N a viga t e [ E N TE R ] P o p u p Figure 8 SATA Hard Drive Configurations (nForce series) - 6 - After that, the Array List screen displaying the RAID array you created will appear (Figure 9). If you want to set the disk array as boot device, use the UP or DOWN ARROW key to select the array and press B. NV I D I A R A I D Ut il it y Ma y 10 2 0 0 4 - A r ra y Lis t Bo o t BBS Id 2 S tatu s Health y Ve n d o r NV I D I A Array Mo del Name MIR ROR 111. 79G [ C t r l- X ] E x it [ h i ] S e le c t [ B] S e t Bo o t [ N] New Array [ E N TE R ] D e t a il Figure 9 If you want to read more information about the RAID array, press ENTER to enter the Array Detail screen (Figure 10), where you can see detailed information about RAID mode, disk block size, disk model name, and disk capacity, etc. A r r a y 2 : NV I D I A M I R R O R 111 . 7 9 G - A r r a y D e t a il RA ID Mo d e: Mirro rin g S t r ip in g W id t h : 1 S t r ip i n g Blo c k : Adapt 1 1 C h an n e l 0 1 M/S Master Master Index 0 1 D i s k M o d e l N a m eC a p a c i t y S T 3 1 20 0 2 6 A S S T 3 1 20 0 2 6 A S 111. 79GB 111. 79GB [ R ] R e b u ild [ D ] D e le t e [ C ] C le a r D is k [ E N TE R ] R e t u r n Figure 10 If you need to clear the data in the hard disk, press C in this screen. When the Clear disk data screen appears, press Y to confirm or N to cancel. Press ENTER to return to the Array List screen. To exit the Nvidia RAID utility, press CTRL+X. Now, you can proceed to install the SATA controller driver and operating system. - 7 - SATA Hard Drive Configurations (nForce series) Ác Åé ¤¤ ¤å (4) Making a SATA controller driver disk To install Windows 2000/XP onto a SATA hard drive on the nVIDIA nForce3 250/Ultra or nVIDIA nForce2 MCP RAID SATA 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 11). Figure 11 Step 3: Go to the BootDrv folder and look for an executable program named MENU. exe (Figure 12). Figure 12 SATA Hard Drive Configurations (nForce series) - 8 - Step 4: Double-click MENU. exe. An MS-DOS prompt screen similar to Figure 13 below will appear. Figure 13 Step 5: Insert an empty floppy disk and press E to select E)nVIDIA Series ATA(XP) if you want to install Windows XP; press F to select F)nVIDIA Series ATA(2K) if you want to install Windows 2000. 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 14). You have copied the SATA driver successfully. Figure 14 - 9 - SATA Hard Drive Configurations (nForce series) Ác Åé ¤¤ ¤å (5) Installing SATA controller driver during OS installation Now that you have prepared the SATA driver disk and configured BIOS settings, you are ready to install Windows 2000/XP onto your SATA hard drive with the driver. NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER NVIDIA NForce Storage Controller ENTER=Select F3=Exit Figure 17 Windows Setup Setup will load support for the following mass storage device(s): NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER * 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. [. . . ] Select the single boot disk RAID Array by clicking on it. Select Convert Array under the System Tasks and select Next following the instructions. Select the desired type of RAID array you want to convert and then select Next. You are prompted to select the desired Free Disk(s) to add to the bootable RAID array. [. . . ]