User manual GIGABYTE GA-K8U

[. . . ] (d) Driver CD for your motherboard. (1) Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your system 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. For example, SATA0_SII/SATA1_SII is controlled by the Sil3112 controller). 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 Drive Configurations (ULi M1689) -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). [. . . ] The prompt "Create RAID 1 (Y/N)?" appears after two drives are properly assigned. Press Y, and then some necessary information will be written to the drives, which will destroy the original data in the drives. It is recommended to use new drives to create RAID 1. If existing drive is to be used, back up all necessary data before creating RAID 1. Next, the Array Name input line appears for the user to key in a name for the newly created array. The effective characters for an array name are 0-9, A-Z, a-z, space and underscore. Lastly a prompt message "Duplicate Data from M to m (Y/N)?" asks whether to do drive copy. The source and target drives are indicated by "M" and "m" in Drive Select Menu respectively. Pressing Y will duplicate the data in source drive to the target drive. Make sure the source drive is the correct one. If you press N, then the data is inconsistent in two drives. Press Y, and then some necessary information will be written to the drives, which will destroy the original data in the drives. Next, the Array Name input line appears for the user to key in a name for the newly created array. The effective characters for an array name are 0-9, A-Z, a-z, space and underscore. After the RAID array has been created successfully, its information shows up at RAID Array List. Make sure the data in drives is no longer in use before creating JBOD. -9- SATA Hard Drive Configurations (ULi M1689) 4. Delete RAID Settings & Partition When RAID BIOS detects a broken RAID, the user can use Delete RAID Setting & Partition to delete the broken RAID. Press ENTER on Delete RAID Settings & Partition item. An "E" flash cursor appears at Drive Select Menu for the user to choose the defined drive to be deleted. "Data on RAID drives will be deleted (Y/N)?" message will appear to confirm the user's selection. Press Y and then the data in drives is destroyed. RAID Array List automatically updates itself. 5. [. . . ] If a message appears saying one or some file(s) cannot be found, please check the floppy disk or copy the correct SATA driver again from the motherboard driver CD. Windows Setup Setup will load support for the following mass storage device(s): ALi SATA RAID Controller(M5289, Windows XP/Server 2003) * 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 21 "*" Select the driver according to which of the following operating systems you want to install: Windows 2003, Windows XP, Windows 2000, or Windows 2003/XP AMD 64-bit Edition. SATA Hard Drive Configurations (ULi M1689) - 14 - 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 succesfully. [. . . ]