User manual GIGABYTE GA-K8U

[. . . ] 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). Step 1: Turn on your computer and press Del to enter BIOS Setup during POST (Power-On Self Test). In the BIOS Setup menu, go to the Integrated Peripherals menu and assure that the OnChip SATA is enabled. [. . . ] An "M" flash cursor appears at Drive Select Menu for the user to choose the first (source) drive for RAID 1. Then the flash cursor changes to an "m" flash cursor for the user to choose the second (target) drive for RAID 1. (Figure 10) RAID BIOS Setup Utility (c) 2004 ALi Corporation www. ali. co m. tw Create RAID 0 Striping for Performance Create RAID 1 Mirroring for Reliability Create JBOD for integrated Capacity SPACE : Select Stripe Size 64K h, i : Moving Cursor Delete RAID Settings & Partition Enter : Select & Finish Delete All RAID Settings & Partition ESC : Exit Rebuild RAID Array Select Stripe Drives Drive Model M Channel 1 Master : ST3120026AS m Channel 2 Master : ST3120026AS Capacity RAID Array A : RAID Array B : RAID Array C : Mode SATA 1 SATA 1 RAID Type Capacity 120034 MB 120034 MB Stripe Size RAID Array/Type RAID Name Figure 10 Press SPACEBAR to select the second drive. 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. 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. 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. An "E" flash cursor appears at Drive Select Menu for the user to choose the defined drive to be deleted. [. . . ] Select the SCSI Adapter you want from the following list, or press ESC to return to the previous screen. ALi SATA RAID Controller(M5289, Windows XP/Server 2003) ALi SATA RAID Controller(M5289, Win2000) ALi SATA RAID Controller(M5289, Windows XP/Server 2003 AMD 64-bit Edition) ENTER=Select F3=Exit Figure 20 Step 4: When the screen as shown below appears, press ENTER to continue the SATA driver installation from the floppy disk. 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. [. . . ]