Asus M3N-HT Computer Hardware User Manual


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For Windows
®
XP, if you want to boot the system from a hard disk drive
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Refer to section “5.5 Creating a RAID driver disk” for details.
Setting the BIOS RAID items
After installing the hard disk drives, make sure to set the necessary RAID items in
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To set the BIOS RAID items:
1. Boot the system and press <Del> during the Power-On Self-Test (POST) to
enter the BIOS Setup Utility.
2. Enable the RAID Enabled item in the BIOS. See section “4.5.3 Onboard
Device Conguration > Serial-ATA Conguration” for details.
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section “4.5.3 Onboard Device Conguration > Serial-ATA Conguration”
for details.
4. Save your changes and Exit Setup.
5.4.2 NVIDIA
®
RAID congurations
The motherboard includes a high performance SATA RAID controller integrated in
the NVIDIA
®
nForce™ 780a SLI southbridge chipset. It supports RAID 0, RAID 1,
RAID 0+1, RAID 5 and JBOD for six independent Serial ATA channels.
Installing Serial ATA (SATA) hard disks
The motherboard supports Ultra DMA 133/100/66 and Serial ATA hard disk drives.
For optimal performance, install identical drives of the same model and capacity
when creating a disk array.
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1. Install the SATA hard disks into the drive bays.
2. Connect the SATA signal cables.
3. Connect a SATA power cable to the power connector on each drive.
Refer to the RAID controllers user manual in the motherboard support DVD for
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