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Chapter 5: Software support
5.5 Intel
®
RAID for Serial ATA configuration
This motherboard supports Intel
®
RAID 0 for Serial ATA drives through the
Intel
®
ICH5R chipset. The Serial ATA as RAID option must be enabled in
the BIOS before the system can load the Intel
®
RAID Option ROM code for
Intel
®
RAID. The Intel
®
RAID Option ROM is a standard PnP (Plug and
Play) option ROM that provides a pre-operating system user interface for
the Intel
®
RAID implementation. It also allows the boot order to be selected
from within the BIOS setup utility.
5.5.2 Installing Serial ATA (SATA) hard disks
Installing Serial ATA (SATA) hard disks requires the use of a new SATA
data cable (4-conductor) which supports the Serial ATA protocol and a
SATA power cable. Either end of the SATA data cable can be connected to
the SATA hard disk or the SATA connector on the motherboard.
Follow the given steps for correct cable installation:
1. Attach either cable end to the SATA connector on the motherboard.
2. Attach the other cable end to the SATA hard disk.
• Both the data and power SATA cables are new cables. You cannot
use older 40-pin 80-conductor IDE or regular IDE power cables
with SATA hard drives.
• Carefully follow any technical instructions that come from the hard
disk manufacturer.
5.5.1 BIOS Configuration
1. Enter the BIOS setup program by pressing the <Del> key after the
Power-On Self Test (POST) memory test begins.
2. Select the Main menu, then the IDE Configuration menu.
3. If necessary, switch the
Onboard IDE Operate Mode option from
[Legacy Mode] to [Enhanced Mode].
4. Switch the
Configure S-ATA as RAID option to [Yes].
5. Press <F10> to save the BIOS settings and exit the BIOS
setup program.
• For more information about the Intel
®
RAID for SATA configuration,
refer to the Intel Application Accelerator, RAID Edition, User’s
manual in “\Manual\IAA RAID Manual.doc” of the support CD.
• The Intel
®
RAID feature is available in WinXP only.