Asus PK5C Computer Hardware User Manual


 
ASUS P5KC 5-29
5.4.3 JMicron
®
RAID Conguration
The JMicron
®
Serial ATA controller allows you to congure RAID 0, RAID 1 and
JBOD sets on the external Serial ATA hard disk drives.
Before creating a RAID set
Prepare the following items:
1. Two SATA HDDs, preferably with the same model and capacity.
2. A write-enabled oppy disk for
Windows
®
XP or a oppy disk/USB device for
Windows
®
Vista.
3. Microsoft
®
Windows
®
OS installation disk (Windows
®
XP/Vista)
4. Motherboard support CD with JMB363 driver
Complete the following steps before you create a RAID set:
1. Install an internal Serial ATA hard disk drive and an external Serial ATA hard
disk drive on your system.
Install the internal Serial ATA hard disk drive to the SATA connector labeled
SATA_E2.
2. Set the
Controller Mode
item in the BIOS to [RAID]. See section
4.4.5
Onboard Devices Conguration
for details.
3. Enter the JMB363 RAID BIOS utility to set up your RAID conguration.
4. Create a JMB363 RAID driver disk for Windows
®
OS installation. See section
“5.5 Creating a RAID driver disk” for details.
5. Install the JMB363 driver after the Windows
®
OS had been installed.
Select Screen
Select Item
+- Change Option
F1 General Help
F10 Save and Exit
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Onboard Device Conguraiton
High Denition Audio [Enabled]
Front Panel Type [HD Audio]
Onboard 1394 Controller [Enabled]
Onboard PCIE GbE LAN [Enabled]
LAN Option ROM [Disabled]
J-Micron eSATA/PATA Controller [Enabled]
Controller Mode [RAID]
Serial Port1 Address [3F8/IRQ4]
Enable or Disable
High Denition Audio
Controller
BIOS SETUP UTILITY
Advanced
Always install the JMB363 driver before creating RAID sets.