Gigabyte GA-M68MT-D3P Computer Hardware User Manual


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Steps:
1. Turn on your computer and press <Delete> to enter BIOS Setup during the POST (Power-On Self-Test).
Under Integrated Peripherals, make sure NV Serial-ATA Controller is enabled. To enable RAID, go to
the Serial-ATARAIDCong sub-menu.
2. Set NV SATA RAID function to Enabled to enable RAID control for each SATA connector. Then enable
the SATA channels with hard drives that you want to use for RAID (for example, NV SATA 1 Primary
RAID controls the SATA2_0 connector and NV SATA 1 Secondary RAID controls the SATA2_1 connector).
3. Save changes and exit BIOS Setup.
The BIOS Setup options described in this section may differ from the exact settings for your mother-
board. The actual BIOS Setup options you will see shall depend on the motherboard you have and
the BIOS version.
C.ConguringRAIDsetinRAIDBIOS
EntertheRAIDBIOSsetuputilitytocongureaRAIDarray.AfterthePOSTmemorytestbeginsandbefore
the operating system boot begins, look for a message which says "Press <F10> to enter RAID setup utility."
Hit the <F10> key to enter the NVIDIA RAID setup utility.
Steps:
1. Pressthe<Tab>keytomovefromeldtoelduntiltheappropriateeldishighlighted.
2.
In the RAID Modeeld,usetheupordownarrowkeytoselectaRAIDmode.Thefollowingproceduredem-
onstrates how a RAID 0 array (Striping) is created.
3. In the Striping Blockeld,usetheupordownarrowkeytosetthestripingblocksize.Thestripingblock
size can be set from 4 KB to 128 KB.
4. Next, press <Tab> to move to the Free Disks block. Select the target hard drives using the up or down
arrow key and use the right arrow key to add the hard drives to the Array Disks block.
5. Press<F7>.Amessagewhichsays"Cleardiskdata?"appears.Press<Y>toconrm.(Iftheharddrives
contain a previously created RAID array, you need to press <Y> to clear the data in the hard drives.)
After that, the Array List screen appears, displaying the RAID array that you have created.
6. To exit the NVIDIA RAID setup utility, press <Esc> in the main menu or <Ctrl>+<X> in the Array List
screen. Now, you can proceed to the installation of the SATA controller driver and operating system.
Making a SATA RAID Driver Diskette
CopythedriverfortheSATAcontrollerfromthemotherboarddriverdisktoaoppydisk(forWindowsXP)or
aUSBashdrive(forWindows7/Vista).Forexample,tocopytheRAIDdriverforWindowsXP32-bitoperat-
ingsystem,copythedriverfromthefollowingdirectorytoyouroppydisk:BootDrv\UDA\WinXP\sataraid
Installing the SATA RAID Driver and Operating System
A. Installing Windows XP
Restart your system to boot from the Windows XP setup disk and press <F6> as soon as you see the mes-
sage"PressF6ifyouneedtoinstalla3rdpartySCSIorRAIDdriver."Inserttheoppydiskcontainingthe
SATA controller driver. Follow the on-screen instructions to install the two drivers displayed. When completed,
proceed with the Windows XP installation.
B. Installing Windows 7/Vista
Restart your system to boot from the Windows 7/Vista setup disk and perform standard OS installation steps.
Select Load Driver.Inserttheoppydisk/USBashdrive(forusersusingaSATAopticaldrive)containing
the driver or insert the motherboard driver disk. For Windows 7, browse to BootDrv\UDA\Win7\sataraid to
load the driver and continue the OS installation. For Windows Vista, browse to BootDrv\UDA\Win Vista\sat-
araid to load the driver and continue the OS installation.
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