RAID Installation Guide
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Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation 2 1.1 Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Disks Installation 2 1.2 Making An SATA Driver Diskette 3 2. Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation and RAID Configuration 1. Installation of RAID 4 2.2 RAID Configuration Precautions 6 2.3 BIOS Configuration Utility 7 2.3.1 Enter BIOS Configuration Utility 7 2.3.2 Create Disk Array 8 2.3.3 Delete Disk Array 13 2.3.4 Select Boot Array 14 3. Guide to RAID Configurations 4 2.1 Introduction of Windows 2000 / Windows XP 15 1
Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation 2 1.1 Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Disks Installation 2 1.2 Making An SATA Driver Diskette 3 2. Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation and RAID Configuration 1. Installation of RAID 4 2.2 RAID Configuration Precautions 6 2.3 BIOS Configuration Utility 7 2.3.1 Enter BIOS Configuration Utility 7 2.3.2 Create Disk Array 8 2.3.3 Delete Disk Array 13 2.3.4 Select Boot Array 14 3. Guide to RAID Configurations 4 2.1 Introduction of Windows 2000 / Windows XP 15 1
RAID Installation Guide
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... Installation This motherboard adopts VIA VT8237 southbridge chipset that supports Serial ATA (SATA) hard disks. 1. STEP 3: Connect one end of your chassis. Guide to install the SATA hard disks. STEP 2: Connect the SATA power cable to the SATA hard disk. 2 You may install SATA hard disks on this motherboard for internal storage devices. STEP 4: Connect...
... Installation This motherboard adopts VIA VT8237 southbridge chipset that supports Serial ATA (SATA) hard disks. 1. STEP 3: Connect one end of your chassis. Guide to install the SATA hard disks. STEP 2: Connect the SATA power cable to the SATA hard disk. 2 You may install SATA hard disks on this motherboard for internal storage devices. STEP 4: Connect...
RAID Installation Guide
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... will need to set the RAID configuration by using "VIA RAID Tool" in it! You may start to format the floppy diskette and copy SATA drivers into the floppy diskette. Please select CD-ROM as the boot device. Formatting the floppy diskette will see the message on your system directly... STEP 4: Then you want to install Windows 2000 or Windows XP on your SATA HDDs, you will start to use "VT8237 SATA RAID BIOS" to make an SATA driver diskette before you start the OS installation. STEP 1: Insert the ASRock Support CD into your system. (Do NOT insert any floppy diskette into the ...
... will need to set the RAID configuration by using "VIA RAID Tool" in it! You may start to format the floppy diskette and copy SATA drivers into the floppy diskette. Please select CD-ROM as the boot device. Formatting the floppy diskette will see the message on your system directly... STEP 4: Then you want to install Windows 2000 or Windows XP on your SATA HDDs, you will start to use "VT8237 SATA RAID BIOS" to make an SATA driver diskette before you start the OS installation. STEP 1: Insert the ASRock Support CD into your system. (Do NOT insert any floppy diskette into the ...
RAID Installation Guide
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... RAID Configurations 2.1 Introduction of Independent Disks", which is called data striping that integrates RAID controller supporting RAID 0 / RAID 1 / JBOD function with two independent Serial ATA (SATA) channels. RAID 0 (Data Striping) RAID 0 is a method combining two or more hard disk drives into one logical unit. Although RAID 0 function can improve the access...
... RAID Configurations 2.1 Introduction of Independent Disks", which is called data striping that integrates RAID controller supporting RAID 0 / RAID 1 / JBOD function with two independent Serial ATA (SATA) channels. RAID 0 (Data Striping) RAID 0 is a method combining two or more hard disk drives into one logical unit. Although RAID 0 function can improve the access...
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... will be of the same size. If you are creating a RAID 0 (striping) array for each drive. Please use two new drives if you use two SATA drives of the same size or larger than the existing drive). It is 60GB. 3. 2.2 RAID Configurations Precautions 1.
... will be of the same size. If you are creating a RAID 0 (striping) array for each drive. Please use two new drives if you use two SATA drives of the same size or larger than the existing drive). It is 60GB. 3. 2.2 RAID Configurations Precautions 1.
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Create JBOD The data on the first disk drive will be reserved and the other disk drives in JBOD will be expanded behind the first disk drive and become free space. Expand Span (JBOD) Array function is not available if VT8237 only supports 2 SATA ports. 12 However, you can reserve the data on the first disk drive of a JBOD array if you use "Select Disk Drives" to select disk drives The data on disk drives will be destroyed if user uses "Auto Setup" to create a JBOD.
Create JBOD The data on the first disk drive will be reserved and the other disk drives in JBOD will be expanded behind the first disk drive and become free space. Expand Span (JBOD) Array function is not available if VT8237 only supports 2 SATA ports. 12 However, you can reserve the data on the first disk drive of a JBOD array if you use "Select Disk Drives" to select disk drives The data on disk drives will be destroyed if user uses "Auto Setup" to create a JBOD.
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When the installation of the SATA HDD drivers is complete, please continue to install the SATA driver diskette that you previously made. You will see the instruction as followed. Please use . After inserting the SATA HDD driver diskette and pressing key, you will see the different versions of the SATA HDD drivers for the proper installation. 16 Please press key to follow the instructions of Windows 2000 or Windows XP for you use arrow keys to move the highlight bar to make your selection according to the OS you to install.
When the installation of the SATA HDD drivers is complete, please continue to install the SATA driver diskette that you previously made. You will see the instruction as followed. Please use . After inserting the SATA HDD driver diskette and pressing key, you will see the different versions of the SATA HDD drivers for the proper installation. 16 Please press key to follow the instructions of Windows 2000 or Windows XP for you use arrow keys to move the highlight bar to make your selection according to the OS you to install.
RAID Utility for Windows Guide
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Just double click on the small icon to call out the main interface of the tool bar to VT8237 SATA controller. Getting Start The "RAID Software" is a Windows-based software utility with graphical user interface and provides user an easy-operation tool to configure and manage disk drives or disk arrays connected to indicate that GUI software is currently running. An icon will automatically start every time when your Windows OS is installed, it will appear in the system tray of the software. 1 After GUI software is started. RAID Software 1.
Just double click on the small icon to call out the main interface of the tool bar to VT8237 SATA controller. Getting Start The "RAID Software" is a Windows-based software utility with graphical user interface and provides user an easy-operation tool to configure and manage disk drives or disk arrays connected to indicate that GUI software is currently running. An icon will automatically start every time when your Windows OS is installed, it will appear in the system tray of the software. 1 After GUI software is started. RAID Software 1.
User Manual
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...(Future CPU Port, PCI, AGP, and AMR Slots) ....... 13 2.5 Jumpers Setup 15 2.6 Onboard Headers and Connectors 16 2.7 Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Disks Installation 19 2.8 Hot Plug Function for SATA HDDs 19 2.9 Installing Windows 2000 / Windows XP / Windows XP 64-bit With RAID Functions 20 2.9.1 Installing Windows 2000 / Windows XP With... Configuration 34 3.4 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen 35 3.5 Boot Screen 35 3.5.1 Boot Settings Configuration 36 3 Contents 1 . Introduction 5 1.1 Package Contents 5 1.2 Specifications 6 1.3 Motherboard Layout 8 1.4 ASRock I/O PlusTM 9 2 .
...(Future CPU Port, PCI, AGP, and AMR Slots) ....... 13 2.5 Jumpers Setup 15 2.6 Onboard Headers and Connectors 16 2.7 Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Disks Installation 19 2.8 Hot Plug Function for SATA HDDs 19 2.9 Installing Windows 2000 / Windows XP / Windows XP 64-bit With RAID Functions 20 2.9.1 Installing Windows 2000 / Windows XP With... Configuration 34 3.4 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen 35 3.5 Boot Screen 35 3.5.1 Boot Settings Configuration 36 3 Contents 1 . Introduction 5 1.1 Package Contents 5 1.2 Specifications 6 1.3 Motherboard Layout 8 1.4 ASRock I/O PlusTM 9 2 .
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... without further notice. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com 1.1 Package Contents 1 x ASRock K8Upgrade-VM800 Motherboard (Micro ATX Form Factor: 9.0-in x 9.6-in, 22.9 cm x 24.4 cm) 1 x ASRock K8Upgrade-VM800 Quick Installation Guide 1 x ASRock K8Upgrade-VM800 Support CD 1 x Ultra ATA 66/100/133 IDE Ribbon Cable (80-conductor) 1 x 3.5-in Floppy Drive Ribbon Cable 1 x Serial ATA (SATA) Data Cable (Optional) 1 x Serial ATA (SATA) HDD Power Cable...
... without further notice. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com 1.1 Package Contents 1 x ASRock K8Upgrade-VM800 Motherboard (Micro ATX Form Factor: 9.0-in x 9.6-in, 22.9 cm x 24.4 cm) 1 x ASRock K8Upgrade-VM800 Quick Installation Guide 1 x ASRock K8Upgrade-VM800 Support CD 1 x Ultra ATA 66/100/133 IDE Ribbon Cable (80-conductor) 1 x 3.5-in Floppy Drive Ribbon Cable 1 x Serial ATA (SATA) Data Cable (Optional) 1 x Serial ATA (SATA) HDD Power Cable...
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...Technology (see CAUTION 1) Chipsets: North Bridge: VIA K8M800 Chipset FSB @ 800 MHz / 1.6 GT/s South Bridge: VIA VT8237R Chipset Supports USB 2.0, ATA 133, SATA 1.5Gb/s Memory: 2 x DDR DIMM Slots: DDR1 and DDR2 Support PC3200 (DDR400) / PC2700 (DDR333) / PC2100 (DDR266), Max. 2GB IDE: IDE1: ...10/100 Ethernet), Supports Wake-On-LAN Hardware Monitor: CPU Temperature Sensing Motherboard Temperature Sensing CPU Overheat Shutdown to Protect CPU Life (ASRock U-COP)(see CAUTION 2) CPU Fan Tachometer Chassis Fan Tachometer Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, Vcore Future CPU Port:...
...Technology (see CAUTION 1) Chipsets: North Bridge: VIA K8M800 Chipset FSB @ 800 MHz / 1.6 GT/s South Bridge: VIA VT8237R Chipset Supports USB 2.0, ATA 133, SATA 1.5Gb/s Memory: 2 x DDR DIMM Slots: DDR1 and DDR2 Support PC3200 (DDR400) / PC2700 (DDR333) / PC2100 (DDR266), Max. 2GB IDE: IDE1: ...10/100 Ethernet), Supports Wake-On-LAN Hardware Monitor: CPU Temperature Sensing Motherboard Temperature Sensing CPU Overheat Shutdown to Protect CPU Life (ASRock U-COP)(see CAUTION 2) CPU Fan Tachometer Chassis Fan Tachometer Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, Vcore Future CPU Port:...
User Manual
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...USB2.0 1 1 J7 J8 1 1 J5 J6 1 1 J3 J4 1 1 J1 J2 VIA K8M800 Chipset FUTURE_CPU_PORT1 1 J9 1 J10 AGP 8X 1.5V_AGP1 PCI 1 K8Upgrade-VM800 AUDIO CODEC AMR1 PCI 2 1 COM1 DDR400 FLOPPY1 IDE1 IDE2 VIA VT8237R Chipset SATA1 SATA2 CMOS Battery CLRCMOS2 1 CHA_FAN1 SPEAKER1 1 USB67 1 PLED PWRBTN PANEL 1 1 HDLED... RESET GAME1 1 SATA ATA133 24.4cm (9.6-in) 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 1 PS2_USB_PWR1 Jumper 2 ...
...USB2.0 1 1 J7 J8 1 1 J5 J6 1 1 J3 J4 1 1 J1 J2 VIA K8M800 Chipset FUTURE_CPU_PORT1 1 J9 1 J10 AGP 8X 1.5V_AGP1 PCI 1 K8Upgrade-VM800 AUDIO CODEC AMR1 PCI 2 1 COM1 DDR400 FLOPPY1 IDE1 IDE2 VIA VT8237R Chipset SATA1 SATA2 CMOS Battery CLRCMOS2 1 CHA_FAN1 SPEAKER1 1 USB67 1 PLED PWRBTN PANEL 1 1 HDLED... RESET GAME1 1 SATA ATA133 24.4cm (9.6-in) 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 1 PS2_USB_PWR1 Jumper 2 ...
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...No. 13) Secondary IDE Connector (Black) (39-pin IDE2, see p.8 No. 12) Pin1 FLOPPY1 the red-striped side to the SATA hard disk or the SATA connector on this motherboard, please set the IDE device as "Master". Placing jumper caps over these headers and connectors. 2.6 Onboard Headers and ...Connectors Onboard headers and connectors are NOT jumpers. The current SATA interface allows up to the IDE devices 80-conductor ATA 66/100/133 cable Note: If you use only one IDE device on the...
...No. 13) Secondary IDE Connector (Black) (39-pin IDE2, see p.8 No. 12) Pin1 FLOPPY1 the red-striped side to the SATA hard disk or the SATA connector on this motherboard, please set the IDE device as "Master". Placing jumper caps over these headers and connectors. 2.6 Onboard Headers and ...Connectors Onboard headers and connectors are NOT jumpers. The current SATA interface allows up to the IDE devices 80-conductor ATA 66/100/133 cable Note: If you use only one IDE device on the...
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...sound sources such as a CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, TV tuner card, or MPEG card. L GND A U D - Then connect the white end of SATA power cable to the power connector of audio devices. 17 USB 2.0 Header (9-pin USB67) (see p.8 No. 29) GND +5VA BACKOUT-R BACKOUT-L 1 ...A U D - Front Panel Audio Header (9-pin AUDIO1) (see p.8 No. 21) USB_PWR P-6 P+6 GND DUMMY 1 GND P+7 P-7 USB_PWR ASRock I/O PlusTM accommodates 6 default USB 2.0 ports. Serial ATA (SATA) Power Cable (Optional) connect to the SATA HDD power connector connect to the power supply Please connect the black end of...
...sound sources such as a CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, TV tuner card, or MPEG card. L GND A U D - Then connect the white end of SATA power cable to the power connector of audio devices. 17 USB 2.0 Header (9-pin USB67) (see p.8 No. 29) GND +5VA BACKOUT-R BACKOUT-L 1 ...A U D - Front Panel Audio Header (9-pin AUDIO1) (see p.8 No. 21) USB_PWR P-6 P+6 GND DUMMY 1 GND P+7 P-7 USB_PWR ASRock I/O PlusTM accommodates 6 default USB 2.0 ports. Serial ATA (SATA) Power Cable (Optional) connect to the SATA HDD power connector connect to the power supply Please connect the black end of...
User Manual
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...at the following path: ..\ RAID BIOS Setting Utility 19 For the detailed instruction, please refer to the SATA hard disk. 2.8 Hot Plug Function for SATA HDDs K8Upgrade-VM800 motherboard supports Hot Plug function for SATA devices. This section will guide you use Hot Plug function. STEP 1: Install the... SATA hard disks into the SATA HDD. STEP 4: Connect the other end of the SATA data cable to the document in...
...at the following path: ..\ RAID BIOS Setting Utility 19 For the detailed instruction, please refer to the SATA hard disk. 2.8 Hot Plug Function for SATA HDDs K8Upgrade-VM800 motherboard supports Hot Plug function for SATA devices. This section will guide you use Hot Plug function. STEP 1: Install the... SATA hard disks into the SATA HDD. STEP 4: Connect the other end of the SATA data cable to the document in...
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... Windows XP / Windows XP-64bit OS on your system with RAID functions, please refer to the below methods for proper configuration. Insert the ASRock Support CD into the floppy drive, and press . D. WARNING! Please insert a floppy diskette into your optical drive to format the floppy diskette ...OS versions. 2.9.1 Installing Windows 2000 / Windows XP with RAID functions, please follow the below steps. 20 B. During POST at the following path: .. \ SATA RAID BIOS STEP 3: Install Windows 2000 / Windows XP OS on your system. Start to install Windows 2000 / Windows XP OS on the screen, "Do...
... Windows XP / Windows XP-64bit OS on your system with RAID functions, please refer to the below methods for proper configuration. Insert the ASRock Support CD into the floppy drive, and press . D. WARNING! Please insert a floppy diskette into your optical drive to format the floppy diskette ...OS versions. 2.9.1 Installing Windows 2000 / Windows XP with RAID functions, please follow the below steps. 20 B. During POST at the following path: .. \ SATA RAID BIOS STEP 3: Install Windows 2000 / Windows XP OS on your system. Start to install Windows 2000 / Windows XP OS on the screen, "Do...
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... XP 64-bit OS on your IDE HDDs instead of Windows 2000 / Windows XP / Windows XP 64-bit OS, if you don't have to make a SATA driver diskette. 21 B. If you want to install Windows 98 / ME / 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit on your floppy drive. A. Insert the floppy ...2000 / XP / XP 64-bit on your floppy diskette. If you are located at the following path in Windows environment, please install SATA drivers from [RAID] to use both "SATA RAID BIOS" and "VIA RAID Tool" for RAID configuration. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY ¡÷Advanced screen ¡÷IDE Configuration. If...
... XP 64-bit OS on your IDE HDDs instead of Windows 2000 / Windows XP / Windows XP 64-bit OS, if you don't have to make a SATA driver diskette. 21 B. If you want to install Windows 98 / ME / 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit on your floppy drive. A. Insert the floppy ...2000 / XP / XP 64-bit on your floppy diskette. If you are located at the following path in Windows environment, please install SATA drivers from [RAID] to use both "SATA RAID BIOS" and "VIA RAID Tool" for RAID configuration. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY ¡÷Advanced screen ¡÷IDE Configuration. If...
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..."Primary IDE Master" as the example in the following instruction, which can be applied to operate RAID function on SATA HDDs, please select [non-RAID]. SATA Operation Mode Use this option is [RAID]. The default value of "Primary IDE Slave", "Secondary IDE Master", ...Auto] [Auto] [Auto] [Auto] [Disabled] [Disabled] Select the type of device connected to adjust SATA Operation Mode. 3.3.4 IDE Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced IDE Configuration OnBoard IDE Controller SATA Operation Mode Primary IDE Master Primary IDE Slave Secondary IDE Master Secondary IDE Slave [Both] [RAID] [Hard...
..."Primary IDE Master" as the example in the following instruction, which can be applied to operate RAID function on SATA HDDs, please select [non-RAID]. SATA Operation Mode Use this option is [RAID]. The default value of "Primary IDE Slave", "Secondary IDE Master", ...Auto] [Auto] [Auto] [Auto] [Disabled] [Disabled] Select the type of device connected to adjust SATA Operation Mode. 3.3.4 IDE Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced IDE Configuration OnBoard IDE Controller SATA Operation Mode Primary IDE Master Primary IDE Slave Secondary IDE Master Secondary IDE Slave [Both] [RAID] [Hard...
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... Utility Use this item to enable or disable VIA VT8237 SATA Raid BIOS Utility during POST. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit Security Settings Supervisor Password : Not Installed User Password : Not Installed Change ... is set or change the supervisor/user password for the system. 3.5.1 Boot Settings Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Boot Boot Settings Configuration Boot From Network VIA SATA Raid Utility Bootup Num-Lock [Disabled] [Enabled] [On] To enable or disable the boot from network feature. +F1 F9 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item...
... Utility Use this item to enable or disable VIA VT8237 SATA Raid BIOS Utility during POST. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit Security Settings Supervisor Password : Not Installed User Password : Not Installed Change ... is set or change the supervisor/user password for the system. 3.5.1 Boot Settings Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Boot Boot Settings Configuration Boot From Network VIA SATA Raid Utility Bootup Num-Lock [Disabled] [Enabled] [On] To enable or disable the boot from network feature. +F1 F9 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item...
Quick Installation Guide
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... contains introduction of the motherboard can be found in the user manual presented in Floppy Drive Ribbon Cable 1 x Serial ATA (SATA) Data Cable (Optional) 1 x Serial ATA (SATA) HDD Power Cable (Optional) 1 x ASRock I/O PlusTM Shield 1 x COM Port Bracket 1 x ASRock MR Card (Optional) 4 ASRock K8Upgrade-VM800 Motherboard English You may find the latest memory and CPU support lists on...
... contains introduction of the motherboard can be found in the user manual presented in Floppy Drive Ribbon Cable 1 x Serial ATA (SATA) Data Cable (Optional) 1 x Serial ATA (SATA) HDD Power Cable (Optional) 1 x ASRock I/O PlusTM Shield 1 x COM Port Bracket 1 x ASRock MR Card (Optional) 4 ASRock K8Upgrade-VM800 Motherboard English You may find the latest memory and CPU support lists on...