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Table of Contents Configuring IDE RAID Hard Drive(s) (Controller: VIA VT6410 2 (1) Installing IDE hard drive(s) in your system 2 (2) Configuring VT6410 IDE controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup 3 (3) Configuring RAID set in RAID BIOS 5 (4) Making a IDE RAID controller driver disk 10 (5) Installing IDE RAID controller driver during OS installation 12
Table of Contents Configuring IDE RAID Hard Drive(s) (Controller: VIA VT6410 2 (1) Installing IDE hard drive(s) in your system 2 (2) Configuring VT6410 IDE controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup 3 (3) Configuring RAID set in RAID BIOS 5 (4) Making a IDE RAID controller driver disk 10 (5) Installing IDE RAID controller driver during OS installation 12
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.... (To ensure that you may prepare only one hard drive. (b) An empty formatted floppy disk. (c) Windows XP/2000 setup disk. (d) Driver CD for your motherboard. (1) Installing IDE hard drive(s) in RAID BIOS. (4) Make a floppy disk containing the IDE RAID controller... driver (5) Install the IDE RAID controller driver during OS installation. Ác Configuring IDE RAID Hard Drive(s) (Controller: VIA VT6410) Åé ¤¤ To set up IDE RAID ...
.... (To ensure that you may prepare only one hard drive. (b) An empty formatted floppy disk. (c) Windows XP/2000 setup disk. (d) Driver CD for your motherboard. (1) Installing IDE hard drive(s) in RAID BIOS. (4) Make a floppy disk containing the IDE RAID controller... driver (5) Install the IDE RAID controller driver during OS installation. Ác Configuring IDE RAID Hard Drive(s) (Controller: VIA VT6410) Åé ¤¤ To set up IDE RAID ...
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...Drive D) and select Open (Figure 14). The installation utility will appear automatically. Figure 14 Then you have to copy the driver for the IDE RAID controller from the motherboard driver CD to ¤å a floppy disk. Go to the BootDrv folder and look for a file named MENU.exe. ...Ác (4) Making a IDE RAID controller driver disk Åé To install Windows 2000/XP onto a IDE hard disk on the VT6410 controller successfully, you need to install required driver for the IDE RAID controller on your motherboard during the Windows setup process...
...Drive D) and select Open (Figure 14). The installation utility will appear automatically. Figure 14 Then you have to copy the driver for the IDE RAID controller from the motherboard driver CD to ¤å a floppy disk. Go to the BootDrv folder and look for a file named MENU.exe. ...Ác (4) Making a IDE RAID controller driver disk Åé To install Windows 2000/XP onto a IDE hard disk on the VT6410 controller successfully, you need to install required driver for the IDE RAID controller on your motherboard during the Windows setup process...
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Then it will appear. An MS-DOS prompt screen similar to Figure 16 will take about one minute to copy the IDE RAID driver from the motherboard driver CD to the floppy disk. VIA VT6410 IDE RAID Drives Configuration You have copied the IDE RAID driver successfully. Figure 16 Step 4: Insert an empty floppy disk and press H to exit when the procedure is completed (Figure 17). Step 5: Press 0 to select VIA 6410 RAID. Figure 17 - 11 - Step 3: Double-click MENU.exe.
Then it will appear. An MS-DOS prompt screen similar to Figure 16 will take about one minute to copy the IDE RAID driver from the motherboard driver CD to the floppy disk. VIA VT6410 IDE RAID Drives Configuration You have copied the IDE RAID driver successfully. Figure 16 Step 4: Insert an empty floppy disk and press H to exit when the procedure is completed (Figure 17). Step 5: Press 0 to select VIA 6410 RAID. Figure 17 - 11 - Step 3: Double-click MENU.exe.
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...you have prepared a floppy disk with Windows, including those for which says "Press F6 if you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver. Figure 18 Step 2: When a screen similar to that you have chosen to manually specify an adapter. Currently, Setup will load support for the following... mass storage device(s) * To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or special disk controllers for use with the IDE RAID driver and adjusted BIOS settings, you can begin to install Windows 2000/XP onto your motherboard. Windows Setup Press F6 if you need to install a...
...you have prepared a floppy disk with Windows, including those for which says "Press F6 if you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver. Figure 18 Step 2: When a screen similar to that you have chosen to manually specify an adapter. Currently, Setup will load support for the following... mass storage device(s) * To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or special disk controllers for use with the IDE RAID driver and adjusted BIOS settings, you can begin to install Windows 2000/XP onto your motherboard. Windows Setup Press F6 if you need to install a...
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...Controller(Windows XP)* (Figure 20) and press ENTER. VIA VT6410 IDE RAID Drives Configuration Step 3: Use the arrow keys to load the IDE RAID driver from the floppy disk. Select the SCSI Adapter you want from the following list, or press ESC to return to install: Windows 2003 IA32, ... files cannot be finished in about one minute. Windows Setup Setup will be found, please check the floppy disk or copy the correct IDE RAID driver again from a mass storage device manufacturer, or do not have a device support disk from a mass storage device manufacturer, press S. * If you want to ...
...Controller(Windows XP)* (Figure 20) and press ENTER. VIA VT6410 IDE RAID Drives Configuration Step 3: Use the arrow keys to load the IDE RAID driver from the floppy disk. Select the SCSI Adapter you want from the following list, or press ESC to return to install: Windows 2003 IA32, ... files cannot be finished in about one minute. Windows Setup Setup will be found, please check the floppy disk or copy the correct IDE RAID driver again from a mass storage device manufacturer, or do not have a device support disk from a mass storage device manufacturer, press S. * If you want to ...
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... press R. Enter= Continue R=Repair F3=Exit Figure 22 (Note: Each time you add a new hard drive to a RAID array, the RAID driver will not have to be installed under Windows once for that you should see a screen similar to be installed.) VIA VT6410 IDE RAID Drives Configuration... - 14 - Ác After the IDE RAID driver installation is completed, you have installed the IDE RAID driver successfully. To set up Windows XP now, press ENTER. You can proceed with the Windows Åé 2000/XP ...
... press R. Enter= Continue R=Repair F3=Exit Figure 22 (Note: Each time you add a new hard drive to a RAID array, the RAID driver will not have to be installed under Windows once for that you should see a screen similar to be installed.) VIA VT6410 IDE RAID Drives Configuration... - 14 - Ác After the IDE RAID driver installation is completed, you have installed the IDE RAID driver successfully. To set up Windows XP now, press ENTER. You can proceed with the Windows Åé 2000/XP ...
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Table of Contents Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) (Controller Intel ICH6R 2 (1) Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your computer 2 (2) Configuring SATA controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup 3 (3) Configuring RAID set in RAID BIOS 5 (4) Making a SATA Driver Disk ...9 (5) Installing SATA controller driver during OS installation 11
Table of Contents Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) (Controller Intel ICH6R 2 (1) Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your computer 2 (2) Configuring SATA controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup 3 (3) Configuring RAID set in RAID BIOS 5 (4) Making a SATA Driver Disk ...9 (5) Installing SATA controller driver during OS installation 11
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... the motherboard. (If there are more than one hard drive. (b) An empty formatted floppy disk. (c) Windows XP/2000 setup disk. (d) Driver CD for the connector. "*" Skip this step if you do not want to create RAID with identical model and capacity). Ác Configuring SATA... steps below: ¤å (1) Install SATA hard drive(s) in RAID BIOS. (4) Make a floppy disk containing the SATA controller driver. (5) Install the SATA controller driver during OS installation. Before you begin Please prepare: (a) Two SATA hard drives (to ensure optimal performance, it is controlled by the...
... the motherboard. (If there are more than one hard drive. (b) An empty formatted floppy disk. (c) Windows XP/2000 setup disk. (d) Driver CD for the connector. "*" Skip this step if you do not want to create RAID with identical model and capacity). Ác Configuring SATA... steps below: ¤å (1) Install SATA hard drive(s) in RAID BIOS. (4) Make a floppy disk containing the SATA controller driver. (5) Install the SATA controller driver during OS installation. Before you begin Please prepare: (a) Two SATA hard drives (to ensure optimal performance, it is controlled by the...
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KL Figure 10 Delete RAID Volume If you want to the installation of the SATA driver and operating system. - 8 - Now, you can proceed to delete a RAID volume, select the Delete RAID Volume option in Main Menu. SATA Hard Drives Configurations (Intel ICH6R) Press ENTER and follow on-screen instructions. KL To exit the ICH6R RAID BIOS utility, press ESC in Main Menu. After the creation is completed, you can see detailed information about the RAID Array in the DISK/VOLUME INFORMATION section, including RAID mode, disk block size, disk name, and disk capacity, etc.
KL Figure 10 Delete RAID Volume If you want to the installation of the SATA driver and operating system. - 8 - Now, you can proceed to delete a RAID volume, select the Delete RAID Volume option in Main Menu. SATA Hard Drives Configurations (Intel ICH6R) Press ENTER and follow on-screen instructions. KL To exit the ICH6R RAID BIOS utility, press ESC in Main Menu. After the creation is completed, you can see detailed information about the RAID Array in the DISK/VOLUME INFORMATION section, including RAID mode, disk block size, disk name, and disk capacity, etc.
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... for an executable program named MENU.exe (Figure 12). Step 1: Find an available system and insert the motherboard driver CD into the CD-ROM drive. Figure 11 Step 3: Go to copy the driver. Figure 12 SATA Hard Drives Configurations (Intel ICH6R) - 9 - Quit the installation utility first. Without the...installation. Step 2: Go to My Computer and right-click the CD-ROM drive icon and select Open (Figure 11). Ác (4) Making a SATA Driver Disk Åé To install Windows 2000/XP onto a SATA hard drives on the ICH6R controller successfully, you need to install required...
... for an executable program named MENU.exe (Figure 12). Step 1: Find an available system and insert the motherboard driver CD into the CD-ROM drive. Figure 11 Step 3: Go to copy the driver. Figure 12 SATA Hard Drives Configurations (Intel ICH6R) - 9 - Quit the installation utility first. Without the...installation. Step 2: Go to My Computer and right-click the CD-ROM drive icon and select Open (Figure 11). Ác (4) Making a SATA Driver Disk Åé To install Windows 2000/XP onto a SATA hard drives on the ICH6R controller successfully, you need to install required...
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Figure 14 - 10 - SATA Hard Drives Configurations (Intel ICH6R) Step 6: Press 0 to select 1)Intel Application Accelerator 4.0. You have copied the SATA driver sucessfully. Figure 13 Step 5: Insert an empty floppy disk and press 1 to exit when the procedure is complete (Figure 14). Then it will take about one minute to copy the SATA driver from the motherboard driver CD to Figure 13 below will appear. Step 4: Double-click MENU.exe. An MS-DOS prompt screen similar to the floppy disk.
Figure 14 - 10 - SATA Hard Drives Configurations (Intel ICH6R) Step 6: Press 0 to select 1)Intel Application Accelerator 4.0. You have copied the SATA driver sucessfully. Figure 13 Step 5: Insert an empty floppy disk and press 1 to exit when the procedure is complete (Figure 14). Then it will take about one minute to copy the SATA driver from the motherboard driver CD to Figure 13 below will appear. Step 4: Double-click MENU.exe. An MS-DOS prompt screen similar to the floppy disk.
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...164;¤ Windows XP installation. ¤å Step 1: Restart your SATA hard drive with the SATA driver. Figure 15 Step 2: When a screen similar to that you have prepared the SATA driver disk and configured BIOS settings, you see the "Press F6 if you need to boot from the Windows ...and press F6 as soon as you see the next screen. Ác (5) Installing SATA controller driver during OS installation Åé Now that below appears, insert the floppy disk containing the SATA driver and press S (Figure 16). The following is an example of some files being loaded before ...
...164;¤ Windows XP installation. ¤å Step 1: Restart your SATA hard drive with the SATA driver. Figure 15 Step 2: When a screen similar to that you have prepared the SATA driver disk and configured BIOS settings, you see the "Press F6 if you need to boot from the Windows ...and press F6 as soon as you see the next screen. Ác (5) Installing SATA controller driver during OS installation Åé Now that below appears, insert the floppy disk containing the SATA driver and press S (Figure 16). The following is an example of some files being loaded before ...
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... floppy disk. If your southbridge is ICH5R, select Intel(R) 82801ER (ICH5R). - 12 - The driver installation will begin to load the SATA driver from the floppy disk. Step 3: If Setup correctly recognizes the driver in about one or some file(s) cannot be found, please check the floppy disk or copy the... correct SATA driver again from the motherboard driver CD. Use the ARROW keys to select Intel(R) 82801FR SATA RAID Controller* and press ENTER. Figure 17 If a message appears saying one minute....
... floppy disk. If your southbridge is ICH5R, select Intel(R) 82801ER (ICH5R). - 12 - The driver installation will begin to load the SATA driver from the floppy disk. Step 3: If Setup correctly recognizes the driver in about one or some file(s) cannot be found, please check the floppy disk or copy the... correct SATA driver again from the motherboard driver CD. Use the ARROW keys to select Intel(R) 82801FR SATA RAID Controller* and press ENTER. Figure 17 If a message appears saying one minute....
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After that, the driver will have to be installed under Windows once for that you have to be installed.) SATA Hard Drives Configurations (Intel ICH6R) - 13 - Ác After the SATA controller driver installation is completed, you add a new hard drive to a RAID array, the RAID driver will not have installed the SATA controller driver successfully. You can proceed with the Windows Åé 2000/XP installation. ¤¤ ¤å Figure 19 (Note: Each time you should see a screen as below. It indicates that hard drive.
After that, the driver will have to be installed under Windows once for that you have to be installed.) SATA Hard Drives Configurations (Intel ICH6R) - 13 - Ác After the SATA controller driver installation is completed, you add a new hard drive to a RAID array, the RAID driver will not have installed the SATA controller driver successfully. You can proceed with the Windows Åé 2000/XP installation. ¤¤ ¤å Figure 19 (Note: Each time you should see a screen as below. It indicates that hard drive.
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Chapter 3 Install Drivers 51 3-1 Install Chipset Drivers 51 3-2 Software Applications 52 3-3 Driver CD Information 52 3-4 Hardware Information 53 3-5 Contact Us ...53 Chapter 4 Appendix 55 4-1 Unique Software Utilities 55 4-1-1 EasyTune 5 Introduction 56 4-1-2 Xpress Recovery Introduction 57 4-1-3 Flash BIOS Method Introduction 60 4-1-4 Serial ATA BIOS Setting Utility Introduction 71 4-1-5 2 / 4 / 5.1 / 7.1 Channel Audio Function Introduction 78 4-2 Troubleshooting 84 - 5 -
Chapter 3 Install Drivers 51 3-1 Install Chipset Drivers 51 3-2 Software Applications 52 3-3 Driver CD Information 52 3-4 Hardware Information 53 3-5 Contact Us ...53 Chapter 4 Appendix 55 4-1 Unique Software Utilities 55 4-1-1 EasyTune 5 Introduction 56 4-1-2 Xpress Recovery Introduction 57 4-1-3 Flash BIOS Method Introduction 60 4-1-4 Serial ATA BIOS Setting Utility Introduction 71 4-1-5 2 / 4 / 5.1 / 7.1 Channel Audio Function Introduction 78 4-2 Troubleshooting 84 - 5 -
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...document before install the expansion card into expansion slot in conjunction with two PCI Express graphics cards that are indeed seated in the slot. 5. Replace the screw to install/Uninstall the VGA card. Install related driver from BIOS. 8. Installing a PCI Express x 16 expansion card: Please carefully pull...onboard PCI Express x 16 slot and press firmly down on the slot .Make sure your expansion card by the small white-drawable bar. GA-8I915P Dual Graphic Motherboard - 16 - Be sure the metal contacts on the card are based on the computer, if necessary, setup BIOS utility of ...
...document before install the expansion card into expansion slot in conjunction with two PCI Express graphics cards that are indeed seated in the slot. 5. Replace the screw to install/Uninstall the VGA card. Install related driver from BIOS. 8. Installing a PCI Express x 16 expansion card: Please carefully pull...onboard PCI Express x 16 slot and press firmly down on the slot .Make sure your expansion card by the small white-drawable bar. GA-8I915P Dual Graphic Motherboard - 16 - Be sure the metal contacts on the card are based on the computer, if necessary, setup BIOS utility of ...
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... In order to enable the Quad View function correctly, you want to install only one graphic card to your system and install it in the PCIE_16_1 slot, set the Init Display First item to ON. GA-8I915P Dual Graphic Motherboard - 18 - Step 2-1: Observe the steps in the PCIE_16_2 slot. set all...four pins of the Dual Graphic dip switch(SW1) to PEG; English Enabling Quad View Mode-Step 1: Follow the steps below to see how to the user's manual for your graphics card. Step 3: Graphics Cards Driver Setting For detailed information about how to install the graphics card driver, please refer to ...
... In order to enable the Quad View function correctly, you want to install only one graphic card to your system and install it in the PCIE_16_1 slot, set the Init Display First item to ON. GA-8I915P Dual Graphic Motherboard - 18 - Step 2-1: Observe the steps in the PCIE_16_2 slot. set all...four pins of the Dual Graphic dip switch(SW1) to PEG; English Enabling Quad View Mode-Step 1: Follow the steps below to see how to the user's manual for your graphics card. Step 3: Graphics Cards Driver Setting For detailed information about how to install the graphics card driver, please refer to ...
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... Decoder. SPDIF_I (SPDIF In) Use SPDIF In feature only when your OS does not support USB controller, please contact OS vendor for possible patch or driver upgrade. For more information please contact your OS supports USB controller. Also make sure your device(s) such as USB keyboard, mouse, scanner, zip, speaker...etc...
... Decoder. SPDIF_I (SPDIF In) Use SPDIF In feature only when your OS does not support USB controller, please contact OS vendor for possible patch or driver upgrade. For more information please contact your OS supports USB controller. Also make sure your device(s) such as USB keyboard, mouse, scanner, zip, speaker...etc...
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Definition 1 GND 7 1 2 TXP 3 TXN 4 GND 5 RXN 6 RXP 7 GND 11) PWR_LED PWR_LED is connect with the system power indicator to work properly. It will blink when the system enters suspend mode. Definition 1 1 MPD+ 2 MPD- 3 MPD- Pin No. GA-8I915P Dual Graphic Motherboard - 24 - Please refer to the BIOS setting for the Serial ATA and install the proper driver in order to indicate whether the system is on/off. Pin No. English 10) SATA0/SATA1/SATA2/SATA3 (Serial ATA Connector) Serial ATA can provide 150MB/s transfer rate.
Definition 1 GND 7 1 2 TXP 3 TXN 4 GND 5 RXN 6 RXP 7 GND 11) PWR_LED PWR_LED is connect with the system power indicator to work properly. It will blink when the system enters suspend mode. Definition 1 1 MPD+ 2 MPD- 3 MPD- Pin No. GA-8I915P Dual Graphic Motherboard - 24 - Please refer to the BIOS setting for the Serial ATA and install the proper driver in order to indicate whether the system is on/off. Pin No. English 10) SATA0/SATA1/SATA2/SATA3 (Serial ATA Connector) Serial ATA can provide 150MB/s transfer rate.