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Table of Contents Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) (Controller: nVIDIA nForce4 SLI 2 (1) Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your computer 2 (2) Configuring SATA controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup 2 (3) Configuring RAID set in RAID BIOS 6 (4) Making a SATA controller driver disk 9 (5) Installing SATA controller driver during OS installation 11 (6) Configuring a bootable RAID array with Microsoft Windows 2000 14
Table of Contents Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) (Controller: nVIDIA nForce4 SLI 2 (1) Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your computer 2 (2) Configuring SATA controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup 2 (3) Configuring RAID set in RAID BIOS 6 (4) Making a SATA controller driver disk 9 (5) Installing SATA controller driver during OS installation 11 (6) Configuring a bootable RAID array with Microsoft Windows 2000 14
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... enter BIOS Setup during OS installation. In the example in RAID BIOS. (4) Make a floppy disk containing the SATA controller driver. (5) Install the SATA controller driver during POST (Power-On Self Test). If you wish to create RAID array, press ENTER on your motherboard, you use ...SATAII RAID Config item to identify the SATA controller for the SATA hard drive(s)/RAID array. Ác Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) (Controller: nVIDIA nForce4 SLI) Åé ¤¤ ¤å To configure SATA hard drive(s), follow the steps below: (1) Install SATA hard drive(s) in your ...
... enter BIOS Setup during OS installation. In the example in RAID BIOS. (4) Make a floppy disk containing the SATA controller driver. (5) Install the SATA controller driver during POST (Power-On Self Test). If you wish to create RAID array, press ENTER on your motherboard, you use ...SATAII RAID Config item to identify the SATA controller for the SATA hard drive(s)/RAID array. Ác Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) (Controller: nVIDIA nForce4 SLI) Åé ¤¤ ¤å To configure SATA hard drive(s), follow the steps below: (1) Install SATA hard drive(s) in your ...
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... [ENTER] Detail Figure 10 To read more information about the RAID array, press ENTER to cancel. Press ENTER to return to install the SATA controller driver and operating system. Now, you want to set the disk array as boot device, use the UP or DOWN ARROW key to select the array....79GB 111.79GB [R] Rebuild [D] Delete [C] Clear Disk [ENTER] Return Figure 11 To delete the array, press D in the Array List screen. SATA Configurations (P4 nForce4 SLI series) - 8 - When the "Delete this array?"
... [ENTER] Detail Figure 10 To read more information about the RAID array, press ENTER to cancel. Press ENTER to return to install the SATA controller driver and operating system. Now, you want to set the disk array as boot device, use the UP or DOWN ARROW key to select the array....79GB 111.79GB [R] Rebuild [D] Delete [C] Clear Disk [ENTER] Return Figure 11 To delete the array, press D in the Array List screen. SATA Configurations (P4 nForce4 SLI series) - 8 - When the "Delete this array?"
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...- SATA Configurations (P4 nForce4 SLI series) Step 1: Find an available system and insert the motherboard driver CD into the CD-ROM drive. Without the driver, the hard drive/RAID array may not be recognized during OS installation. First of all, you need to copy the driver for the SATA controller from the... motherboard driver CD to a floppy disk. Step 2: Go to copy the driver. Quit the installation utility first. The instructions below explain how to My Computer and ...
...- SATA Configurations (P4 nForce4 SLI series) Step 1: Find an available system and insert the motherboard driver CD into the CD-ROM drive. Without the driver, the hard drive/RAID array may not be recognized during OS installation. First of all, you need to copy the driver for the SATA controller from the... motherboard driver CD to a floppy disk. Step 2: Go to copy the driver. Quit the installation utility first. The instructions below explain how to My Computer and ...
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An MS-DOS prompt screen similar to Figure 14 below will take about one minute to copy the SATA driver from the menu in the menu might differ, depending on the version of the drivers in Figure 14, press G to select nVIDIA C19 Series Raid (XP) if you wish to install ...if you wish to install Windows 2000). Step 6: Press 0 to the floppy disk. Ác Step 4: Åé Double-click MENU.exe. SATA Configurations (P4 nForce4 SLI series) - 10 - Then it will appear(Note). ¤¤ ¤å Figure 14 Step 5: Insert an empty floppy disk and select the nVIDIA Serial ATA...
An MS-DOS prompt screen similar to Figure 14 below will take about one minute to copy the SATA driver from the menu in the menu might differ, depending on the version of the drivers in Figure 14, press G to select nVIDIA C19 Series Raid (XP) if you wish to install ...if you wish to install Windows 2000). Step 6: Press 0 to the floppy disk. Ác Step 4: Åé Double-click MENU.exe. SATA Configurations (P4 nForce4 SLI series) - 10 - Then it will appear(Note). ¤¤ ¤å Figure 14 Step 5: Insert an empty floppy disk and select the nVIDIA Serial ATA...
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SATA Configurations (P4 nForce4 SLI series) Currently, Setup will be a few moments of some files being loaded before you see the "Press F6 if you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" message (Figure 15). S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 16 - 11 - After pressing F6, there ...is an example of one or more mass storage devices installed in your system, or you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver. The following mass storage devices(s) * To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or special disk controllers for use with the...
SATA Configurations (P4 nForce4 SLI series) Currently, Setup will be a few moments of some files being loaded before you see the "Press F6 if you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" message (Figure 15). S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 16 - 11 - After pressing F6, there ...is an example of one or more mass storage devices installed in your system, or you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver. The following mass storage devices(s) * To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or special disk controllers for use with the...
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...for which you have a device support disk from a mass storage device manufacturer, press S. * If you do not have chosen to select additional driver. Select the SCSI Adapter you do not want to the previous screen. "*" If you must press S to configure a SCSI Adapter for use ...Storage Controller. Later, when a screen similar to Figure 18 appears, you want to select NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER* (Figure 17) and press ¤¤ ENTER. SATA Configurations (P4 nForce4 SLI series) - 12 - The screen will appear. Select NVIDIA NForce Storage ¤å Controller and press ENTER...
...for which you have a device support disk from a mass storage device manufacturer, press S. * If you do not have chosen to select additional driver. Select the SCSI Adapter you do not want to the previous screen. "*" If you must press S to configure a SCSI Adapter for use ...Storage Controller. Later, when a screen similar to Figure 18 appears, you want to select NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER* (Figure 17) and press ¤¤ ENTER. SATA Configurations (P4 nForce4 SLI series) - 12 - The screen will appear. Select NVIDIA NForce Storage ¤å Controller and press ENTER...
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...To repair a Windows XP installation using Recovery Console, press R. S=Specify Additional Device Enter=Continue F3=Exit Figure 19 After the SATA controller driver installation is completed, you do not want to that below. Windows Setup Setup will load support for the following mass storage device(s): NVIDIA... devices for use with the Windows 2000/XP installation now. To set up Windows XP now, press ENTER. SATA Configurations (P4 nForce4 SLI series) You can proceed with Windows, press ENTER. WindowsXP Professional Setup Welcome to run on your computer. Enter= Continue R=Repair F3=...
...To repair a Windows XP installation using Recovery Console, press R. S=Specify Additional Device Enter=Continue F3=Exit Figure 19 After the SATA controller driver installation is completed, you do not want to that below. Windows Setup Setup will load support for the following mass storage device(s): NVIDIA... devices for use with the Windows 2000/XP installation now. To set up Windows XP now, press ENTER. SATA Configurations (P4 nForce4 SLI series) You can proceed with Windows, press ENTER. WindowsXP Professional Setup Welcome to run on your computer. Enter= Continue R=Repair F3=...
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... Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save F3: Language F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults Figure22 SATA Configurations (P4 nForce4 SLI series) - 14 - There are the detailed step-by-step instructions: Step 1: Install Windows 2000 onto a selected hard drive. Solutions 1: Use the... NVRAID tool (nForce Driver Version 5.xx) to convert the boot volume to a bootable RAID volume. ESC: Exit F1: General Help F7: Optimized Defaults Download and install...
... Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save F3: Language F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults Figure22 SATA Configurations (P4 nForce4 SLI series) - 14 - There are the detailed step-by-step instructions: Step 1: Install Windows 2000 onto a selected hard drive. Solutions 1: Use the... NVRAID tool (nForce Driver Version 5.xx) to convert the boot volume to a bootable RAID volume. ESC: Exit F1: General Help F7: Optimized Defaults Download and install...
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... Service Pack 3 or 4, RAID is still supported on Windows 2000. Note: Conversion may take 1~2 hours depending on it. SATA Configurations (P4 nForce4 SLI series) - 16 - However, users will start converting the single disk RAID array into a multi-disk RAID array in . Ác Step 5: ...Åé Install the NVIDIA nForce Driver Package while in striping mode) that includes Windows 2000 and Service Pack 3 or Service Pack 4 fixes integrated in a bootable format. Press Finish then...
... Service Pack 3 or 4, RAID is still supported on Windows 2000. Note: Conversion may take 1~2 hours depending on it. SATA Configurations (P4 nForce4 SLI series) - 16 - However, users will start converting the single disk RAID array into a multi-disk RAID array in . Ác Step 5: ...Åé Install the NVIDIA nForce Driver Package while in striping mode) that includes Windows 2000 and Service Pack 3 or Service Pack 4 fixes integrated in a bootable format. Press Finish then...
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nVIDIA nForce4 SLI 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 6 (4) Making a SATA controller driver disk 9 (5) Installing SATA controller driver during OS installation 11 (6) Configuring a bootable RAID array with Microsoft Windows 2000 14 Table of Contents Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) (Controller: nVIDIA nForce4 Ultra;
nVIDIA nForce4 SLI 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 6 (4) Making a SATA controller driver disk 9 (5) Installing SATA controller driver during OS installation 11 (6) Configuring a bootable RAID array with Microsoft Windows 2000 14 Table of Contents Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) (Controller: nVIDIA nForce4 Ultra;
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...not want to create RAID, you may prepare only one hard drive. (b) An empty formatted floppy disk. (c) Windows XP/2000 setup disk. (d) Driver CD for the connector. SATA Hard Drive Configurations (nForce series) - 2 - "*" Skip this step if you do not want to create RAID ...you use two hard drives with identical model and capacity). Ác Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) (Controller: nVIDIA nForce4 Ultra; Åé nVIDIA nForce4 SLI) ¤¤ ¤å To configure SATA hard drive(s), follow the steps below: (1) Install SATA hard drive(s) in your system. (2) Configure...
...not want to create RAID, you may prepare only one hard drive. (b) An empty formatted floppy disk. (c) Windows XP/2000 setup disk. (d) Driver CD for the connector. SATA Hard Drive Configurations (nForce series) - 2 - "*" Skip this step if you do not want to create RAID ...you use two hard drives with identical model and capacity). Ác Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) (Controller: nVIDIA nForce4 Ultra; Åé nVIDIA nForce4 SLI) ¤¤ ¤å To configure SATA hard drive(s), follow the steps below: (1) Install SATA hard drive(s) in your system. (2) Configure...
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... 9). Åé If you want to set the disk array as boot device, use the UP or DOWN ARROW key to install the SATA controller driver and operating system. Array Detail - Array List - ¤å Boot Id Status Vendor Array Model Name No 2 Healthy NVIDIA STRIPE 111.79G [Ctrl-X] Exit [h i ] Select...
... 9). Åé If you want to set the disk array as boot device, use the UP or DOWN ARROW key to install the SATA controller driver and operating system. Array Detail - Array List - ¤å Boot Id Status Vendor Array Model Name No 2 Healthy NVIDIA STRIPE 111.79G [Ctrl-X] Exit [h i ] Select...
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... instructions below explain how to a floppy disk. Step 1: Find an available system and insert the motherboard driver CD into the CD-ROM drive. The installation utility will appear automatically. Quit the installation utility first. Figure 12 - 9 - SATA Hard Drive ...for an executable program named MENU.exe (Figure 12). (4) Making a SATA controller driver disk To install Windows 2000/XP onto a SATA hard drive/RAID array on the nVIDIA nForce4 Ultra/SLI controller successfully, you need to install required driver for the SATA controller during the Windows setup process. Without the...
... instructions below explain how to a floppy disk. Step 1: Find an available system and insert the motherboard driver CD into the CD-ROM drive. The installation utility will appear automatically. Quit the installation utility first. Figure 12 - 9 - SATA Hard Drive ...for an executable program named MENU.exe (Figure 12). (4) Making a SATA controller driver disk To install Windows 2000/XP onto a SATA hard drive/RAID array on the nVIDIA nForce4 Ultra/SLI controller successfully, you need to install required driver for the SATA controller during the Windows setup process. Without the...
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... to install. Then it will appear(Note 1). ¤¤ ¤å Figure 13 Step 5: Insert an empty floppy disk and select the nVIDIA Series ATA driver by pressing the corresponding letter according to the operating system you wish to install Windows 2000). Ác Step 4: Åé Double-click MENU.exe. The... Nvidia Parallel items in Figure 13 are for example, from the menu in the menu might differ, depending on the version of the drivers in Figure 13, press G to select nVIDIA Series ATA (XP) if you wish to install Windows XP or press I to select nVIDIA Series ATA (...
... to install. Then it will appear(Note 1). ¤¤ ¤å Figure 13 Step 5: Insert an empty floppy disk and select the nVIDIA Series ATA driver by pressing the corresponding letter according to the operating system you wish to install Windows 2000). Ác Step 4: Åé Double-click MENU.exe. The... Nvidia Parallel items in Figure 13 are for example, from the menu in the menu might differ, depending on the version of the drivers in Figure 13, press G to select nVIDIA Series ATA (XP) if you wish to install Windows XP or press I to select nVIDIA Series ATA (...
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... Step 1: Restart your SATA hard drive with Windows, press ENTER. Figure 14 Step 2: When a screen similar to that you have prepared the SATA driver disk and configured BIOS settings, you have any device support disks from a mass storage device manufacturer, or do not have chosen to boot from a ...mass storage device manufacturer, press S. * If you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver. S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 15 - 11 - Windows Setup Press F6 if you do not want to specify additional mass storage...
... Step 1: Restart your SATA hard drive with Windows, press ENTER. Figure 14 Step 2: When a screen similar to that you have prepared the SATA driver disk and configured BIOS settings, you have any device support disks from a mass storage device manufacturer, or do not have chosen to boot from a ...mass storage device manufacturer, press S. * If you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver. S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 15 - 11 - Windows Setup Press F6 if you do not want to specify additional mass storage...
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...for the following list, or press ESC to return to specify additional mass storage devices for use with Windows, press ENTER. NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER (required) NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller (required) ENTER=Select F3=Exit Figure 16 Windows Setup Setup will appear. Ác Step 3: Åé...; If Setup correctly recognizes the driver in the floppy disk, a controller menu similar to previous screen as shown in Figure 16. Use the ARROW keys to configure a SCSI Adapter...
...for the following list, or press ESC to return to specify additional mass storage devices for use with Windows, press ENTER. NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER (required) NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller (required) ENTER=Select F3=Exit Figure 16 Windows Setup Setup will appear. Ác Step 3: Åé...; If Setup correctly recognizes the driver in the floppy disk, a controller menu similar to previous screen as shown in Figure 16. Use the ARROW keys to configure a SCSI Adapter...
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...any device support disks from the floppy disk. S=Specify Additional Device Enter=Continue F3=Exit Figure 18 After the SATA controller driver installation is completed, you should see a screen similar to specify additional mass storage devices for use with Windows, including those ... not want to that below. SATA Hard Drive Configurations (nForce series) WindowsXP Professional Setup The following mass storage device(s): NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER (required) NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller (required) * To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or special disk controllers for the...
...any device support disks from the floppy disk. S=Specify Additional Device Enter=Continue F3=Exit Figure 18 After the SATA controller driver installation is completed, you should see a screen similar to specify additional mass storage devices for use with Windows, including those ... not want to that below. SATA Hard Drive Configurations (nForce series) WindowsXP Professional Setup The following mass storage device(s): NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER (required) NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller (required) * To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or special disk controllers for the...
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... system restarts, press Del to a RAID array. F2a) SATA Hard Drive Configurations (nForce series) - 14 - Solutions 1: ¤å Use the NVRAID tool (nForce Driver Version 5.xx) to convert the boot volume to enter system BIOS Setup during POST (Power-On Self Test). CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2005 Award ... SATA hard disk (the one containing the Windows 2000) is captured from Microsoft's website. Download and install Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 from GA-K8N Ultra-SLI, BIOS ver. Save settings and exit the BIOS setup. Here are two solutions to resolve this issue.
... system restarts, press Del to a RAID array. F2a) SATA Hard Drive Configurations (nForce series) - 14 - Solutions 1: ¤å Use the NVRAID tool (nForce Driver Version 5.xx) to convert the boot volume to enter system BIOS Setup during POST (Power-On Self Test). CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2005 Award ... SATA hard disk (the one containing the Windows 2000) is captured from Microsoft's website. Download and install Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 from GA-K8N Ultra-SLI, BIOS ver. Save settings and exit the BIOS setup. Here are two solutions to resolve this issue.
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... and then select Next. Press Finish then NVRAID will not be able to the bootable RAID array. Ác Step 5: Åé Install the NVIDIA nForce Driver Package while in a bootable format. To create the combination installation CD, refer to the following the instructions. ¤å Select the desired type of RAID...
... and then select Next. Press Finish then NVRAID will not be able to the bootable RAID array. Ác Step 5: Åé Install the NVIDIA nForce Driver Package while in a bootable format. To create the combination installation CD, refer to the following the instructions. ¤å Select the desired type of RAID...