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...GA-K8U GA-K8NXP-9 GA-8N-SLI Royal GA-K8U-9 GA-K8N Ultra-9 GA-8N-SLI Pro GA-K8NXP-SLI GA-K8NF-9 (PCB Ver. 1.0) GA-8N-SLI GA-K8N Ultra-SLI GA-K8NE (PCB Ver. 1.0) GA-K8N Pro-SLI GA-K8NMF-9 P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 64 - REBOOT: Exit the main screen and restart the system. Limitations: 1. Not compatible to correctly identify RAID...time than 128G under Windows 2000, be backed up) 4. BACKUP: Back up data from the driver CD before data backup. 2. Does not support RAID/AHCI (class code 0104/0106) hard disks. 7. Capable of Xpress Recovery2, a primary partition must...
...GA-K8U GA-K8NXP-9 GA-8N-SLI Royal GA-K8U-9 GA-K8N Ultra-9 GA-8N-SLI Pro GA-K8NXP-SLI GA-K8NF-9 (PCB Ver. 1.0) GA-8N-SLI GA-K8N Ultra-SLI GA-K8NE (PCB Ver. 1.0) GA-K8N Pro-SLI GA-K8NMF-9 P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 64 - REBOOT: Exit the main screen and restart the system. Limitations: 1. Not compatible to correctly identify RAID...time than 128G under Windows 2000, be backed up) 4. BACKUP: Back up data from the driver CD before data backup. 2. Does not support RAID/AHCI (class code 0104/0106) hard disks. 7. Capable of Xpress Recovery2, a primary partition must...
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... http:\\www.gigabyte.com.tw to read or download the information you need.) Configuring the Nvidia RAID BIOS The NVRAID BIOS setup lets you choose the RAID array type and which hard drives you to make and storage capacity. 2) Please attach the hard drive connectors to select Silicon Image). 5) Complete driver installation. 6) Complete RAID utility...
... http:\\www.gigabyte.com.tw to read or download the information you need.) Configuring the Nvidia RAID BIOS The NVRAID BIOS setup lets you choose the RAID array type and which hard drives you to make and storage capacity. 2) Please attach the hard drive connectors to select Silicon Image). 5) Complete driver installation. 6) Complete RAID utility...
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... screen shows various information about the array that the RAID setup has been configured from the RAID BIOS, the next step is to view and verify details. P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 80 - The Array Detail screen appears. English Press Enter to configure and load drivers under Windows. Press Enter again to go back...
... screen shows various information about the array that the RAID setup has been configured from the RAID BIOS, the next step is to view and verify details. P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 80 - The Array Detail screen appears. English Press Enter to configure and load drivers under Windows. Press Enter again to go back...
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... disk and insert the blank formatted disk. Select the controller driver by this driver file to the floppy disk. P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 86 - First of all, copy the driver for that , the driver will then automatically zip and transfer this floppy disk. Boot from...steps, boot from the Windows installation disk to install the RAID drivers. Use an alternative system and insert the GIGABYTE motherboard driver CD-ROM. After that hard drive. Step 1: Insert the prepared startup disk and motherboard driver CD-ROM in the BootDrv folder. Follow the on-screen...
... disk and insert the blank formatted disk. Select the controller driver by this driver file to the floppy disk. P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 86 - First of all, copy the driver for that , the driver will then automatically zip and transfer this floppy disk. Boot from...steps, boot from the Windows installation disk to install the RAID drivers. Use an alternative system and insert the GIGABYTE motherboard driver CD-ROM. After that hard drive. Step 1: Insert the prepared startup disk and motherboard driver CD-ROM in the BootDrv folder. Follow the on-screen...
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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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...whether the SATA controller is enabled (Serial-ATAII1 controls the SATAII0/1 connectors and Serial-ATAII2 controls the SATAII2/3 connectors). SATA Configurations (P4 nForce4 SLI series) - 2 - "*" Skip this step if you use two hard drives with identical model and capacity). If there are more than ...is configured correctly in system BIOS Setup and set 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). Step 1: Turn on the IDE/SATAII RAID Config item to enter the submenu . If you do...
...whether the SATA controller is enabled (Serial-ATAII1 controls the SATAII0/1 connectors and Serial-ATAII2 controls the SATAII2/3 connectors). SATA Configurations (P4 nForce4 SLI series) - 2 - "*" Skip this step if you use two hard drives with identical model and capacity). If there are more than ...is configured correctly in system BIOS Setup and set 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). Step 1: Turn on the IDE/SATAII RAID Config item to enter the submenu . If you do...
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... appear (Figure 10). Åé If you can proceed to install the SATA controller driver and operating system. Striping Block: 64K Adapt 2 2 Channel M/S 0 Master 1 Master Index...UP or DOWN ARROW key to select the array and press B. SATA Configurations (P4 nForce4 SLI series) - 8 - Array Detail - message appears, press Y to confirm or N to the Array ...List screen. Ác After that, the Array List screen displaying the RAID array you created will show Yes. ¤¤ MediaShield RAID Utility Feb 8 2005 - Array List - ¤å Boot Id Status ...
... appear (Figure 10). Åé If you can proceed to install the SATA controller driver and operating system. Striping Block: 64K Adapt 2 2 Channel M/S 0 Master 1 Master Index...UP or DOWN ARROW key to select the array and press B. SATA Configurations (P4 nForce4 SLI series) - 8 - Array Detail - message appears, press Y to confirm or N to the Array ...List screen. Ác After that, the Array List screen displaying the RAID array you created will show Yes. ¤¤ MediaShield RAID Utility Feb 8 2005 - Array List - ¤å Boot Id Status ...
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... setup process. «Â ?± (4) Making a SATA controller driver disk To install Windows 2000/XP onto a SATA hard drive/RAID array on the nVIDIA nForce4 SLI controller successfully, you need to install required driver for an executable program named MENU.exe (Figure 13). SATA Configurations (...P4 nForce4 SLI series) The instructions below explain how to My Computer...
... setup process. «Â ?± (4) Making a SATA controller driver disk To install Windows 2000/XP onto a SATA hard drive/RAID array on the nVIDIA nForce4 SLI controller successfully, you need to install required driver for an executable program named MENU.exe (Figure 13). SATA Configurations (...P4 nForce4 SLI series) The instructions below explain how to My Computer...
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...might differ, depending on the version of your driver CD-ROM disk. SATA Configurations (P4 nForce4 SLI series) - 10 - Step 6: Press 0 to exit when the procedure is complete. (Note): The name of the drivers in Figure 14, press G to select nVIDIA C19 Series Raid (XP) if you wish to install Windows XP... or press H to select nVIDIA C19 Series Raid (2K) if you wish...
...might differ, depending on the version of your driver CD-ROM disk. SATA Configurations (P4 nForce4 SLI series) - 10 - Step 6: Press 0 to exit when the procedure is complete. (Note): The name of the drivers in Figure 14, press G to select nVIDIA C19 Series Raid (XP) if you wish to install Windows XP... or press H to select nVIDIA C19 Series Raid (2K) if you wish...
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... a few moments of some files being loaded before you see the "Press F6 if you have chosen to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" message (Figure 15). Step 1: Restart your system, or you need to install Windows 2000/XP onto your SATA hard drive with Windows, ...driver. S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 16 - 11 - Figure 15 Step 2: When a screen similar to that you have any device support disks from the Windows 2000/XP Setup disk and press F6 as soon as you are ready to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver. SATA Configurations (P4 nForce4 SLI...
... a few moments of some files being loaded before you see the "Press F6 if you have chosen to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" message (Figure 15). Step 1: Restart your system, or you need to install Windows 2000/XP onto your SATA hard drive with Windows, ...driver. S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 16 - 11 - Figure 15 Step 2: When a screen similar to that you have any device support disks from the Windows 2000/XP Setup disk and press F6 as soon as you are ready to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver. SATA Configurations (P4 nForce4 SLI...
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Later, when a screen similar to Figure 18 appears, you want to create RAID, select both NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER and then NVIDIA NForce Storage Controller. The screen will appear. SATA Configurations (P4 nForce4 SLI series) - 12 - S=Specify Additional Device Enter=Continue F3=Exit Figure 18 If a message appears saying one or some file(s) cannot be...
Later, when a screen similar to Figure 18 appears, you want to create RAID, select both NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER and then NVIDIA NForce Storage Controller. The screen will appear. SATA Configurations (P4 nForce4 SLI series) - 12 - S=Specify Additional Device Enter=Continue F3=Exit Figure 18 If a message appears saying one or some file(s) cannot be...
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... a Windows XP installation using Recovery Console, press R. Windows Setup Setup will load support for 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 use...* If you should see a screen similar to that below. WindowsXP Professional Setup Welcome to run on your computer. SATA Configurations (P4 nForce4 SLI series) Enter= Continue R=Repair F3=Exit Figure 20 - 13 - You can proceed with the Windows 2000/XP installation now. To set ...
... a Windows XP installation using Recovery Console, press R. Windows Setup Setup will load support for 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 use...* If you should see a screen similar to that below. WindowsXP Professional Setup Welcome to run on your computer. SATA Configurations (P4 nForce4 SLI series) Enter= Continue R=Repair F3=Exit Figure 20 - 13 - You can proceed with the Windows 2000/XP installation now. To set ...
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...RAID IDE Secndry Master RAID IDE Secndry Slave RAID SATAII 1 Primary RAID SATAII 1 Secondary RAID SATAII 2 Primary RAID SATAII 2 Secondary RAID [Enabled] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] Item Help Menu Level} higf: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save F3: Language F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults Figure22 SATA Configurations (P4 nForce4 SLI...: Optimized Defaults Here are two solutions to a bootable RAID volume. Solutions 1: Use the NVRAID tool (nForce Driver Version 5.xx) to convert the boot volume to enter...
...RAID IDE Secndry Master RAID IDE Secndry Slave RAID SATAII 1 Primary RAID SATAII 1 Secondary RAID SATAII 2 Primary RAID SATAII 2 Secondary RAID [Enabled] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] Item Help Menu Level} higf: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save F3: Language F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults Figure22 SATA Configurations (P4 nForce4 SLI...: Optimized Defaults Here are two solutions to a bootable RAID volume. Solutions 1: Use the NVRAID tool (nForce Driver Version 5.xx) to convert the boot volume to enter...
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... you want to the bootable RAID array. SATA Configurations (P4 nForce4 SLI series) - 16 - Note: Conversion may take 1~2 hours depending on it. However, users will start converting the single disk RAID array into a multi-disk RAID array in a bootable format. Ác Step 5: Åé Install the NVIDIA nForce Driver Package while in . Select the single...
... you want to the bootable RAID array. SATA Configurations (P4 nForce4 SLI series) - 16 - Note: Conversion may take 1~2 hours depending on it. However, users will start converting the single disk RAID array into a multi-disk RAID array in a bootable format. Ác Step 5: Åé Install the NVIDIA nForce Driver Package while in . Select the single...