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Table of Contents Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) (Controller SiS 964 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 controller driver disk 10 (5) Installing SATA controller driver during OS installation 12
Table of Contents Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) (Controller SiS 964 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 controller driver disk 10 (5) Installing SATA controller driver during OS installation 12
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... do not want to identify the SATA controller for your motherboard. (1) Installing 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. If you may check the name of the SATA connector to create... RAID array on your motherboard, you do not want to create RAID with identical model and capacity). ...
... do not want to identify the SATA controller for your motherboard. (1) Installing 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. If you may check the name of the SATA connector to create... RAID array on your motherboard, you do not want to create RAID with identical model and capacity). ...
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message appears, press Y to select the RAID array you are in the window below (Figure 12). Finally, when the "Are you can proceed to the installation of the SATA driver and operating system. - 9 - SATA Hard Drive Configurations (SiS 964) Figure 12 Now, you sure to delete this RAID?" Deleting RAID Volume If you want to delete a RAID array, simply press D while you wish to delete and press ENTER. Next, use the ARROW keys to confirm your selections.
message appears, press Y to select the RAID array you are in the window below (Figure 12). Finally, when the "Are you can proceed to the installation of the SATA driver and operating system. - 9 - SATA Hard Drive Configurations (SiS 964) Figure 12 Now, you sure to delete this RAID?" Deleting RAID Volume If you want to delete a RAID array, simply press D while you wish to delete and press ENTER. Next, use the ARROW keys to confirm your selections.
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... press S (Figure 18). Figure 17 Step 2: When a screen similar to that you have prepared the SATA driver disk and configured BIOS settings, you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" message (Figure 17). The following is an example of some files being loaded before you see the "Press F6 if you... of ¤¤ Windows XP installation. ¤å Step 1: Restart your system to install Windows 2000/XP onto your SATA hard drive with the SATA driver.
... press S (Figure 18). Figure 17 Step 2: When a screen similar to that you have prepared the SATA driver disk and configured BIOS settings, you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" message (Figure 17). The following is an example of some files being loaded before you see the "Press F6 if you... of ¤¤ Windows XP installation. ¤å Step 1: Restart your system to install Windows 2000/XP onto your SATA hard drive with the SATA driver.
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... When the screen as shown below will begin to load the SATA driver from the floppy disk. If you want to install Windows XP, use the ARROW keys to select WinXP SiS Raid/IDE Controller and press ENTER. (Select Win2000 SiS Raid/IDE Controller if you want to install Windows 2000.) Then it... will appear. SATA Hard Drive Configurations (SiS 964) Step 3: If Setup correctly recognizes the driver in about one or some file(s) cannot be...
... When the screen as shown below will begin to load the SATA driver from the floppy disk. If you want to install Windows XP, use the ARROW keys to select WinXP SiS Raid/IDE Controller and press ENTER. (Select Win2000 SiS Raid/IDE Controller if you want to install Windows 2000.) Then it... will appear. SATA Hard Drive Configurations (SiS 964) Step 3: If Setup correctly recognizes the driver in about one or some file(s) cannot be...
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Ác After the SATA controller driver installation is completed, you add a new hard drive to be installed under Windows once for that hard drive. After that you have to a RAID array, the RAID driver will not have installed the SATA controller driver successfully. It indicates that , the driver will have to be installed.) SATA Hard Drive Configurations (SiS 964) - 14 - You can proceed with the Windows Åé 2000/XP installation. ¤¤ ¤å Figure 21 (Note: Each time you should see a screen as below.
Ác After the SATA controller driver installation is completed, you add a new hard drive to be installed under Windows once for that hard drive. After that you have to a RAID array, the RAID driver will not have installed the SATA controller driver successfully. It indicates that , the driver will have to be installed.) SATA Hard Drive Configurations (SiS 964) - 14 - You can proceed with the Windows Åé 2000/XP installation. ¤¤ ¤å Figure 21 (Note: Each time you should see a screen as below.
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...Main Screen of the data to be backed up) 4. RESTORE: English Restore the backed-up data from the driver CD before data backup. 2. BACKUP: Back up data to your motherboard manufacturer. 5. REBOOT: Exit the main ...GA-8N-SLI Appendix Hard disks detection sequence is compliant with more than data restoration. 3. PATA IDE primary channel b. SATA IDE channel 4 Precautions: 1. It is recom- Capable of backing up and restoring only the first physical hard disk. PATA IDE secondary channel c . REMOVE: Remove previously-created backup files to correctly identify RAID...
...Main Screen of the data to be backed up) 4. RESTORE: English Restore the backed-up data from the driver CD before data backup. 2. BACKUP: Back up data to your motherboard manufacturer. 5. REBOOT: Exit the main ...GA-8N-SLI Appendix Hard disks detection sequence is compliant with more than data restoration. 3. PATA IDE primary channel b. SATA IDE channel 4 Precautions: 1. It is recom- Capable of backing up and restoring only the first physical hard disk. PATA IDE secondary channel c . REMOVE: Remove previously-created backup files to correctly identify RAID...
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...Configuring the SiS RAID BIOS The SiS RAID BIOS Setting Utility lets you choose the RAID array type and which hard drives you to enter SiS RAID BIOS). 5) Complete driver installation. 6) Complete RAID utility installation. Entering the RAID BIOS Setup After... SiS RAID BIOS Setting Utility * Current Created Raid * Disk Status [R] : Enter Raid setup utility [Q] : Exit current menu LocationModel Capacity Disk 1 Disk 2 ST3120026AS ST3120026AS GA-8S648FX-775(-C) Motherboard Mode 111GB 111GB RAID Type UDMA 6 UDMA 6 Single Single ¹Ï5 Figure 2 - 62 - The RAID prompt ...
...Configuring the SiS RAID BIOS The SiS RAID BIOS Setting Utility lets you choose the RAID array type and which hard drives you to enter SiS RAID BIOS). 5) Complete driver installation. 6) Complete RAID utility installation. Entering the RAID BIOS Setup After... SiS RAID BIOS Setting Utility * Current Created Raid * Disk Status [R] : Enter Raid setup utility [Q] : Exit current menu LocationModel Capacity Disk 1 Disk 2 ST3120026AS ST3120026AS GA-8S648FX-775(-C) Motherboard Mode 111GB 111GB RAID Type UDMA 6 UDMA 6 Single Single ¹Ï5 Figure 2 - 62 - The RAID prompt ...
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... F6 as Win2000 or XP boots up, then supply serial ATA controller driver by this driver file to the floppy disk. Follow on your motherboard during the Windows setup process. English Installing the RAID Drivers To install Windows 2000/XP onto a Serial ATA hard disk sucessfully, you... complete the steps, boot from the Windows CD to install the RAID drivers. The installation utility will appear automatically soon after you add a new hard drive to a RAID array, the RAID driver will then automatically zip and transfer this floppy disk. Your system will have to ...
... F6 as Win2000 or XP boots up, then supply serial ATA controller driver by this driver file to the floppy disk. Follow on your motherboard during the Windows setup process. English Installing the RAID Drivers To install Windows 2000/XP onto a Serial ATA hard disk sucessfully, you... complete the steps, boot from the Windows CD to install the RAID drivers. The installation utility will appear automatically soon after you add a new hard drive to a RAID array, the RAID driver will then automatically zip and transfer this floppy disk. Your system will have to ...