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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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...to the hard drive. For example, SATA0_SB/SATA_SB is recommended that you use two hard drives with the SATA controller, you may prepare only one SATA controller on your motherboard, you do not want to create RAID with identical model and capacity). Ác ... computer Attach one end of the SATA signal cable to the rear of the SATA connector 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...
...to the hard drive. For example, SATA0_SB/SATA_SB is recommended that you use two hard drives with the SATA controller, you may prepare only one SATA controller on your motherboard, you do not want to create RAID with identical model and capacity). Ác ... computer Attach one end of the SATA signal cable to the rear of the SATA connector 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...
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... Setup and set the SiS Serial ATA Mode item to RAID (RAID by default) (Figure 1). If you have to make sure whether the SATA controller is enabled. CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software Integrated Peripherals ` KLJI: Move F3: Language Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD:...BIOS Setup menus described in this section may not show the exact settings for the SATA hard drive(s). SATA Hard Drive Configurations (SiS 964) Step 1: Turn on the motherboard you want to create RAID. (2) Configuring SATA controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup You have and the BIOS version. -...
... Setup and set the SiS Serial ATA Mode item to RAID (RAID by default) (Figure 1). If you have to make sure whether the SATA controller is enabled. CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software Integrated Peripherals ` KLJI: Move F3: Language Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD:...BIOS Setup menus described in this section may not show the exact settings for the SATA hard drive(s). SATA Hard Drive Configurations (SiS 964) Step 1: Turn on the motherboard you want to create RAID. (2) Configuring SATA controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup You have and the BIOS version. -...
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ESC: Exit F1: General Help F7: Optimized Defaults SATA Hard Drive Configurations (SiS 964) - 4 - CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features ` Hard Disk Boot Priority [Press Enter] First Boot Device [... 3: Set First Boot Device under the Advanced BIOS Features menu. In the Hard Disk Åé Boot Priority submenu, select the model of the desired SATA hard drive onto which you intent to boot from CD-ROM after system restarts (Figure 3).
ESC: Exit F1: General Help F7: Optimized Defaults SATA Hard Drive Configurations (SiS 964) - 4 - CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features ` Hard Disk Boot Priority [Press Enter] First Boot Device [... 3: Set First Boot Device under the Advanced BIOS Features menu. In the Hard Disk Åé Boot Priority submenu, select the model of the desired SATA hard drive onto which you intent to boot from CD-ROM after system restarts (Figure 3).
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Skip this step and proceed to Section 4 if you cannot enter the RAID BIOS correctly, assure that your SATA drives are properly installed. The SiS RAID BIOS Setting Utility - Figure 5 - 5 - SATA Hard Drive Configurations (SiS 964) (3) Configuring RAID set in RAID BIOS Enter the RAID BIOS setup utility to skip waiting" (Figure 4). Step...
Skip this step and proceed to Section 4 if you cannot enter the RAID BIOS correctly, assure that your SATA drives are properly installed. The SiS RAID BIOS Setting Utility - Figure 5 - 5 - SATA Hard Drive Configurations (SiS 964) (3) Configuring RAID set in RAID BIOS Enter the RAID BIOS setup utility to skip waiting" (Figure 4). Step...
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The following is an example of RAID 0 creation. Figure 7 SATA Hard Drive Configurations (SiS 964) - 6 - Ác Step 3: In the RAID Setup screen, press A if you want to create RAID array (Figure 6). Åé ¤¤ ¤å Figure 6 Step 4: Then, use number keys 1~3 to select a RAID mode: (1)JBOD, (2)RAID 0, or (3)RAID 1 and then press ENTER (Figure 7).
The following is an example of RAID 0 creation. Figure 7 SATA Hard Drive Configurations (SiS 964) - 6 - Ác Step 3: In the RAID Setup screen, press A if you want to create RAID array (Figure 6). Åé ¤¤ ¤å Figure 6 Step 4: Then, use number keys 1~3 to select a RAID mode: (1)JBOD, (2)RAID 0, or (3)RAID 1 and then press ENTER (Figure 7).
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Otherwise press N to be created automatically or manually (Figure 8). Figure 9 - 7 - Step 5: If RAID 0 is selected, you'll have to decide whether you wish to proceed to map and stripe all current data and future data to the RAID disks. Then press ENTER (Figure 9). SATA Hard Drive Configurations (SiS 964) Press 1 to select Auto Create or 2 to select Manual Create. (We recommend selecting Auto Create to most users.) Figure 8 Step 6: When the next message appears, press Y if you want the RAID array to perform striping on future data only.
Otherwise press N to be created automatically or manually (Figure 8). Figure 9 - 7 - Step 5: If RAID 0 is selected, you'll have to decide whether you wish to proceed to map and stripe all current data and future data to the RAID disks. Then press ENTER (Figure 9). SATA Hard Drive Configurations (SiS 964) Press 1 to select Auto Create or 2 to select Manual Create. (We recommend selecting Auto Create to most users.) Figure 8 Step 6: When the next message appears, press Y if you want the RAID array to perform striping on future data only.
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message appears (Figure 11), press Y and then ENTER to Save changes?" Ác Upon completion, you should see the RAID array in the Current Created Raid section in the RAID Setup screen (Figure 10). Åé ¤¤ ¤å Figure 10 To exit the current menu, press Q. Figure 11 SATA Hard Drive Configurations (SiS 964) - 8 - When the "Do You Want to confirm.
message appears (Figure 11), press Y and then ENTER to Save changes?" Ác Upon completion, you should see the RAID array in the Current Created Raid section in the RAID Setup screen (Figure 10). Åé ¤¤ ¤å Figure 10 To exit the current menu, press Q. Figure 11 SATA Hard Drive Configurations (SiS 964) - 8 - When the "Do You Want to confirm.
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Deleting RAID Volume If you want to delete a RAID array, simply press D while you sure to delete this RAID?" Finally, when the "Are you are in the window below (Figure 12). Figure 12 Now, you wish to delete and press ENTER. SATA Hard Drive Configurations (SiS 964) Next, use the ARROW keys to select the RAID array you can proceed to confirm your selections. message appears, press Y to the installation of the SATA driver and operating system. - 9 -
Deleting RAID Volume If you want to delete a RAID array, simply press D while you sure to delete this RAID?" Finally, when the "Are you are in the window below (Figure 12). Figure 12 Now, you wish to delete and press ENTER. SATA Hard Drive Configurations (SiS 964) Next, use the ARROW keys to select the RAID array you can proceed to confirm your selections. message appears, press Y to the installation of the SATA driver and operating system. - 9 -
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... first. Without the driver, the hard drive ¤¤ may not be recognized during OS installation. Step 2: Go to copy the driver. Figure 14 SATA Hard Drive Configurations (SiS 964) - 10 - Step 1: Find an available system and insert the motherboard driver CD into the CD-ROM drive. Ác (4)... during the Windows setup process. ¤å First of all, you need to install required driver for the SATA controller from the motherboard driver CD to a floppy disk. The installation utility will appear automatically. The instructions below explain how to My Computer ...
... first. Without the driver, the hard drive ¤¤ may not be recognized during OS installation. Step 2: Go to copy the driver. Figure 14 SATA Hard Drive Configurations (SiS 964) - 10 - Step 1: Find an available system and insert the motherboard driver CD into the CD-ROM drive. Ác (4)... during the Windows setup process. ¤å First of all, you need to install required driver for the SATA controller from the motherboard driver CD to a floppy disk. The installation utility will appear automatically. The instructions below explain how to My Computer ...
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Then it will appear. Step 4: Double-click MENU.exe. Figure 16 - 11 - Step 6: Press 0 to select D) SiS 964 SATA. SATA Hard Drive Configurations (SiS 964) An MS-DOS prompt screen similar to Figure 15 below will take about one minute to copy the SATA driver from the motherboard driver CD to the floppy disk. Figure 15 Step 5: Insert an empty floppy disk and press D to exit when the procedure is complete (Figure 16). You have copied the SATA driver successfully.
Then it will appear. Step 4: Double-click MENU.exe. Figure 16 - 11 - Step 6: Press 0 to select D) SiS 964 SATA. SATA Hard Drive Configurations (SiS 964) An MS-DOS prompt screen similar to Figure 15 below will take about one minute to copy the SATA driver from the motherboard driver CD to the floppy disk. Figure 15 Step 5: Insert an empty floppy disk and press D to exit when the procedure is complete (Figure 16). You have copied the SATA driver successfully.
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...¤¤ Windows XP installation. ¤å Step 1: Restart your SATA hard drive with the SATA driver. 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 18). Figure 17 Step 2: When a screen...ready to install Windows 2000/XP onto your system to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" message (Figure 17). Figure 18 SATA Hard Drive Configurations (SiS 964) - 12 - The following is an example of some files being loaded before you need to boot ...
...¤¤ Windows XP installation. ¤å Step 1: Restart your SATA hard drive with the SATA driver. 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 18). Figure 17 Step 2: When a screen...ready to install Windows 2000/XP onto your system to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" message (Figure 17). Figure 18 SATA Hard Drive Configurations (SiS 964) - 12 - The following is an example of some files being loaded before you need to boot ...
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... similar to Figure 19 below appears, press ENTER to load the SATA driver from the floppy disk. Figure 20 - 13 - SATA Hard Drive Configurations (SiS 964) Step 4: When the screen as shown below will begin to continue the SATA driver installation 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. Figure 19 If a message appears saying one minute. If you want to install Windows XP, use...
... similar to Figure 19 below appears, press ENTER to load the SATA driver from the floppy disk. Figure 20 - 13 - SATA Hard Drive Configurations (SiS 964) Step 4: When the screen as shown below will begin to continue the SATA driver installation 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. Figure 19 If a message appears saying one minute. If you want to install Windows XP, use...
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It indicates that you have to be installed under Windows once for that , the driver will have installed the SATA controller driver successfully. You can proceed with the Windows Åé 2000/XP installation. ¤¤ ¤å Figure 21 (Note: Each time you should see a screen as below. After that hard drive. 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 to be installed.) SATA Hard Drive Configurations (SiS 964) - 14 -
It indicates that you have to be installed under Windows once for that , the driver will have installed the SATA controller driver successfully. You can proceed with the Windows Åé 2000/XP installation. ¤¤ ¤å Figure 21 (Note: Each time you should see a screen as below. After that hard drive. 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 to be installed.) SATA Hard Drive Configurations (SiS 964) - 14 -
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GA-8S648FX-775(-C) Motherboard - 10 - English 1-2 Feature Summary CPU Chipset Memory Slots IDE Connections FDD Connections Onboard SATA Peripherals Onboard LAN (*) Onboard Audio Supports the latest Intel® Pentium® 4 LGA775 CPU Supports 800/533MHz FSB L2 cache varies with ... Line In / 2 rear speaker(by s/w switch) Mic In / center& subwoofer(by s/w switch) Supports SPDIF In/Out connection CD In (*) Only for GA-8S648FX-775.
GA-8S648FX-775(-C) Motherboard - 10 - English 1-2 Feature Summary CPU Chipset Memory Slots IDE Connections FDD Connections Onboard SATA Peripherals Onboard LAN (*) Onboard Audio Supports the latest Intel® Pentium® 4 LGA775 CPU Supports 800/533MHz FSB L2 cache varies with ... Line In / 2 rear speaker(by s/w switch) Mic In / center& subwoofer(by s/w switch) Supports SPDIF In/Out connection CD In (*) Only for GA-8S648FX-775.
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...Monitor System voltage detection CPU temperature detection CPU / System fan speed detection CPU warning temperature CPU / Systemfan failure warning Onboard SATA RAID Onboard SiS964 chipset - supports data striping (RAID 0) or mirroring (RAID 1) function - supports data transfer rate of licensed AWARD BIOS Supports Q-Flash Additional...CPU/DDR) Over Clock via BIOS (CPU/DDR/AGP/PCI) Form Factor ATX form factor; 29.5cm x 22.3cm - 11 - supports a maximum of 2 SATA connections BIOS Use of up to 150 MB/s -
...Monitor System voltage detection CPU temperature detection CPU / System fan speed detection CPU warning temperature CPU / Systemfan failure warning Onboard SATA RAID Onboard SiS964 chipset - supports data striping (RAID 0) or mirroring (RAID 1) function - supports data transfer rate of licensed AWARD BIOS Supports Q-Flash Additional...CPU/DDR) Over Clock via BIOS (CPU/DDR/AGP/PCI) Form Factor ATX form factor; 29.5cm x 22.3cm - 11 - supports a maximum of 2 SATA connections BIOS Use of up to 150 MB/s -
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...time, it will affect the data backup speed. 3. If you can enter Xpress Recovery2 by booting from CD/DVD:" will appear in the future. 2. GA-8S648FX-775(-C) Motherboard - 50 - English 4-1-2 Xpress Recovery2 Introduction Xpress Recovery2 is able to back up data on hard disks on . . . It is executed ... into your hard disk. After the steps above are completed, subsequent access to Xpress Recovery2 can simply press F9 during system power-on PATA and SATA IDE controllers. Boot from CD-ROM for 8I945GME E7 . . . . :BIOS Setup/Q-Flash, : Xpress Recovery2 11/07/2005-I945-6A79HG0GC-00...
...time, it will affect the data backup speed. 3. If you can enter Xpress Recovery2 by booting from CD/DVD:" will appear in the future. 2. GA-8S648FX-775(-C) Motherboard - 50 - English 4-1-2 Xpress Recovery2 Introduction Xpress Recovery2 is able to back up data on hard disks on . . . It is executed ... into your hard disk. After the steps above are completed, subsequent access to Xpress Recovery2 can simply press F9 during system power-on PATA and SATA IDE controllers. Boot from CD-ROM for 8I945GME E7 . . . . :BIOS Setup/Q-Flash, : Xpress Recovery2 11/07/2005-I945-6A79HG0GC-00...
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... available on the hard disk for Xpress Recovery2 to execute the EnableBigLba.exe program from hard disk. 3. GA-8N-SLI Royal GA-8N-SLI Pro GA-8N-SLI Appendix SATA IDE channel 3 f. SATA IDE channel 4 Precautions: 1. When using hard disks with more than data restoration. 3. On a few... must be solved by BIOS update) GA-K8U GA-K8U-9 GA-K8NXP-SLI GA-K8N Ultra-SLI GA-K8N Pro-SLI GA-K8NXP-9 GA-K8N Ultra-9 GA-K8NF-9 (PCB Ver. 1.0) GA-K8NE (PCB Ver. 1.0) GA-K8NMF-9 - 51 - Xpress Recovery2 supports only PATA hard disks and not SATA hard disks on Nvidia chipsets, BIOS ...
... available on the hard disk for Xpress Recovery2 to execute the EnableBigLba.exe program from hard disk. 3. GA-8N-SLI Royal GA-8N-SLI Pro GA-8N-SLI Appendix SATA IDE channel 3 f. SATA IDE channel 4 Precautions: 1. When using hard disks with more than data restoration. 3. On a few... must be solved by BIOS update) GA-K8U GA-K8U-9 GA-K8NXP-SLI GA-K8N Ultra-SLI GA-K8N Pro-SLI GA-K8NXP-9 GA-K8N Ultra-9 GA-K8NF-9 (PCB Ver. 1.0) GA-K8NE (PCB Ver. 1.0) GA-K8NMF-9 - 51 - Xpress Recovery2 supports only PATA hard disks and not SATA hard disks on Nvidia chipsets, BIOS ...
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IDE, SCSI, or SATA. 3) Enter the motherboard BIOS and locate RAID setup (Please refer to the section on the motherboard ie. Entering the RAID BIOS Setup After rebooting ... utility. 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 - Silicon Integrated Systems Corp. Primary Master: Secondary Master: ST3120026AS ST3120026AS 111GB...
IDE, SCSI, or SATA. 3) Enter the motherboard BIOS and locate RAID setup (Please refer to the section on the motherboard ie. Entering the RAID BIOS Setup After rebooting ... utility. 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 - Silicon Integrated Systems Corp. Primary Master: Secondary Master: ST3120026AS ST3120026AS 111GB...
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...Installing the RAID Drivers To install Windows 2000/XP onto a Serial ATA hard disk sucessfully, you need to install required driver for the SATA controller on your motherboard during the Windows setup process. Step 1: Find an available Operation System and insert the motherboard driver CD into ...controller driver by this driver file to Figure 11), please select the proper chipset model. Follow on-screen instructions to copy the driver for the SATA controller on the screen (Refer to the floppy disk. Appendix Insert a blank formatted floppy disk into the CD-ROM drive. Then you add...
...Installing the RAID Drivers To install Windows 2000/XP onto a Serial ATA hard disk sucessfully, you need to install required driver for the SATA controller on your motherboard during the Windows setup process. Step 1: Find an available Operation System and insert the motherboard driver CD into ...controller driver by this driver file to Figure 11), please select the proper chipset model. Follow on-screen instructions to copy the driver for the SATA controller on the screen (Refer to the floppy disk. Appendix Insert a blank formatted floppy disk into the CD-ROM drive. Then you add...