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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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... this step if you have to follow the steps below: ¤å (1) Install 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. If you may prepare only one hard drive. (b) An empty formatted floppy disk...your motherboard. (1) Installing IDE hard drive(s) in your computer. (2) Configure VT6410 IDE controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup. (3)* Configure RAID set in your system Attach one end of the IDE cable to the rear of the IDE hard drive and the other end to IDE...
... this step if you have to follow the steps below: ¤å (1) Install 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. If you may prepare only one hard drive. (b) An empty formatted floppy disk...your motherboard. (1) Installing IDE hard drive(s) in your computer. (2) Configure VT6410 IDE controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup. (3)* Configure RAID set in your system Attach one end of the IDE cable to the rear of the IDE hard drive and the other end to IDE...
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... H/W 1394 Onboard H/W LAN1 Onboard H/W LAN2 Onboard LAN1 Boot ROM Onboard LAN2 Boot ROM Onboard Serial Port 1 Onboard IrDA Port [Enabled] [RAID] Auto Ch.1 Master/Slave Ch.2 Master/Slave Ch.3 Master/Slave [Enabled] [Enabled] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Auto] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [... Enabled (Enabled by default) (Figure 1). Make sure the Onboard H/W RAID item is set BIOS boot sequence for the IDE RAID hard drive(s). To enable the VT6410 IDE controller, please select Onboard H/W RAID under the Integrated Peripherals menu and then press ENTER. (2) Configuring VT6410 ...
... H/W 1394 Onboard H/W LAN1 Onboard H/W LAN2 Onboard LAN1 Boot ROM Onboard LAN2 Boot ROM Onboard Serial Port 1 Onboard IrDA Port [Enabled] [RAID] Auto Ch.1 Master/Slave Ch.2 Master/Slave Ch.3 Master/Slave [Enabled] [Enabled] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Auto] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [... Enabled (Enabled by default) (Figure 1). Make sure the Onboard H/W RAID item is set BIOS boot sequence for the IDE RAID hard drive(s). To enable the VT6410 IDE controller, please select Onboard H/W RAID under the Integrated Peripherals menu and then press ENTER. (2) Configuring VT6410 ...
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... and exit BIOS Setup. +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save F6: Fail-Safe Defaults Figure 3 ESC: Exit F1: General Help F7: Optimized Defaults VIA VT6410 IDE RAID Drives Configuration - 4 - SCSI-1 : Maxtor 6E030L0 3. CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features ` Hard Disk Boot Priority First Boot Device Second Boot...
... and exit BIOS Setup. +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save F6: Fail-Safe Defaults Figure 3 ESC: Exit F1: General Help F7: Optimized Defaults VIA VT6410 IDE RAID Drives Configuration - 4 - SCSI-1 : Maxtor 6E030L0 3. CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features ` Hard Disk Boot Priority First Boot Device Second Boot...
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... and before the operating system boot begins, look for a message which says "Press key into User Window! Hit the TAB key to create RAID. RAID BIOS Ver 2.11 X Create Array X Delete Array X Create/Delete Spare X Select Boot Array X Serial Number View Channel Channel0 Master Channel0 ...Slave Channel1 Master Channel1 Slave Drive Name Maxtor 6E030L0 No Drive Maxtor 6E030L0 No Drive Create a RAID array with Section 4 on the VT6410 controller, you have to highlight the option you need. Primary Master : Maxtor 6E030L0 Primary Master :...
... and before the operating system boot begins, look for a message which says "Press key into User Window! Hit the TAB key to create RAID. RAID BIOS Ver 2.11 X Create Array X Delete Array X Create/Delete Spare X Select Boot Array X Serial Number View Channel Channel0 Master Channel0 ...Slave Channel1 Master Channel1 Slave Drive Name Maxtor 6E030L0 No Drive Maxtor 6E030L0 No Drive Create a RAID array with Section 4 on the VT6410 controller, you have to highlight the option you need. Primary Master : Maxtor 6E030L0 Primary Master :...
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... selection Exit Array Name Mode Size(GB) Status ATA 133 28.63 Hdd ATA 133 27.24 Hdd Figure 7 VIA VT6410 IDE RAID Drives Configuration - 6 - Highlight the Array Mode option and press ENTER and a list of creation steps as shown in Figure ...keys to highlight the Create Array command and press ENTER to call out the list of RAID modes will appear (Figure 7), including RAID 0 for performance, RAID 1 for data protection, RAID 0/1, and RAID SPAN for capacity. RAID BIOS Ver 2.11 X Auto Setup For Data Security X ArRraAyIDM0odfeorRpAeIrDfo0rm(Satnrcipeing) X SeRleActIDis1kfoDrridvaetsa ...
... selection Exit Array Name Mode Size(GB) Status ATA 133 28.63 Hdd ATA 133 27.24 Hdd Figure 7 VIA VT6410 IDE RAID Drives Configuration - 6 - Highlight the Array Mode option and press ENTER and a list of creation steps as shown in Figure ...keys to highlight the Create Array command and press ENTER to call out the list of RAID modes will appear (Figure 7), including RAID 0 for performance, RAID 1 for data protection, RAID 0/1, and RAID SPAN for capacity. RAID BIOS Ver 2.11 X Auto Setup For Data Security X ArRraAyIDM0odfeorRpAeIrDfo0rm(Satnrcipeing) X SeRleActIDis1kfoDrridvaetsa ...
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...lets BIOS select the disk drives and create array automatically but it does not duplicate the mirroring drives even user selects Create and duplicate for RAID 1 and 0+1. Just highlight the target drives that you want to cancel the creation. After selecting an array mode, you have to decide... you should see Figure 8). Use the arrow keys to begin the creation of hard drive will be marked with the hard disks attached to VIA RAID controller F1 : K, L : Enter : ESC : View Array/disk Status Move to next item Confirm the selection Exit Channel [*] Channel0 Master Channel0 Slave [*] ...
...lets BIOS select the disk drives and create array automatically but it does not duplicate the mirroring drives even user selects Create and duplicate for RAID 1 and 0+1. Just highlight the target drives that you want to cancel the creation. After selecting an array mode, you have to decide... you should see Figure 8). Use the arrow keys to begin the creation of hard drive will be marked with the hard disks attached to VIA RAID controller F1 : K, L : Enter : ESC : View Array/disk Status Move to next item Confirm the selection Exit Channel [*] Channel0 Master Channel0 Slave [*] ...
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... interface, and press ENTER. Press Y/N Set/Clear bootable array F1 : K, L : Enter : ESC : View Array/disk Status Move to cancel. VIA Tech. RAID BIOS Ver 2.11 X Create Array X Delete Array X Create/Delete Spare X Select Boot Array X Serial Number View The selected array will become two normal drives....will be destoried. Use the arrow keys to highlight the Select Boot Disk item then press ENTER. A warning message will be destoried. VIA Tech. RAID BIOS Ver 2.11 X Create Array X Delete Array X Create/Delete Spare X Select Boot Array X Serial Number View The selected array will be ...
... interface, and press ENTER. Press Y/N Set/Clear bootable array F1 : K, L : Enter : ESC : View Array/disk Status Move to cancel. VIA Tech. RAID BIOS Ver 2.11 X Create Array X Delete Array X Create/Delete Spare X Select Boot Array X Serial Number View The selected array will become two normal drives....will be destoried. Use the arrow keys to highlight the Select Boot Disk item then press ENTER. A warning message will be destoried. VIA Tech. RAID BIOS Ver 2.11 X Create Array X Delete Array X Create/Delete Spare X Select Boot Array X Serial Number View The selected array will be ...
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... there are no disk arrays then nothing will be displayed on the lower screen. VIA VT6410 IDE RAID Drives Configuration RAID BIOS Ver 2.11 Array Mode Stripe Create a RAID array with the hard disks attached to VIA RAID controller F1 : K, L : Enter : ESC : View Array/disk Status Move to select a hard ...133 27.24 Stripe1 Figure 12 E.View Array Status: Press the F1 key to show the array status on the screen (Figure 13). VIA Tech. RAID BIOS Ver 2.11 X Create Array X Delete Array X Create/Delete Spare X Select Boot Array X Serial Number View View the serial number of hard ...
... there are no disk arrays then nothing will be displayed on the lower screen. VIA VT6410 IDE RAID Drives Configuration RAID BIOS Ver 2.11 Array Mode Stripe Create a RAID array with the hard disks attached to VIA RAID controller F1 : K, L : Enter : ESC : View Array/disk Status Move to select a hard ...133 27.24 Stripe1 Figure 12 E.View Array Status: Press the F1 key to show the array status on the screen (Figure 13). VIA Tech. RAID BIOS Ver 2.11 X Create Array X Delete Array X Create/Delete Spare X Select Boot Array X Serial Number View View the serial number of hard ...
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...OS installation. Step 1: Find an available system and insert the motherboard driver CD into the CD-ROM drive. Ác (4) Making a IDE RAID controller driver disk Åé To install Windows 2000/XP onto a IDE hard disk on your motherboard during the Windows setup process. Figure ...contained in the driver CD. Quit the installation utility first. The instructions below explain how to the BootDrv folder and look for the IDE RAID controller from the motherboard driver CD to ¤å a floppy disk. The installation utility will appear automatically. Go to copy the driver...
...OS installation. Step 1: Find an available system and insert the motherboard driver CD into the CD-ROM drive. Ác (4) Making a IDE RAID controller driver disk Åé To install Windows 2000/XP onto a IDE hard disk on your motherboard during the Windows setup process. Figure ...contained in the driver CD. Quit the installation utility first. The instructions below explain how to the BootDrv folder and look for the IDE RAID controller from the motherboard driver CD to ¤å a floppy disk. The installation utility will appear automatically. Go to copy the driver...
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Then it will appear. VIA VT6410 IDE RAID Drives Configuration 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. Step 5: Press 0 to select VIA 6410 RAID. Figure 17 - 11 - Step 3: Double-click MENU.exe. 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).
Then it will appear. VIA VT6410 IDE RAID Drives Configuration 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. Step 5: Press 0 to select VIA 6410 RAID. Figure 17 - 11 - Step 3: Double-click MENU.exe. 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).
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..., press S. * If you do not want to specify additional mass storage devices for you to specify the IDE RAID controller on your system, or 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 install Windows 2000/XP onto...determine the type of some files being loaded before you see a message which says "Press F6 if you have prepared a floppy disk with the IDE RAID driver and adjusted BIOS settings, you can begin to manually specify an adapter. Windows Setup Press F6 if you will be asked to install a 3rd...
..., press S. * If you do not want to specify additional mass storage devices for you to specify the IDE RAID controller on your system, or 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 install Windows 2000/XP onto...determine the type of some files being loaded before you see a message which says "Press F6 if you have prepared a floppy disk with the IDE RAID driver and adjusted BIOS settings, you can begin to manually specify an adapter. Windows Setup Press F6 if you will be asked to install a 3rd...
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...you want to configure a SCSI Adapter for use with Windows, including those for which of the following mass storage device(s): VIA RAID Controller(Windows XP) * To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or special disk controllers for the following operating systems you... disk provided by an adapter manufacturer. Windows Setup Setup will load support for use with IDE RAID controller driver installation from the floppy disk. VIA VT6410 IDE RAID Drives Configuration S=Specify Additional Device Enter=Continue F3=Exit Figure 21 If a message appears saying that...
...you want to configure a SCSI Adapter for use with Windows, including those for which of the following mass storage device(s): VIA RAID Controller(Windows XP) * To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or special disk controllers for the following operating systems you... disk provided by an adapter manufacturer. Windows Setup Setup will load support for use with IDE RAID controller driver installation from the floppy disk. VIA VT6410 IDE RAID Drives Configuration S=Specify Additional Device Enter=Continue F3=Exit Figure 21 If a message appears saying that...
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...quit Setup without installing Windows XP, press F3. 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 have to be installed under Windows once for that , the driver will not have installed the IDE...164;å WindowsXP Professional Setup Welcome to run on your computer. After that hard drive. Ác After the IDE RAID driver installation is completed, you have to be installed.) VIA VT6410 IDE RAID Drives Configuration - 14 - To set up Windows XP now, press ENTER. It indicates that you should see a screen...
...quit Setup without installing Windows XP, press F3. 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 have to be installed under Windows once for that , the driver will not have installed the IDE...164;å WindowsXP Professional Setup Welcome to run on your computer. After that hard drive. Ác After the IDE RAID driver installation is completed, you have to be installed.) VIA VT6410 IDE RAID Drives Configuration - 14 - To set up Windows XP now, press ENTER. It indicates that you should see a screen...
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... CPUCLK+/-(200/133MHz) Processor PCI-ECLK (100MHz) PCI Express x16 2 PCI Express x 1 Ports RJ45 Broadcom 5751/5789 PCI Express x1 Bus PCI Bus VT6410 IDE RAID IDE2/IDE3 3 PCI Host Interface Intel 915G MCH Intel ICH6 DDR 400/333MHz DIMM Dual Channel Memory DDRII 600(Note)/533/400MHz DIMM Dual Channel...
... CPUCLK+/-(200/133MHz) Processor PCI-ECLK (100MHz) PCI Express x16 2 PCI Express x 1 Ports RJ45 Broadcom 5751/5789 PCI Express x1 Bus PCI Bus VT6410 IDE RAID IDE2/IDE3 3 PCI Host Interface Intel 915G MCH Intel ICH6 DDR 400/333MHz DIMM Dual Channel Memory DDRII 600(Note)/533/400MHz DIMM Dual Channel...
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GA-8I915G Duo Motherboard - 10 - English 1-2 Feature Summary CPU Chipset Memory Slots IDE Connections FDD Connections Onboard SATA Peripherals Onboard VGA Onboard LAN Supports the latest Intel... (UDMA 33/ATA 66/ATA 100), allows connection of 2 IDE devices(IDE1) 2 IDE connection (UDMA 33/ATA 66/ATA 100/ATA 133), compatible with RAID, allows connection of 4 IDE devices(IDE2, IDE3)(Note 3) 1 FDD connection, allows connection of 2 FDD devices 4 Serial ATA connections 1 parallel port supporting Normal...
GA-8I915G Duo Motherboard - 10 - English 1-2 Feature Summary CPU Chipset Memory Slots IDE Connections FDD Connections Onboard SATA Peripherals Onboard VGA Onboard LAN Supports the latest Intel... (UDMA 33/ATA 66/ATA 100), allows connection of 2 IDE devices(IDE1) 2 IDE connection (UDMA 33/ATA 66/ATA 100/ATA 133), compatible with RAID, allows connection of 4 IDE devices(IDE2, IDE3)(Note 3) 1 FDD connection, allows connection of 2 FDD devices 4 Serial ATA connections 1 parallel port supporting Normal...
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... SPDIF In/Out connection CD In Built-in VT6410 chipset Supports disk striping (RAID 0) or disk mirroring (RAID 1) or striping + mirroring (RAID 0 + RAID 1) Supports JBOD function Supports concurrent dual ATA133 IDE controller operation Supports ATAPI mode... Over Clock via BIOS (CPU/DDR) ATX form factor; 30.5cm x 24.4cm - 11 - MIC ; English Onboard Audio On-Board IDE RAID (IDE2, IDE3) I/O Control Hardware Monitor BIOS Additional Features Overclocking Form Factor C-Media 9880 CODEC (UAJ) Supports Jack Sensing function ...
... SPDIF In/Out connection CD In Built-in VT6410 chipset Supports disk striping (RAID 0) or disk mirroring (RAID 1) or striping + mirroring (RAID 0 + RAID 1) Supports JBOD function Supports concurrent dual ATA133 IDE controller operation Supports ATAPI mode... Over Clock via BIOS (CPU/DDR) ATX form factor; 30.5cm x 24.4cm - 11 - MIC ; English Onboard Audio On-Board IDE RAID (IDE2, IDE3) I/O Control Hardware Monitor BIOS Additional Features Overclocking Form Factor C-Media 9880 CODEC (UAJ) Supports Jack Sensing function ...
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... Boot Priority Select boot sequence for onboard(or add-on cards) SCSI, RAID, etc. Press to move it down the list. USB-ZIP Select your boot device priority by USB-HDD. USB-HDD Select your boot device priority by LS120. GA-8I915G Duo Motherboard - 34 - English 2-2 Advanced BIOS Features CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984...
... Boot Priority Select boot sequence for onboard(or add-on cards) SCSI, RAID, etc. Press to move it down the list. USB-ZIP Select your boot device priority by USB-HDD. USB-HDD Select your boot device priority by LS120. GA-8I915G Duo Motherboard - 34 - English 2-2 Advanced BIOS Features CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984...
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... to SATA Port 0/2 Set to SATA Port 1/3 Set to USB Controller USB 2.0 Controller USB Keyboard Support USB Mouse Support Azalia Codec Front Panel Type Onboard H/W RAID Onboard H/W LAN Onboard LAN Boot ROM Onboard Serial Port 1 Onboard IrDA Port UART Mode Select UR2 Duplex Mode Onboard Parallel Port [Enabled] [Auto] Ch.0 Master... Help F7: Optimized Defaults On-Chip Primary PCI IDE Enabled Enable onboard 1st channel IDE port. (Default value) Disabled Disable onboard 1st channel IDE port. GA-8I915G Duo Motherboard - 36 -
... to SATA Port 0/2 Set to SATA Port 1/3 Set to USB Controller USB 2.0 Controller USB Keyboard Support USB Mouse Support Azalia Codec Front Panel Type Onboard H/W RAID Onboard H/W LAN Onboard LAN Boot ROM Onboard Serial Port 1 Onboard IrDA Port UART Mode Select UR2 Duplex Mode Onboard Parallel Port [Enabled] [Auto] Ch.0 Master... Help F7: Optimized Defaults On-Chip Primary PCI IDE Enabled Enable onboard 1st channel IDE port. (Default value) Disabled Disable onboard 1st channel IDE port. GA-8I915G Duo Motherboard - 36 -
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.../Slave, this function will auto make by the setting "On-Chip SATA Mode" and "PATA IDE Set to HD Audio. (Default value) Onboard H/W RAID Enabled Enable Onboard H/W RAID function. (Default value) Disabled Disable this item to ". USB Keyboard Support Enabled Enable USB Keyboard Support. AC97 HD Audio Set front audio panel type...
.../Slave, this function will auto make by the setting "On-Chip SATA Mode" and "PATA IDE Set to HD Audio. (Default value) Onboard H/W RAID Enabled Enable Onboard H/W RAID function. (Default value) Disabled Disable this item to ". USB Keyboard Support Enabled Enable USB Keyboard Support. AC97 HD Audio Set front audio panel type...