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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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...Setup. (3)* Configure RAID set in your system Attach one hard drive. (b) An empty formatted floppy disk. (c) Windows XP/2000 setup disk. (d) Driver CD for your motherboard. (1) Installing 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. Before you begin Please prepare: (a) Two IDE hard drives (to ensure optimal performance, it to the IDE1 port (...
...Setup. (3)* Configure RAID set in your system Attach one hard drive. (b) An empty formatted floppy disk. (c) Windows XP/2000 setup disk. (d) Driver CD for your motherboard. (1) Installing 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. Before you begin Please prepare: (a) Two IDE hard drives (to ensure optimal performance, it to the IDE1 port (...
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... into the CD-ROM drive. Figure 14 Then you should see folders and files contained in the driver CD. Without the ¤¤ driver, the hard disk may not be recognized during OS installation. Figure 15 VIA VT6410 IDE RAID Drives Configuration - 10 - The installation ...utility will appear automatically. Ác (4) Making a IDE RAID controller driver disk Åé To install Windows 2000/XP onto a IDE hard disk on the VT6410 controller successfully, you need to install required...
... into the CD-ROM drive. Figure 14 Then you should see folders and files contained in the driver CD. Without the ¤¤ driver, the hard disk may not be recognized during OS installation. Figure 15 VIA VT6410 IDE RAID Drives Configuration - 10 - The installation ...utility will appear automatically. Ác (4) Making a IDE RAID controller driver disk Åé To install Windows 2000/XP onto a IDE hard disk on the VT6410 controller successfully, you need to install required...
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Figure 16 Step 4: Insert an empty floppy disk and press H to exit when the procedure is completed (Figure 17). Figure 17 - 11 - Step 3: Double-click MENU.exe. VIA VT6410 IDE RAID Drives Configuration Step 5: Press 0 to select VIA 6410 RAID. You have copied the IDE RAID driver successfully. 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. Then it will appear.
Figure 16 Step 4: Insert an empty floppy disk and press H to exit when the procedure is completed (Figure 17). Figure 17 - 11 - Step 3: Double-click MENU.exe. VIA VT6410 IDE RAID Drives Configuration Step 5: Press 0 to select VIA 6410 RAID. You have copied the IDE RAID driver successfully. 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. Then it will appear.
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... press S to specify the IDE RAID controller. Windows Setup Press F6 if you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver." Windows Setup Setup could not determine the type of some files being loaded before you see a message which you do not have chosen to ... support for the following mass storage device(s) * To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or special disk controllers for use with the IDE RAID driver. S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 19 VIA VT6410 IDE RAID Drives Configuration - 12 - Currently, Setup will be asked to select the ...
... press S to specify the IDE RAID controller. Windows Setup Press F6 if you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver." Windows Setup Setup could not determine the type of some files being loaded before you see a message which you do not have chosen to ... support for the following mass storage device(s) * To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or special disk controllers for use with the IDE RAID driver. S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 19 VIA VT6410 IDE RAID Drives Configuration - 12 - Currently, Setup will be asked to select the ...
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... Windows, including those for which of the following list, or press ESC to return to load the IDE RAID driver from the motherboard driver CD. The driver installation will begin to the previous screen. VIA VT6410 IDE RAID Drives Configuration Then it will be found, please ... support disk provided by an adapter manufacturer. Step 3: Use the arrow keys to specify additional mass storage devices for use with IDE RAID controller driver installation from a mass storage device manufacturer, press S. * If you have a device support disk from the floppy disk. VIA RAID Controller(Windows...
... Windows, including those for which of the following list, or press ESC to return to load the IDE RAID driver from the motherboard driver CD. The driver installation will begin to the previous screen. VIA VT6410 IDE RAID Drives Configuration Then it will be found, please ... support disk provided by an adapter manufacturer. Step 3: Use the arrow keys to specify additional mass storage devices for use with IDE RAID controller driver installation from a mass storage device manufacturer, press S. * If you have a device support disk from the floppy disk. VIA RAID Controller(Windows...
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...drive. 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 not have to be installed under Windows once for that you should see a screen similar to be installed.) VIA VT6410 IDE RAID Drives Configuration... installing Windows XP, press F3. To set up Windows XP now, press ENTER. Ác After the IDE RAID driver installation is completed, you have installed the IDE RAID driver successfully. You can proceed with the Windows Åé 2000/XP installation. ¤¤ ¤å WindowsXP ...
...drive. 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 not have to be installed under Windows once for that you should see a screen similar to be installed.) VIA VT6410 IDE RAID Drives Configuration... installing Windows XP, press F3. To set up Windows XP now, press ENTER. Ác After the IDE RAID driver installation is completed, you have installed the IDE RAID driver successfully. You can proceed with the Windows Åé 2000/XP installation. ¤¤ ¤å WindowsXP ...
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Table of Contents Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) (Controller Intel ICH6R 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 Driver Disk ...9 (5) Installing SATA controller driver during OS installation 11
Table of Contents Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) (Controller Intel ICH6R 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 Driver Disk ...9 (5) Installing SATA controller driver during OS installation 11
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... steps below: ¤å (1) Install 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 do not want to create RAID with identical model and capacity). "*" Skip this step if you may... prepare only one hard drive. (b) An empty formatted floppy disk. (c) Windows XP/2000 setup disk. (d) Driver CD for your motherboard. (1) Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your computer Attach one SATA controller on your motherboard, you do not want to ...
... steps below: ¤å (1) Install 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 do not want to create RAID with identical model and capacity). "*" Skip this step if you may... prepare only one hard drive. (b) An empty formatted floppy disk. (c) Windows XP/2000 setup disk. (d) Driver CD for your motherboard. (1) Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your computer Attach one SATA controller on your motherboard, you do not want to ...
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Press ENTER and follow on-screen instructions. KL Figure 10 Delete RAID Volume If you want to the installation of the SATA driver and operating system. - 8 - Now, you can see detailed information about the RAID Array in the DISK/VOLUME INFORMATION section, including RAID mode, disk block size, disk name, and disk capacity, etc. SATA Hard Drives Configurations (Intel ICH6R) KL To exit the ICH6R RAID BIOS utility, press ESC in Main Menu. After the creation is completed, you can proceed to delete a RAID volume, select the Delete RAID Volume option in Main Menu.
Press ENTER and follow on-screen instructions. KL Figure 10 Delete RAID Volume If you want to the installation of the SATA driver and operating system. - 8 - Now, you can see detailed information about the RAID Array in the DISK/VOLUME INFORMATION section, including RAID mode, disk block size, disk name, and disk capacity, etc. SATA Hard Drives Configurations (Intel ICH6R) KL To exit the ICH6R RAID BIOS utility, press ESC in Main Menu. After the creation is completed, you can proceed to delete a RAID volume, select the Delete RAID Volume option in Main Menu.
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...Figure 11 Step 3: Go to the BootDrv folder and look for the SATA controller from the motherboard driver CD to a floppy disk. Figure 12 SATA Hard Drives Configurations (Intel ICH6R) - 9 - Without the driver, the hard drives ¤¤ may not be recognized during OS installation. Ác (4) Making ...SATA hard drives on the ICH6R controller successfully, you need to install required driver for the SATA controller during the Windows setup process. ¤å First of all, you need to copy the driver for an executable program named MENU.exe (Figure 12). The instructions below ...
...Figure 11 Step 3: Go to the BootDrv folder and look for the SATA controller from the motherboard driver CD to a floppy disk. Figure 12 SATA Hard Drives Configurations (Intel ICH6R) - 9 - Without the driver, the hard drives ¤¤ may not be recognized during OS installation. Ác (4) Making ...SATA hard drives on the ICH6R controller successfully, you need to install required driver for the SATA controller during the Windows setup process. ¤å First of all, you need to copy the driver for an executable program named MENU.exe (Figure 12). The instructions below ...
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Then it will appear. Figure 14 - 10 - Step 6: Press 0 to the floppy disk. SATA Hard Drives Configurations (Intel ICH6R) Step 4: Double-click MENU.exe. An MS-DOS prompt screen similar to select 1)Intel Application Accelerator 4.0. You have copied the SATA driver sucessfully. Figure 13 Step 5: Insert an empty floppy disk and press 1 to Figure 13 below will take about one minute to copy the SATA driver from the motherboard driver CD to exit when the procedure is complete (Figure 14).
Then it will appear. Figure 14 - 10 - Step 6: Press 0 to the floppy disk. SATA Hard Drives Configurations (Intel ICH6R) Step 4: Double-click MENU.exe. An MS-DOS prompt screen similar to select 1)Intel Application Accelerator 4.0. You have copied the SATA driver sucessfully. Figure 13 Step 5: Insert an empty floppy disk and press 1 to Figure 13 below will take about one minute to copy the SATA driver from the motherboard driver CD to exit when the procedure is complete (Figure 14).
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... and configured BIOS settings, you are ready to install Windows 2000/XP onto your system to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" message (Figure 15). The following is an example of some files being loaded before you need to boot from the Windows 2000/XP Setup disk... soon as you see the "Press F6 if you see the next screen. 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 16). After pressing F6, there will be a few moments of ¤¤ Windows...
... and configured BIOS settings, you are ready to install Windows 2000/XP onto your system to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" message (Figure 15). The following is an example of some files being loaded before you need to boot from the Windows 2000/XP Setup disk... soon as you see the "Press F6 if you see the next screen. 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 16). After pressing F6, there will be a few moments of ¤¤ Windows...
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...Controller* and press ENTER. Figure 17 If a message appears saying one minute. The driver installation will be found, please check the floppy disk or copy the correct SATA driver again from the motherboard driver CD. SATA Hard Drives Configurations (Intel ICH6R) Step 4: When the screen as shown... below will begin to load the SATA driver from the floppy disk. If your southbridge is ICH5R, select Intel(R) 82801ER (ICH5R). - 12 - Step 3: If Setup correctly recognizes the driver in about one or some file(s) cannot be finished in the floppy disk...
...Controller* and press ENTER. Figure 17 If a message appears saying one minute. The driver installation will be found, please check the floppy disk or copy the correct SATA driver again from the motherboard driver CD. SATA Hard Drives Configurations (Intel ICH6R) Step 4: When the screen as shown... below will begin to load the SATA driver from the floppy disk. If your southbridge is ICH5R, select Intel(R) 82801ER (ICH5R). - 12 - Step 3: If Setup correctly recognizes the driver in about one or some file(s) cannot be finished in the floppy disk...
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You can proceed with the Windows Åé 2000/XP installation. ¤¤ ¤å Figure 19 (Note: Each time you add a new hard drive to a RAID array, the RAID driver will not have installed the SATA controller driver successfully. After that, the driver will have to be installed under Windows once for that hard drive. It indicates that you should see a screen as below. Ác After the SATA controller driver installation is completed, you have to be installed.) SATA Hard Drives Configurations (Intel ICH6R) - 13 -
You can proceed with the Windows Åé 2000/XP installation. ¤¤ ¤å Figure 19 (Note: Each time you add a new hard drive to a RAID array, the RAID driver will not have installed the SATA controller driver successfully. After that, the driver will have to be installed under Windows once for that hard drive. It indicates that you should see a screen as below. Ác After the SATA controller driver installation is completed, you have to be installed.) SATA Hard Drives Configurations (Intel ICH6R) - 13 -
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Chapter 3 Install Drivers 51 3-1 Install Chipset Drivers 51 3-2 Software Applications 52 3-3 Driver CD Information 52 3-4 Hardware Information 53 3-5 Contact Us ...53 Chapter 4 Appendix 55 4-1 Unique Software Utilities 55 4-1-1 EasyTune 5 Introduction 56 4-1-2 Xpress Recovery Introduction 57 4-1-3 Flash BIOS Method Introduction 60 4-1-4 Serial ATA BIOS Setting Utility Introduction 71 4-1-5 2 / 4 / 5.1 / 7.1 Channel Audio Function Introduction 78 4-2 Troubleshooting 84 - 5 -
Chapter 3 Install Drivers 51 3-1 Install Chipset Drivers 51 3-2 Software Applications 52 3-3 Driver CD Information 52 3-4 Hardware Information 53 3-5 Contact Us ...53 Chapter 4 Appendix 55 4-1 Unique Software Utilities 55 4-1-1 EasyTune 5 Introduction 56 4-1-2 Xpress Recovery Introduction 57 4-1-3 Flash BIOS Method Introduction 60 4-1-4 Serial ATA BIOS Setting Utility Introduction 71 4-1-5 2 / 4 / 5.1 / 7.1 Channel Audio Function Introduction 78 4-2 Troubleshooting 84 - 5 -
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Press the expansion card firmly into the computer. 2. Replace your expansion card by the small white-drawable bar. GA-8I915P Dual Graphic Motherboard - 16 - Installing a PCI Express x 16 expansion card: Please carefully pull out the small whitedrawable bar at the end of the ...slot and press firmly down on the slot .Make sure your computer's chassis cover, screws and slot bracket from the operating system. Install related driver from the computer. 3. Read the related expansion card's instruction document before install the expansion card into expansion slot in the slot. 5. Be...
Press the expansion card firmly into the computer. 2. Replace your expansion card by the small white-drawable bar. GA-8I915P Dual Graphic Motherboard - 16 - Installing a PCI Express x 16 expansion card: Please carefully pull out the small whitedrawable bar at the end of the ...slot and press firmly down on the slot .Make sure your computer's chassis cover, screws and slot bracket from the operating system. Install related driver from the computer. 3. Read the related expansion card's instruction document before install the expansion card into expansion slot in the slot. 5. Be...
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... For detailed information about how to install the graphics card driver, please refer to PEG2 if the card is to set all four video output ports (D-Sub/DVI) to four different monitors. (If you must connect ... two similar VGA cards to PCIE_16_1 and PCIE_16_2 slots. Step 2-1: Observe the steps in "1-5 Installation of the Dual Graphic dip switch(SW1) to ON. set the Init Display First item to enable Quad View mode. GA-8I915P Dual Graphic Motherboard - 18 - Step 2-2: In order to enable the Quad View function correctly, you want to install only...
... For detailed information about how to install the graphics card driver, please refer to PEG2 if the card is to set all four video output ports (D-Sub/DVI) to four different monitors. (If you must connect ... two similar VGA cards to PCIE_16_1 and PCIE_16_2 slots. Step 2-1: Observe the steps in "1-5 Installation of the Dual Graphic dip switch(SW1) to ON. set the Init Display First item to enable Quad View mode. GA-8I915P Dual Graphic Motherboard - 18 - Step 2-2: In order to enable the Quad View function correctly, you want to install only...
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... your OS supports USB controller. For more information please contact your OS does not support USB controller, please contact OS vendor for possible patch or driver upgrade. Hardware Installation Line In Devices like CD-ROM, walkman etc. MIC In Microphone can be connected to this connector. Parallel Port The parallel port...
... your OS supports USB controller. For more information please contact your OS does not support USB controller, please contact OS vendor for possible patch or driver upgrade. Hardware Installation Line In Devices like CD-ROM, walkman etc. MIC In Microphone can be connected to this connector. Parallel Port The parallel port...
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It will blink when the system enters suspend mode. Please refer to the BIOS setting for the Serial ATA and install the proper driver in order to indicate whether the system is on/off. GA-8I915P Dual Graphic Motherboard - 24 - Pin No. Definition 1 1 MPD+ 2 MPD- 3 MPD- Definition 1 GND 7 1 2 TXP 3 TXN 4 GND 5 RXN 6 RXP 7 GND 11) PWR_LED PWR_LED is connect with the system power indicator to work properly. English 10) SATA0/SATA1/SATA2/SATA3 (Serial ATA Connector) Serial ATA can provide 150MB/s transfer rate. Pin No.
It will blink when the system enters suspend mode. Please refer to the BIOS setting for the Serial ATA and install the proper driver in order to indicate whether the system is on/off. GA-8I915P Dual Graphic Motherboard - 24 - Pin No. Definition 1 1 MPD+ 2 MPD- 3 MPD- Definition 1 GND 7 1 2 TXP 3 TXN 4 GND 5 RXN 6 RXP 7 GND 11) PWR_LED PWR_LED is connect with the system power indicator to work properly. English 10) SATA0/SATA1/SATA2/SATA3 (Serial ATA Connector) Serial ATA can provide 150MB/s transfer rate. Pin No.