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Table of Contents Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) (Controller: Intel ICH7R 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 ICH7R 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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... 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 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 the hard drive. Before you begin Please...
... 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 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 the hard drive. Before you begin Please...
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...during POST (Power-On Self Test). Then, set BIOS boot sequence for your computer and press Del to RAID (Disabled by default). (2) Configuring SATA controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup You have and the BIOS version. - 3 - CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2005 Award Software... Integrated Peripherals On-Chip Primary PCI IDE On-Chip Secondard PCI IDE SATA RAID/AHCI Mode x On-Chip SATA Mode x PATA IDE Set 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 ...
...during POST (Power-On Self Test). Then, set BIOS boot sequence for your computer and press Del to RAID (Disabled by default). (2) Configuring SATA controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup You have and the BIOS version. - 3 - CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2005 Award Software... Integrated Peripherals On-Chip Primary PCI IDE On-Chip Secondard PCI IDE SATA RAID/AHCI Mode x On-Chip SATA Mode x PATA IDE Set 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 ...
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... Drives Configurations (Intel ICH7R) - 4 - In the Hard Disk Åé Boot Priority submenu, select the model of the SATA hard drive onto which you intent to move it down the list. Bootable Add-in Cards Menu Level `` Use or to select a device, then press ...
... Drives Configurations (Intel ICH7R) - 4 - In the Hard Disk Åé Boot Priority submenu, select the model of the SATA hard drive onto which you intent to move it down the list. Bootable Add-in Cards Menu Level `` Use or to select a device, then press ...
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...(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM V5.0.0.1032 ICH7R wRAID5 Copyright(C) 2003-05 Intel Corporation. RAID Volumes : None Defined. Reset Disks to enter Configuration utility" (Figure 4). SATA Hard Drives Configurations (Intel ICH7R) Physical Disks : Port Driver Model 0 ST3120026AS 1 ST3120026AS Serial # 3JT354CP 3JT329JX Size Type/Status(Vol ID) 111.7GB Non-RAID Disk...
...(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM V5.0.0.1032 ICH7R wRAID5 Copyright(C) 2003-05 Intel Corporation. RAID Volumes : None Defined. Reset Disks to enter Configuration utility" (Figure 4). SATA Hard Drives Configurations (Intel ICH7R) Physical Disks : Port Driver Model 0 ST3120026AS 1 ST3120026AS Serial # 3JT354CP 3JT329JX Size Type/Status(Vol ID) 111.7GB Non-RAID Disk...
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... size (Figure 7). Striped volume whose segments are typical values: RAID0 - 128KB RAID10 - 64KB RAID5 - 64KB [KL ]-Change [TAB]-Next [ESC]-Previous Menu Figure 7 [ENTER]-Select SATA Hard Drives Configurations (Intel ICH7R) - 6 - Data and parity striped across multiple physical drives for performance. The KB is the standard unit of stripe block size...
... size (Figure 7). Striped volume whose segments are typical values: RAID0 - 128KB RAID10 - 64KB RAID5 - 64KB [KL ]-Change [TAB]-Next [ESC]-Previous Menu Figure 7 [ENTER]-Select SATA Hard Drives Configurations (Intel ICH7R) - 6 - Data and parity striped across multiple physical drives for performance. The KB is the standard unit of stripe block size...
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... Level : Disks : Strip Size : Capacity : RAID_Volume0 RAID0(Stripe) Select Disks 128KB 223.6 GB Create Volume WARNING : ALL DATA ON[SHEELELCP T]ED DISKS WILL BE LOST. SATA Hard Drives Configurations (Intel ICH7R) Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM V5.0.0.1032 ICH7R wRAID5 Copyright(C) 2003-05 Intel Corporation. The default value indicates the...
... Level : Disks : Strip Size : Capacity : RAID_Volume0 RAID0(Stripe) Select Disks 128KB 223.6 GB Create Volume WARNING : ALL DATA ON[SHEELELCP T]ED DISKS WILL BE LOST. SATA Hard Drives Configurations (Intel ICH7R) Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM V5.0.0.1032 ICH7R wRAID5 Copyright(C) 2003-05 Intel Corporation. The default value indicates the...
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... the ICH7R RAID BIOS utility, press ESC in Main Menu. Now, you can proceed to Non-RAID 4. All Rights Reversed. [ MAIN MENU ] 1. Create RAID Volume 2. SATA Hard Drives Configurations (Intel ICH7R) - 8 - Delete RAID Volume 3. Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM V5.0.0.1032 ICH7R wRAID5 Copyright(C) 2003-05 Intel Corporation. Ác After... in the DISK/ VOLUME INFORMATION section, including RAID mode, disk block size, disk name, and disk capacity, etc. Reset Disks to the installation of the SATA driver and operating system.
... the ICH7R RAID BIOS utility, press ESC in Main Menu. Now, you can proceed to Non-RAID 4. All Rights Reversed. [ MAIN MENU ] 1. Create RAID Volume 2. SATA Hard Drives Configurations (Intel ICH7R) - 8 - Delete RAID Volume 3. Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM V5.0.0.1032 ICH7R wRAID5 Copyright(C) 2003-05 Intel Corporation. Ác After... in the DISK/ VOLUME INFORMATION section, including RAID mode, disk block size, disk name, and disk capacity, etc. Reset Disks to the installation of the SATA driver and operating system.
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...3: Go to the BootDrv folder and look for the SATA controller from the motherboard driver CD to install required driver for the SATA controller during the Windows setup process. (4) Making a SATA Driver Disk To install Windows 2000/XP onto a SATA hard drives on the ICH6R controller successfully, you need to...Quit the installation utility first. Step 1: Find an available system and insert the motherboard driver CD into the CD-ROM drive. SATA Hard Drives Configurations (Intel ICH7R) Without the driver, the hard drives may not be recognized during OS installation. Figure 12 - 9 -
...3: Go to the BootDrv folder and look for the SATA controller from the motherboard driver CD to install required driver for the SATA controller during the Windows setup process. (4) Making a SATA Driver Disk To install Windows 2000/XP onto a SATA hard drives on the ICH6R controller successfully, you need to...Quit the installation utility first. Step 1: Find an available system and insert the motherboard driver CD into the CD-ROM drive. SATA Hard Drives Configurations (Intel ICH7R) Without the driver, the hard drives may not be recognized during OS installation. Figure 12 - 9 -
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..., select 8) Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager 64bit. Figure 14 If you wish to exit when the procedure is complete (Figure 14). You have copied the SATA driver sucessfully. SATA Hard Drives Configurations (Intel ICH7R) - 10 - Ác Step 4: Double-click MENU.exe. Then it will appear. Åé ¤¤ ¤å Figure 13... disk and press 1 to the floppy disk. An MS-DOS prompt screen similar to Figure 13 below will take about one minute to copy the SATA driver from the motherboard driver CD to select 7) Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager 32bit.
..., select 8) Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager 64bit. Figure 14 If you wish to exit when the procedure is complete (Figure 14). You have copied the SATA driver sucessfully. SATA Hard Drives Configurations (Intel ICH7R) - 10 - Ác Step 4: Double-click MENU.exe. Then it will appear. Åé ¤¤ ¤å Figure 13... disk and press 1 to the floppy disk. An MS-DOS prompt screen similar to Figure 13 below will take about one minute to copy the SATA driver from the motherboard driver CD to select 7) Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager 32bit.
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...To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or special disk controllers for use with the SATA driver. Windows Setup Press F6 if you have chosen to install Windows 2000/XP onto your SATA hard drive with Windows, press ENTER. Figure 15 Step 2: When a screen similar to that...need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" message (Figure 15). SATA Hard Drives Configurations (Intel ICH7R) (5) Installing SATA controller driver during OS installation Now that below appears, insert the floppy disk containing the SATA driver and press S (Figure 16). After pressing F6, there will load ...
...To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or special disk controllers for use with the SATA driver. Windows Setup Press F6 if you have chosen to install Windows 2000/XP onto your SATA hard drive with Windows, press ENTER. Figure 15 Step 2: When a screen similar to that...need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" message (Figure 15). SATA Hard Drives Configurations (Intel ICH7R) (5) Installing SATA controller driver during OS installation Now that below appears, insert the floppy disk containing the SATA driver and press S (Figure 16). After pressing F6, there will load ...
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.... Step 4: When the screen as shown below Åé will load support for the following mass storage device(s): Intel(R) 82801 GR/GH SATA RAID Controller (Desktop ICH7R/DH) * To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or special disk controllers for use with Windows, press ENTER... Setup ¤å You have a device support disk from a mass storage device manufacturer, press S. * If you want to continue the SATA driver installation from the following list, or press ESC to return to Figure 20 below appears, press ENTER to specify additional mass storage devices for...
.... Step 4: When the screen as shown below Åé will load support for the following mass storage device(s): Intel(R) 82801 GR/GH SATA RAID Controller (Desktop ICH7R/DH) * To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or special disk controllers for use with Windows, press ENTER... Setup ¤å You have a device support disk from a mass storage device manufacturer, press S. * If you want to continue the SATA driver installation from the following list, or press ESC to return to Figure 20 below appears, press ENTER to specify additional mass storage devices for...
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...a RAID array, the RAID driver will not have to be installed under Windows once for that you should see a screen as below. After the SATA controller driver installation is completed, you have to be installed.) - 13 - You can proceed with the Windows 2000/XP installation. To set up Windows... XP now, press ENTER. To quit Setup without installing Windows XP, press F3. After that, the driver will have installed the SATA controller driver successfully. SATA Hard Drives Configurations (Intel ICH7R) To repair a Windows XP installation using Recovery Console, press R.
...a RAID array, the RAID driver will not have to be installed under Windows once for that you should see a screen as below. After the SATA controller driver installation is completed, you have to be installed.) - 13 - You can proceed with the Windows 2000/XP installation. To set up Windows... XP now, press ENTER. To quit Setup without installing Windows XP, press F3. After that, the driver will have installed the SATA controller driver successfully. SATA Hard Drives Configurations (Intel ICH7R) To repair a Windows XP installation using Recovery Console, press R.
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... Intel 945G Intel ICH7R / ICH7 DDRII 667(Note)/533/400MHz DIMM Dual Channel Memory MCHCLK (133/200/266MHz) 66MHz 33MHz 14.318MHz 48MHz Dual BIOS 4 SATA 3Gb/s ATA33/66/100 IDE1 Channels Floppy IT 8712 LPT Port COM Port CODEC 8 USB Ports 24MHz 33MHz 3 PCI IDE2/IDE3 PS/2 KB/Mouse 3 IEEE1394b... In SPDIF Out PCICLK (33MHz) (Note) To use a DDRII 667 memory module on the motherboard, you must install an 800/1066MHz FSB processor . Only for GA-8I945G Pro. Only for GA-8I945G. - 8 -
... Intel 945G Intel ICH7R / ICH7 DDRII 667(Note)/533/400MHz DIMM Dual Channel Memory MCHCLK (133/200/266MHz) 66MHz 33MHz 14.318MHz 48MHz Dual BIOS 4 SATA 3Gb/s ATA33/66/100 IDE1 Channels Floppy IT 8712 LPT Port COM Port CODEC 8 USB Ports 24MHz 33MHz 3 PCI IDE2/IDE3 PS/2 KB/Mouse 3 IEEE1394b... In SPDIF Out PCICLK (33MHz) (Note) To use a DDRII 667 memory module on the motherboard, you must install an 800/1066MHz FSB processor . Only for GA-8I945G Pro. Only for GA-8I945G. - 8 -
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... Memory Slots IDE Connections FDD Connections Onboard SATA 3Gb/s Peripherals Onboard LAN ... 2000/XP operating systems (Note 1) For further CPU support information, please go to GIGABYTE's website. (Note 2) Due to 4GB memory) (Note 2) Supports 1.8V DDR ... size is less than the stated amount. Only for GA-8I945G. GA-8I945G Pro/GA-8I945G Motherboard - 10 - Only for GA-8I945G Pro. Supported on the Win 2000/XP operating systems 2 ...
... Memory Slots IDE Connections FDD Connections Onboard SATA 3Gb/s Peripherals Onboard LAN ... 2000/XP operating systems (Note 1) For further CPU support information, please go to GIGABYTE's website. (Note 2) Due to 4GB memory) (Note 2) Supports 1.8V DDR ... size is less than the stated amount. Only for GA-8I945G. GA-8I945G Pro/GA-8I945G Motherboard - 10 - Only for GA-8I945G Pro. Supported on the Win 2000/XP operating systems 2 ...
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...function or striping + mirroring (RAID 0+1) or RAID 5 function supports data transfer rate of up 300 MB supports a maximum of 4 SATA 3Gb/s connections supported on the Win 2000/XP operating systems Onboard GigaRAID IT8212 chipset Supports disk striping (RAID 0) or disk mirroring...FSB) Over Clock via BIOS (CPU/DDR) ATX form factor; 30.5cm x 22.0cm Only for GA-8I945G Pro. - 11 - English Onboard Audio On-Board SATA 3Gb/s RAID On-Board IDE RAID (IDE2, IDE3) I/O Control Hardware Monitor BIOS Additional Features Overclocking Form Factor ALC882...
...function or striping + mirroring (RAID 0+1) or RAID 5 function supports data transfer rate of up 300 MB supports a maximum of 4 SATA 3Gb/s connections supported on the Win 2000/XP operating systems Onboard GigaRAID IT8212 chipset Supports disk striping (RAID 0) or disk mirroring...FSB) Over Clock via BIOS (CPU/DDR) ATX form factor; 30.5cm x 22.0cm Only for GA-8I945G Pro. - 11 - English Onboard Audio On-Board SATA 3Gb/s RAID On-Board IDE RAID (IDE2, IDE3) I/O Control Hardware Monitor BIOS Additional Features Overclocking Form Factor ALC882...
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... 5 Line Out (R) 6 NC 7 NC 8 No Pin 9 Line Out (L) 10 NC By default, the audio driver is configured to 300MB/s transfer rate. GA-8I945G Pro/GA-8I945G Motherboard - 22 - Incorrect connection between the module and connector will make the audio device unable to the instructions on Page 78 about the software settings... for the Serial ATA and install the proper driver in order to this connector. English 9) SATAII0/SATAII1/SATAII2/SATAII3 (SATA 3Gb/s Connector) SATA 3Gb/s can provide up to support HD Audio. To connect an AC97 front panel audio module to work or even damage it...
... 5 Line Out (R) 6 NC 7 NC 8 No Pin 9 Line Out (L) 10 NC By default, the audio driver is configured to 300MB/s transfer rate. GA-8I945G Pro/GA-8I945G Motherboard - 22 - Incorrect connection between the module and connector will make the audio device unable to the instructions on Page 78 about the software settings... for the Serial ATA and install the proper driver in order to this connector. English 9) SATAII0/SATAII1/SATAII2/SATAII3 (SATA 3Gb/s Connector) SATA 3Gb/s can provide up to support HD Audio. To connect an AC97 front panel audio module to work or even damage it...
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... Disable onboard 2nd channel IDE port. GA-8I945G Pro/GA-8I945G Motherboard - 36 - English 2-3 Integrated Peripherals CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2005 Award Software Integrated Peripherals On-Chip Primary PCI IDE On-Chip Secondard PCI IDE SATA RAID/AHCI Mode 1 x On-Chip SATA Mode x PATA IDE Set to SATA Port 0/2 Set to SATA Port 1/3 Set to USB Controller USB...
... Disable onboard 2nd channel IDE port. GA-8I945G Pro/GA-8I945G Motherboard - 36 - English 2-3 Integrated Peripherals CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2005 Award Software Integrated Peripherals On-Chip Primary PCI IDE On-Chip Secondard PCI IDE SATA RAID/AHCI Mode 1 x On-Chip SATA Mode x PATA IDE Set to SATA Port 0/2 Set to SATA Port 1/3 Set to USB Controller USB...
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... Enable USB 2.0 Controller. (Default value) Disabled Disable USB 2.0 Controller. Set On-Chip SATA mode to Enhanced, the motherboard allows up to 6 HDDs to use up to 4 HDDs on the motherboard; 2 for SATA and the other for GA-8I945G Pro. - 37 - If PATA IDE were set to Ch. 1 Master/Slave,this function will... auto make by the setting "On-Chip SATA Mode" and "PATA IDE Set to IDE mode. Disabled Disable USB Mouse ...
... Enable USB 2.0 Controller. (Default value) Disabled Disable USB 2.0 Controller. Set On-Chip SATA mode to Enhanced, the motherboard allows up to 6 HDDs to use up to 4 HDDs on the motherboard; 2 for SATA and the other for GA-8I945G Pro. - 37 - If PATA IDE were set to Ch. 1 Master/Slave,this function will... auto make by the setting "On-Chip SATA Mode" and "PATA IDE Set to IDE mode. Disabled Disable USB Mouse ...
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... CD-ROM. Boot from CD-ROM. If you can be immediately installed once you can simply press F9 during system power-on PATA and SATA IDE controllers. Save the settings and exit the BIOS Setup. English 4-1-2 Xpress Recovery2 Introduction Xpress Recovery2 is able to back up data on ... BIOS Setup, go to Advanced BIOS Feature and set to boot from CD/DVD: Press any key to startup XpressRecovery2..... Boot from CD-ROM for 8I945G Pro F9a . . . . :BIOS Setup/Q-Flash, : Xpress Recovery2, For Boot Menu 11/07/2005-I945-6A79HG0GC-00 Xpress Recovery2 1. Press any key to enter Xpress...
... CD-ROM. Boot from CD-ROM. If you can be immediately installed once you can simply press F9 during system power-on PATA and SATA IDE controllers. Save the settings and exit the BIOS Setup. English 4-1-2 Xpress Recovery2 Introduction Xpress Recovery2 is able to back up data on ... BIOS Setup, go to Advanced BIOS Feature and set to boot from CD/DVD: Press any key to startup XpressRecovery2..... Boot from CD-ROM for 8I945G Pro F9a . . . . :BIOS Setup/Q-Flash, : Xpress Recovery2, For Boot Menu 11/07/2005-I945-6A79HG0GC-00 Xpress Recovery2 1. Press any key to enter Xpress...