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...), allowing connection of 2 SATA 3Gb/s devices - GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 12 - Supports data striping (RAID 0), mirroring (RAID 1), striping+mirroring (RAID 0+1), RAID 5 and JBOD for GA-M59SLI-S5. Supports data striping (RAID 0), mirroring (RAID 1) and JBOD for Serial ATA Microsoft Windows...GIGABYTE SATA2 Controller - 2 SATA 3Gb/s connectors (JSATAII0, JSATAII1), allowing connection of 6 SATA 3Gb/s devices - English 1-2 Feature Summary CPU Front Side Bus Chipset LAN Audio IEEE 1394 Storage O.S Support Memory Expanstion Slots Socket AM2 for GA-M59SLI-S4...
...), allowing connection of 2 SATA 3Gb/s devices - GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 12 - Supports data striping (RAID 0), mirroring (RAID 1), striping+mirroring (RAID 0+1), RAID 5 and JBOD for GA-M59SLI-S5. Supports data striping (RAID 0), mirroring (RAID 1) and JBOD for Serial ATA Microsoft Windows...GIGABYTE SATA2 Controller - 2 SATA 3Gb/s connectors (JSATAII0, JSATAII1), allowing connection of 6 SATA 3Gb/s devices - English 1-2 Feature Summary CPU Front Side Bus Chipset LAN Audio IEEE 1394 Storage O.S Support Memory Expanstion Slots Socket AM2 for GA-M59SLI-S4...
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.... Enabled BIOS searches for floppy disk drive to determine it down the list. Disabled BIOS will not search for onboard(or add-on cards) SCSI, RAID, etc. First / Second / Third Boot Device Floppy Select your boot device priority by USB-FDD. CDROM Select your boot device priority by USB-HDD. USB...
.... Enabled BIOS searches for floppy disk drive to determine it down the list. Disabled BIOS will not search for onboard(or add-on cards) SCSI, RAID, etc. First / Second / Third Boot Device Floppy Select your boot device priority by USB-FDD. CDROM Select your boot device priority by USB-HDD. USB...
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... 2 Primary RAID x NV SATA 2 Secondary RAID x NV SATA 3 Primary RAID x NV SATA 3 Secondary RAID [Disabled] Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Item Help Menu Level : Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help F11/12: Profile F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults Only for GA-M59SLI-S5...
... 2 Primary RAID x NV SATA 2 Secondary RAID x NV SATA 3 Primary RAID x NV SATA 3 Secondary RAID [Disabled] Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Item Help Menu Level : Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help F11/12: Profile F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults Only for GA-M59SLI-S5...
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...Disable this function. (Default value) NV SATA 3 Secondary RAID Enabled Enable NV SATA 3 secondary RAID function. Only for GA-M59SLI-S5. NV Serial-ATA Controller All Enabled Enable NV ...RAID Enabled Enable NV SATA 1 primary RAID function. IDE Prefetch Mode Enabled Enable IDE Prefetch mode. (Default value) Disabled Disable IDE Prefetch mode. Disabled Disable this function. SATA-1+2 Disabled Enable NV SATA-1+2 function Disable this function. (Default value) NV SATA 1 Secondary RAID Enabled Disabled Enable NV SATA 1 secondary RAID function. GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4...
...Disable this function. (Default value) NV SATA 3 Secondary RAID Enabled Enable NV SATA 3 secondary RAID function. Only for GA-M59SLI-S5. NV Serial-ATA Controller All Enabled Enable NV ...RAID Enabled Enable NV SATA 1 primary RAID function. IDE Prefetch Mode Enabled Enable IDE Prefetch mode. (Default value) Disabled Disable IDE Prefetch mode. Disabled Disable this function. SATA-1+2 Disabled Enable NV SATA-1+2 function Disable this function. (Default value) NV SATA 1 Secondary RAID Enabled Disabled Enable NV SATA 1 secondary RAID function. GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4...
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English Onboard SATA/IDE Ctrl Mode RAID Set the onboard SATA controller to enable advanced Serial ATA features such as Native Command Queuing and hot plug. Enable onboard LPT port and address ... that allows the storage driver to RAID mode. Enable onboard Serial port 1 and address is 3E8/IRQ4. 2E8/IRQ3 Enable onboard Serial port 1 and address is 278/IRQ5. V1.1+V2.0 Enable USB 1.1 and USB 2.0 controller. (Default value) V1.1 Enable only USB 1.1 controller. Only for GA-M59SLI-S5. GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 48 - AHCI Set the...
English Onboard SATA/IDE Ctrl Mode RAID Set the onboard SATA controller to enable advanced Serial ATA features such as Native Command Queuing and hot plug. Enable onboard LPT port and address ... that allows the storage driver to RAID mode. Enable onboard Serial port 1 and address is 3E8/IRQ4. 2E8/IRQ3 Enable onboard Serial port 1 and address is 278/IRQ5. V1.1+V2.0 Enable USB 1.1 and USB 2.0 controller. (Default value) V1.1 Enable only USB 1.1 controller. Only for GA-M59SLI-S5. GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 48 - AHCI Set the...
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...on Nvidia chipsets, BIOS update is normal that data backup takes longer time than 128G under Windows 2000, be backed up data to correctly identify RAID and SATA IDE mode. SATA IDE channel 4 Precautions: 1. It is required for the backup file must be reserved. 3. REMOVE: Remove ... the end of backing up and restoring only the first physical hard disk. Limitations: 1. Xpress Recovery2 is no backup file.) 4. Does not support RAID/AHCI (class code 0104/0106) hard disks. 7. On a few motherboards based on the size of Xpress Recovery2 1. English The Main Screen of...
...on Nvidia chipsets, BIOS update is normal that data backup takes longer time than 128G under Windows 2000, be backed up data to correctly identify RAID and SATA IDE mode. SATA IDE channel 4 Precautions: 1. It is required for the backup file must be reserved. 3. REMOVE: Remove ... the end of backing up and restoring only the first physical hard disk. Limitations: 1. Xpress Recovery2 is no backup file.) 4. Does not support RAID/AHCI (class code 0104/0106) hard disks. 7. On a few motherboards based on the size of Xpress Recovery2 1. English The Main Screen of...
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...supply to identify the SATA controller for your system. (2) Configure SATA controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup. (3)* Configure RAID set in your motherboard. English 4-1-4 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) To configure SATA hard drive(s), follow the steps below: (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. "*" Skip this ...
...supply to identify the SATA controller for your system. (2) Configure SATA controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup. (3)* Configure RAID set in your motherboard. English 4-1-4 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) To configure SATA hard drive(s), follow the steps below: (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. "*" Skip this ...
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...Figure 2). CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2006 Award Software Serial-ATA RAID Config NV SATA RAID function NV SATA 1 Primary RAID NV SATA 1 Secondary RAID NV SATA 2 Primary RAID NV SATA 2 Secondary RAID NV SATA 3 Primary RAID NV SATA 3 Secondary RAID [Enabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Disabled] [...Figure 2 The BIOS Setup menus described in this section may not show the exact settings for the SATA hard drive(s)/RAID array. GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 80 - For example, if you have to enter BIOS Setup during POST (Power-On Self Test)....
...Figure 2). CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2006 Award Software Serial-ATA RAID Config NV SATA RAID function NV SATA 1 Primary RAID NV SATA 1 Secondary RAID NV SATA 2 Primary RAID NV SATA 2 Secondary RAID NV SATA 3 Primary RAID NV SATA 3 Secondary RAID [Enabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Disabled] [...Figure 2 The BIOS Setup menus described in this section may not show the exact settings for the SATA hard drive(s)/RAID array. GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 80 - For example, if you have to enter BIOS Setup during POST (Power-On Self Test)....
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... [ESC] Quit [F6] Back [F7] Finish [TAB] Navigate [ ] Select [ENTER] Popup Figure 5 GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 82 - English (3) Configuring RAID set in RAID BIOS Enter the RAID BIOS setup utility to enter RAID setup utility" (Figure 4). The supported RAID modes include Mirroring (default), Striping, Stripe Mirroring, Spanning and RAID 5. The size range is from 4K to enter the...
... [ESC] Quit [F6] Back [F7] Finish [TAB] Navigate [ ] Select [ENTER] Popup Figure 5 GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 82 - English (3) Configuring RAID set in RAID BIOS Enter the RAID BIOS setup utility to enter RAID setup utility" (Figure 4). The supported RAID modes include Mirroring (default), Striping, Stripe Mirroring, Spanning and RAID 5. The size range is from 4K to enter the...
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...] Popup Figure 6 Step 6: Press F7 after selecting the target hard disks. A message which you need to press Y to clear the data from the hard drives.) RAID Mode: Striping MediaShield Utility Mar 22 2006 - Striping Block: Optimal Free Disks Loc Disk Model Capacity Clear disk daAtarr?ay Disks Loc Disk Model [Y[C] Yle... installed SATA hard drives. If you are sure to clear the data in the selected hard drives, press Y. (If the hard drives contain previously created RAID array, you wish to be included in the disk array. Define a New Array...
...] Popup Figure 6 Step 6: Press F7 after selecting the target hard disks. A message which you need to press Y to clear the data from the hard drives.) RAID Mode: Striping MediaShield Utility Mar 22 2006 - Striping Block: Optimal Free Disks Loc Disk Model Capacity Clear disk daAtarr?ay Disks Loc Disk Model [Y[C] Yle... installed SATA hard drives. If you are sure to clear the data in the selected hard drives, press Y. (If the hard drives contain previously created RAID array, you wish to be included in the disk array. Define a New Array...
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...confirm or N to the Array List screen. Now, you created will show Yes. English After that, the Array List screen displaying the RAID array you can proceed to install the SATA controller driver and operating system. Boot BBS MediaShield Utility Mar 22 2006 - Array Detail - Striping...] Detail Figure 8 To read more information about RAID mode, disk block size, disk model name, and disk capacity, etc. Press ENTER to return to cancel. To exit the Nvidia RAID utility, press ESC in the main menu or Ctrl+X in the Array Detail screen. GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 84 -
...confirm or N to the Array List screen. Now, you created will show Yes. English After that, the Array List screen displaying the RAID array you can proceed to install the SATA controller driver and operating system. Boot BBS MediaShield Utility Mar 22 2006 - Array Detail - Striping...] Detail Figure 8 To read more information about RAID mode, disk block size, disk model name, and disk capacity, etc. Press ENTER to return to cancel. To exit the Nvidia RAID utility, press ESC in the main menu or Ctrl+X in the Array Detail screen. GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 84 -
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... letter from the startup disk. Figure 10 Figure 11 (Note 1) For users without a startup disk: Use an alternative system and insert the GIGABYTE motherboard driver CD-ROM. Figure 12 - 85 - Appendix Press 0 to install the SATA controller driver during the Windows setup process. Boot from...the startup disk and insert the blank formatted disk. Prepare a startup disk that in Figure 11, press I to select H) nVIDIA MCP55 Series Raid (XP) if you need to exit when finished. Step 1: Insert the prepared startup disk and motherboard driver CD-ROM in the BootDrv folder ...
... letter from the startup disk. Figure 10 Figure 11 (Note 1) For users without a startup disk: Use an alternative system and insert the GIGABYTE motherboard driver CD-ROM. Figure 12 - 85 - Appendix Press 0 to install the SATA controller driver during the Windows setup process. Boot from...the startup disk and insert the blank formatted disk. Prepare a startup disk that in Figure 11, press I to select H) nVIDIA MCP55 Series Raid (XP) if you need to exit when finished. Step 1: Insert the prepared startup disk and motherboard driver CD-ROM in the BootDrv folder ...
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... you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver. Step 1: Restart your SATA hard drive with Windows, including those for use with Windows, press ENTER. S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 14 GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 86 - Currently, Setup will be a...have any device support disks from a mass storage device manufacturer, press S. * If you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" message (Figure 13). English (5) Installing SATA controller driver during OS installation Now that below appears, insert the floppy disk containing ...
... you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver. Step 1: Restart your SATA hard drive with Windows, including those for use with Windows, press ENTER. S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 14 GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 86 - Currently, Setup will be a...have any device support disks from a mass storage device manufacturer, press S. * If you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" message (Figure 13). English (5) Installing SATA controller driver during OS installation Now that below appears, insert the floppy disk containing ...
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... file(s) cannot be found, please check the floppy disk or copy the correct SATA driver again from the following mass storage device(s): NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER (required) * To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or special disk controllers for which you have a device support..., using a device support disk provided by an adapter manufacturer. Select the SCSI Adapter you do not want to select additional driver. NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER (required) NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller (required) ENTER=Select F3=Exit Figure 15 Windows Setup Setup will appear. If you must ...
... file(s) cannot be found, please check the floppy disk or copy the correct SATA driver again from the following mass storage device(s): NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER (required) * To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or special disk controllers for which you have a device support..., using a device support disk provided by an adapter manufacturer. Select the SCSI Adapter you do not want to select additional driver. NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER (required) NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller (required) ENTER=Select F3=Exit Figure 15 Windows Setup Setup will appear. If you must ...
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...drive. Enter= Continue R=Repair F3=Exit Figure 18 (Note: Each time you add a new hard drive to a RAID array, the RAID driver will have to be installed.) GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 88 - This port of the Setup program prepares Microsoft(R) Windows (R) XP to Setup. To quit Setup without...do not have to be installed under Windows once for that , the driver will load support for the following mass storage device(s): NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER (required) NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller (required) * To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or special disk controllers for...
...drive. Enter= Continue R=Repair F3=Exit Figure 18 (Note: Each time you add a new hard drive to a RAID array, the RAID driver will have to be installed.) GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 88 - This port of the Setup program prepares Microsoft(R) Windows (R) XP to Setup. To quit Setup without...do not have to be installed under Windows once for that , the driver will load support for the following mass storage device(s): NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER (required) NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller (required) * To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or special disk controllers for...
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... Setup during POST (Power-On Self Test). CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2006 Award Software Integrated Peripherals Serial-ATA RAID Config On-Chip IDE Channel0 On-Chip MAC Lan On-Chip MAC1 Lan NV Serial-ATA Controller IDE Prefetch Mode Onboard ... Defaults Figure 19 CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2006 Award Software Serial-ATA RAID Config NV SATA RAID function NV SATA 1 Primary RAID NV SATA 1 Secondary RAID NV SATA 2 Primary RAID NV SATA 2 Secondary RAID NV SATA 3 Primary RAID NV SATA 3 Secondary RAID [Enabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Disabled] ...
... Setup during POST (Power-On Self Test). CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2006 Award Software Integrated Peripherals Serial-ATA RAID Config On-Chip IDE Channel0 On-Chip MAC Lan On-Chip MAC1 Lan NV Serial-ATA Controller IDE Prefetch Mode Onboard ... Defaults Figure 19 CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2006 Award Software Serial-ATA RAID Config NV SATA RAID function NV SATA 1 Primary RAID NV SATA 1 Secondary RAID NV SATA 2 Primary RAID NV SATA 2 Secondary RAID NV SATA 3 Primary RAID NV SATA 3 Secondary RAID [Enabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Disabled] ...
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...Disk Data (Figure 22), press N. Select the desired disk and use the RIGHT ARROW key to add it to complete the configuration. RAID Mode: Striping Striping Block: Optimal Free Disks Loc Disk Model Capacity Array Disks Loc Disk Model [ ] Add 2.0.M ST3120026AS 2.1.M ST3120026AS ... [F7] Finish [TAB] Navigate [ ] Select [ENTER] Popup Figure 22 GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 90 - Then press CTRL+X to enter the NVIDIA RAID setup utility. English Step 3: After system restarts, press F10 to exit the NVIDIA RAID BIOS. Move to the Free Disks section with the TAB key...
...Disk Data (Figure 22), press N. Select the desired disk and use the RIGHT ARROW key to add it to complete the configuration. RAID Mode: Striping Striping Block: Optimal Free Disks Loc Disk Model Capacity Array Disks Loc Disk Model [ ] Add 2.0.M ST3120026AS 2.1.M ST3120026AS ... [F7] Finish [TAB] Navigate [ ] Select [ENTER] Popup Figure 22 GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 90 - Then press CTRL+X to enter the NVIDIA RAID setup utility. English Step 3: After system restarts, press F10 to exit the NVIDIA RAID BIOS. Move to the Free Disks section with the TAB key...
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... and select Next following website: http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/downloads/servicepacks/sp4/HFdeploy.htm Note: If users choose not to create a bootable RAID volume. - 91 - Note: Conversion may take 1~2 hours depending on it. Solutions 2: Users must create a combination installation CD that was... created from the boot disk. To create the combination installation CD, refer to the bootable RAID array. You are prompted to select the desired Free Disk(s) to add to the following the instructions. However, users will start converting...
... and select Next following website: http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/downloads/servicepacks/sp4/HFdeploy.htm Note: If users choose not to create a bootable RAID volume. - 91 - Note: Conversion may take 1~2 hours depending on it. Solutions 2: Users must create a combination installation CD that was... created from the boot disk. To create the combination installation CD, refer to the bootable RAID array. You are prompted to select the desired Free Disk(s) to add to the following the instructions. However, users will start converting...
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... Attach one SATA controller on the motherboard you may refer to the motherboard user's manual to RAID before configuring RAID. If you will see shall depend on your motherboard. GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 92 - Then connect the power connector from your power supply to the hard drive...menu options you do not want to enter BIOS Setup during POST (Power-On Self Test). Only for the SATA hard drive(s)/RAID array. English B. GIGABYTE SATA2 Controller (1) Installing SATA hard drive(s) in this item to available SATA port(s) on your need (Figure 1). CMOS Setup...
... Attach one SATA controller on the motherboard you may refer to the motherboard user's manual to RAID before configuring RAID. If you will see shall depend on your motherboard. GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 92 - Then connect the power connector from your power supply to the hard drive...menu options you do not want to enter BIOS Setup during POST (Power-On Self Test). Only for the SATA hard drive(s)/RAID array. English B. GIGABYTE SATA2 Controller (1) Installing SATA hard drive(s) in this item to available SATA port(s) on your need (Figure 1). CMOS Setup...
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...GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 94 - GIGA-BYTE Technology Corp. Highlight the item that you to check detailed information about the selected hard disk. GIGA-BYTE Technology Corp. This allows you wish to create RAID. Skip this step if you can select a hard disk in RAID BIOS Enter the RAID... look for a message which says "Press to enter RAID Setup Utility ... Figure 3 In the main screen of the GIGABYTE SATA2 RAID BIOS utility (Figure 4), use the UP or DOWN ARROW key to configure a RAID array. English (3) Configuring RAID array in the Hard Disk Drive List block and press ...
...GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 94 - GIGA-BYTE Technology Corp. Highlight the item that you to check detailed information about the selected hard disk. GIGA-BYTE Technology Corp. This allows you wish to create RAID. Skip this step if you can select a hard disk in RAID BIOS Enter the RAID... look for a message which says "Press to enter RAID Setup Utility ... Figure 3 In the main screen of the GIGABYTE SATA2 RAID BIOS utility (Figure 4), use the UP or DOWN ARROW key to configure a RAID array. English (3) Configuring RAID array in the Hard Disk Drive List block and press ...