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... Management Setup 3-19 PC Health Status 3-22 Frequency/Voltage Control 3-24 Load Fail-Safe/Optimized Defaults 3-25 Set Supervisor/User Password 3-26 Appendix A: VIA VT8237R SATA RAID A-1 Introduction ...A-2 BIOS Configuration A-3 Installing RAID Software & Drivers A-10 Using VIA RAID Tool A-13 Appendix B: Using 2-, 4-, 6- Fan Power Connectors: CFAN1/2, SFAN1, NBFAN1 2-17 IrDA Infrared...
... Management Setup 3-19 PC Health Status 3-22 Frequency/Voltage Control 3-24 Load Fail-Safe/Optimized Defaults 3-25 Set Supervisor/User Password 3-26 Appendix A: VIA VT8237R SATA RAID A-1 Introduction ...A-2 BIOS Configuration A-3 Installing RAID Software & Drivers A-10 Using VIA RAID Tool A-13 Appendix B: Using 2-, 4-, 6- Fan Power Connectors: CFAN1/2, SFAN1, NBFAN1 2-17 IrDA Infrared...
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... records your mainboard specifications † Supports boot from LAN, USB Device 1.1 & 2.0, and SATA HDD Dimension † ATX Form Factor: 12.0 x 10.0 inch (H x W ) Mounting † 9 mounting holes (ATX Form standard) MSI Reminds You... Getting Started † 1 x RJ-45 port (with AC97 v2.3 Spec ...- Compliance with LEDs) † 8 x USB ports (front*4 and rear*4) † 2 x SATA ports Networking † Broadcom BCM5705 Gigabit Ethernet controller ...
... records your mainboard specifications † Supports boot from LAN, USB Device 1.1 & 2.0, and SATA HDD Dimension † ATX Form Factor: 12.0 x 10.0 inch (H x W ) Mounting † 9 mounting holes (ATX Form standard) MSI Reminds You... Getting Started † 1 x RJ-45 port (with AC97 v2.3 Spec ...- Compliance with LEDs) † 8 x USB ports (front*4 and rear*4) † 2 x SATA ports Networking † Broadcom BCM5705 Gigabit Ethernet controller ...
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...drive and improving the airflow inside your PC. Microsoft W indows 98, Me, NT4.0, 2000, XP operating systems support. 13. Serial ATA (SATA) is the latest generation of four hard disk drives allowed. 5. Serial ATA uses long, thin cables, making it easier to 64 KB ... features of up to 150MB/sec. VIA VT8237R SATA RAID Appendix A: VIA VT8237R SATA RAID The Southbridge VT8237 provides a hybrid solution that combines two independent SATA ports for easy troubleshooting. SATA hard drives deliver blistering transfer speeds of VT8237 SATA RAID are: 1. Supports ATA 133 high performance...
...drive and improving the airflow inside your PC. Microsoft W indows 98, Me, NT4.0, 2000, XP operating systems support. 13. Serial ATA (SATA) is the latest generation of four hard disk drives allowed. 5. Serial ATA uses long, thin cables, making it easier to 64 KB ... features of up to 150MB/sec. VIA VT8237R SATA RAID Appendix A: VIA VT8237R SATA RAID The Southbridge VT8237 provides a hybrid solution that combines two independent SATA ports for easy troubleshooting. SATA hard drives deliver blistering transfer speeds of VT8237 SATA RAID are: 1. Supports ATA 133 high performance...
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... mechanical failure or does not respond, the remaining drive will continue to function. Such a drive will not be found on VIA SATA RAID Host Controller. A-2 Fault tolerance is achieved through a few different methods. This can be activated to provide better performance or data... striping block size can prevent data loss if the operating system fails or hangs. RAID 0 does not support fault tolerance. MS-9617 ATX Workstation Board Introduction This section gives a brief introduction on the RAID-related background knowledge and a brief introduction on another drive. RAID ...
... mechanical failure or does not respond, the remaining drive will continue to function. Such a drive will not be found on VIA SATA RAID Host Controller. A-2 Fault tolerance is achieved through a few different methods. This can be activated to provide better performance or data... striping block size can prevent data loss if the operating system fails or hangs. RAID 0 does not support fault tolerance. MS-9617 ATX Workstation Board Introduction This section gives a brief introduction on the RAID-related background knowledge and a brief introduction on another drive. RAID ...
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The main interface of creation steps. RAID BIOS. The Serial ATA RAID volume may be configured using the VIA Tech. VIA VT8237R SATA RAID BIOS Configuration W hen the system powers on during the POST (Power-On Self Test) process, press key to call out the list of BIOS configuration utility is as below: A-3 Always use the arrow keys to navigate the main menu, use up and down arrow key to select the each item and press to enter the BIOS configuration.
The main interface of creation steps. RAID BIOS. The Serial ATA RAID volume may be configured using the VIA Tech. VIA VT8237R SATA RAID BIOS Configuration W hen the system powers on during the POST (Power-On Self Test) process, press key to call out the list of BIOS configuration utility is as below: A-3 Always use the arrow keys to navigate the main menu, use up and down arrow key to select the each item and press to enter the BIOS configuration.
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... be selected. The block size can also be 4KB to 64KB. It is "Select Disk Drives". Use the arrow key to select them. VIA VT8237R SATA RAID After array mode is selected, there are new ones when wanting to create an array. Auto Setup allows BIOS to select the disk drives...
... be selected. The block size can also be 4KB to 64KB. It is "Select Disk Drives". Use the arrow key to select them. VIA VT8237R SATA RAID After array mode is selected, there are new ones when wanting to create an array. Auto Setup allows BIOS to select the disk drives...
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... activated. To delete a spare drive, highlight Create/Delete Spare and press . View Serial Number of Hard Drive Highlight Serial Number View and press . VIA VT8237R SATA RAID Create and Delete Spare Hard Drive If a RAID 1 array is created and there are no disk arrays then nothing will be displayed on the...
... activated. To delete a spare drive, highlight Create/Delete Spare and press . View Serial Number of Hard Drive Highlight Serial Number View and press . VIA VT8237R SATA RAID Create and Delete Spare Hard Drive If a RAID 1 array is created and there are no disk arrays then nothing will be displayed on the...
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... enables BIOS to cancel. After choosing a hard drive, the channel column will remain after the destroy operation. Please note selecting option Y will appear. VIA VT8237R SATA RAID 1. Destroy the M irroring Relationship: This item cancels the data mirroring relationship of the broken array. For broken RAID 1 arrays, the data on the selected...
... enables BIOS to cancel. After choosing a hard drive, the channel column will remain after the destroy operation. Please note selecting option Y will appear. VIA VT8237R SATA RAID 1. Destroy the M irroring Relationship: This item cancels the data mirroring relationship of the broken array. For broken RAID 1 arrays, the data on the selected...
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...Insert the floppy diskette which included the VIA IDE RAID Driver into the CD-ROM drive. 2. MSI Reminds You... C opy all device files and then continue the W indows XP installation. †... Installation 1. Choose VIA Serial ATA RAID Controller(Windows XP) from the list that appears on VIA SATA/ IDE Drivers. 4. Setup will appear. 3. Choose the Hardware tab, then click the Device M... S to be automatically installed. † Confirming Windows XP Driver Installation 1. MS-9617 ATX Workstation Board Installing RAID Software & Drivers Install Driver in Windows OS † New Windows...
...Insert the floppy diskette which included the VIA IDE RAID Driver into the CD-ROM drive. 2. MSI Reminds You... C opy all device files and then continue the W indows XP installation. †... Installation 1. Choose VIA Serial ATA RAID Controller(Windows XP) from the list that appears on VIA SATA/ IDE Drivers. 4. Setup will appear. 3. Choose the Hardware tab, then click the Device M... S to be automatically installed. † Confirming Windows XP Driver Installation 1. MS-9617 ATX Workstation Board Installing RAID Software & Drivers Install Driver in Windows OS † New Windows...
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... ATA RAID driver for W indows XP † VIA SATA RAID utility † RAID0 and RAID1 functions Insert the MSI CD and click on the VIA Serial ATA to the different specification of the mainboard you purchased, the screen of MSI CD shown here may be slightly different from the latest software... utility and shall be held for reference only. A-11 MSI Reminds You... This version of VIA SATA RAID Utility The VIA SATA RAID Utility is the software package that enables high-performance RAID 0 arrays in the W indows* XP operating system....
... ATA RAID driver for W indows XP † VIA SATA RAID utility † RAID0 and RAID1 functions Insert the MSI CD and click on the VIA Serial ATA to the different specification of the mainboard you purchased, the screen of MSI CD shown here may be slightly different from the latest software... utility and shall be held for reference only. A-11 MSI Reminds You... This version of VIA SATA RAID Utility The VIA SATA RAID Utility is the software package that enables high-performance RAID 0 arrays in the W indows* XP operating system....
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... the main functions. Click on the icon shown in the system tray of the controller or disk drives. The main interface is initiated. VIA VT8237R SATA RAID Using VIA RAID Tool Once the installation is finished installation, it will automati- You may double-click on these toolbar buttons to enable VIA...
... the main functions. Click on the icon shown in the system tray of the controller or disk drives. The main interface is initiated. VIA VT8237R SATA RAID Using VIA RAID Tool Once the installation is finished installation, it will automati- You may double-click on these toolbar buttons to enable VIA...
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or button to see the details of Array 0- A-15 Click on the plus (+) symbol next to Array 0---RAID 1 to view the statuses of each disk. VIA VT8237R SATA RAID You may also use the same --RAID 1.
or button to see the details of Array 0- A-15 Click on the plus (+) symbol next to Array 0---RAID 1 to view the statuses of each disk. VIA VT8237R SATA RAID You may also use the same --RAID 1.