You can click the Install All button and "Xpress Install" will install all the recommended drivers. Or click Install Single Items to manually select the drivers you wish to install. Chapter 4 Appendix 4-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) Before you begin ••At least two SATA hard drives (to ensure optimal performance, it is recommended that you use two hard drives with identical model and capacity). If you do not want to create RAID, you may prepare only one hard drive. ••Windows 7/Vista/XP setup disk. ••Motherboard driver disk. ••A USB floppy disk drive (needed during Windows XP installation) ••An empty formatted floppy disk (needed during Windows XP installation) Configuring the Onboard SATA Controller A. Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your computer Attach one end of the SATA signal cable to the rear of the SATA hard drive and the other end to available SATA port on the motherboard. Then connect the power connector from your power supply to the hard drive. - 44 - B. Configuring SATA controller mode in BIOS Setup Make sure to configure the SATA controller mode correctly in system BIOS Setup. For the BIOS Setup menus, refer to Chapter 2, "BIOS Setup," "Integrated Peripherals." Steps: 1. Turn on your computer and press to enter BIOS Setup during the POST (Power-On Self-Test). Ensure OnChip SATA Channel is enabled under Peripherals. To enable RAID for the SATA2 0/1/2/3 connectors, set OnChip SATA Type to RAID. 2. Save changes and exit BIOS Setup. The BIOS Setup menus described in this section may differ from the exact settings for your motherboard. The actual BIOS Setup menu options you will see shall depend on the motherboard you have and the BIOS version. C. Configuring RAID set in RAID BIOS Enter the RAID BIOS setup utility to configure a RAID array. After the POST memory test begins and before the operating system boot begins, look for a message which says "Press to enter RAID Option ROM Utility". Press + to enter the RAID BIOS setup utility. To create a new array, press <2> to enter the LD View/LD Define Menu window. To create an array, press to access the LD Define Menu. In the LD Define Menu, use the up or down arrow key to move to an item for further configuration. In the following procedure, we'll create RAID 0 as an example. Steps: 1. Under the RAID Mode section, press the key to select RAID 0. 2. Set the Stripe Block size. 64 KB is the default. 3. Under the Drives Assignments section, press the up or down arrow key to highlight a drive. 4. Press the key or to change the Assignment option to Y. This action adds the drive to the disk array. The Drv section will show the number of disks assigned. 5. Press + keys to save the information. The message in Figure 1 will appear. Press + to input the array name. If you do not input the array name, the default array name will be used. 6. When the next message appears, press + to clear the MBR or press other keys to ignore this option. 7. Then, the message in Figure 3 will appear. Press + to set the capacity of the RAID array or press other keys to set the array to its maximum capacity. Please press Ctrl-Y key to input the LD Name or press any key to exit. If you do not input any LD name, the default LD name will be used. Figure 1 Fast Initialization Option has been selected It will erase the MBR data of the disk. Figure 2 Press Ctrl-Y to Modify Array Capacity or press any other key to use maximum capacity... Figure 3 8. After the creation is complete, the screen will return to LD View Menu where you will see the newly- created array. 9. Press to return to Main Menu and press again if you want to exit the RAID BIOS utility. Making a SATA RAID/AHCI Driver Diskette Before installing Windows XP, connect a USB floppy disk drive to your computer first because you need to install the SATA RAID/AHCI driver from a floppy disk that contains the driver during the OS installation. To copy the RAID/AHCI driver for Windows XP, copy all files in the \BootDrv\Hxp folder in the motherboard driver disk to your floppy disk. To install Windows 7/Vista, you also need to install the SATA RAID/AHCI driver during the OS installation. To copy the RAID/AHCI driver for Windows 7, copy the whole Hw7 folder under the BootDrv folder in the motherboard driver disk to a USB flash drive. Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System A. Installing Windows XP Restart your system to boot from the Windows XP setup disk and press as soon as you see the message "Press F6 if you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver." Insert the floppy disk containing the SATA RAID/AHCI driver. Follow the on-screen instructions to install the driver that suits your operating system. When completed, proceed with the Windows XP installation. B. Installing Windows 7/Vista (The following instructions ...
