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Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) (Controller SiS 964) ............................................................... 2
(1)
Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your computer .......................................................................... 2
(2)
Configuring SATA controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup .................................... 3
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Configuring RAID set in RAID BIOS ............................................................................................. 5
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Making a SATA controller driver disk ........................................................................................ 10
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Installing SATA controller driver during OS installation ............................................................ 12
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Page 1: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) (Controller SiS 964) ... 2 Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your computer ... 2 Configuring SATA controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup ... 3 Configuring RAID set in RAID BIOS ... 5 Making a SATA controller driver disk ... -
Page 2: Configuring Sata Hard Drive(S) (Controller Sis 964)
Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) (Controller: SiS 964) To configure SATA hard drive(s), follow the steps below: (1) Install SATA hard drive(s) in your system. (2) Configure SATA controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup. (3)* Configure RAID set in RAID BIOS. -
Page 3: Configuring Sata Controller Mode And Boot Sequence In Bios Setup
The actual BIOS Setup menu options you will see shall depend on the motherboard you have and the BIOS version. Integrated Peripherals +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save F6: Fail-Safe Defaults Figure 1 - 3 - SATA Hard Drive Configurations (SiS 964) ESC: Exit F1: General Help F7: Optimized Defaults... - Page 4 Init Display First : Move Enter: Select F3: Language F5: Previous Values Step 4: Save and exit BIOS Setup. SATA Hard Drive Configurations (SiS 964) Hard Disk Boot Priority Figure 2 Advanced BIOS Features [Press Enter] [CDROM] [Hard Disk] [CDROM]...
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Page 5: Configuring Raid Set In Raid Bios
Step 2 Press CTRL+S. The SiS RAID BIOS Setting Utility - Disk Status window appears (refer to Figure 5). To create RAID, press R to enter the RAID Setup utility. Figure 5 - 5 - SATA Hard Drive Configurations (SiS 964) - Page 6 Then, use number keys 1~3 to select a RAID mode: (1)JBOD, (2)RAID 0, or (3)RAID 1 and then press ENTER (Figure 7). The following is an example of RAID 0 creation. Figure 7 SATA Hard Drive Configurations (SiS 964) - 6 -...
- Page 7 When the next message appears, press Y if you wish to proceed to map and stripe all current data and future data to the RAID disks. Otherwise press N to perform striping on future data only. Then press ENTER (Figure 9). Figure 9 - 7 - SATA Hard Drive Configurations (SiS 964)
- Page 8 ¤å Figure 10 To exit the current menu, press Q. When the "Do You Want to Save changes?" message appears (Figure 11), press Y and then ENTER to confirm. Figure 11 SATA Hard Drive Configurations (SiS 964) - 8 -...
- Page 9 "Are you sure to delete this RAID?" message appears, press Y to confirm your selections. Figure 12 Now, you can proceed to the installation of the SATA driver and operating system. - 9 - SATA Hard Drive Configurations (SiS 964)
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Page 10: Making A Sata Controller Driver Disk
Ác (4) Making a SATA Driver Disk To install Windows 2000/XP onto a SATA hard drive on the SiS 964 controller successfully, you need Åé to install required driver for the SATA controller during OS installation. Without the driver, the hard drive ¤¤... - Page 11 Figure 15 Step 5: Insert an empty floppy disk and press D to select D) SiS 964 SATA. Then it will take about one minute to copy the SATA driver from the motherboard driver CD to the floppy disk. Step 6: Press 0 to exit when the procedure is complete (Figure 16).
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Page 12: Installing Sata Controller Driver During Os Installation
F6, there will be a few moments of some files being loaded before you see the next screen. Figure 17 Step 2: When a screen similar to that below appears, insert the floppy disk containing the SATA driver and press S (Figure 18). Figure 18 SATA Hard Drive Configurations (SiS 964) - 12 -... - Page 13 When the screen as shown below appears, press ENTER to continue the SATA driver installation from the floppy disk. The driver installation will be finished in about one minute. Figure 19 Figure 20 - 13 - SATA Hard Drive Configurations (SiS 964)
- Page 14 (Note: Each time you add a new hard drive to a RAID array, the RAID driver will have to be installed under Windows once for that hard drive. After that, the driver will not have to be installed.) SATA Hard Drive Configurations (SiS 964) - 14 -...