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Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) (Controller Intel ICH6R) ......................................................... 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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Table of Contents Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) (Controller Intel ICH6R) ............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 Driver Disk ...................... -
Page 2: Configuring Sata Hard Drive(S) (Controller Intel Ich6R)
Ác Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) (Controller Intel ICH6R) Åé To configure SATA hard drive(s), follow the steps below: ¤¤ (1) Install SATA hard drive(s) in your system. ¤å (2) Configure SATA controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup. (3)* Configure RAID set in RAID BIOS. (4) Make a floppy disk containing the SATA controller driver. -
Page 3: Configuring Sata Controller Mode And Boot Sequence In Bios Setup
(2) Configuring SATA controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup You have to make sure whether the SATA controller is configured correctly in system BIOS Setup and set BIOS boot sequence for the SATA hard drive(s). Step 1: Turn on your computer and press Del to enter BIOS Setup during POST (Power-On Self Test). If you want to create RAID, set SATA RAID/AHCI Mode under the Integrated Peripherals menu to RAID (Disabled by default). -
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Ác Step 2: Later, select Hard Disk Boot Priority under the Advanced BIOS Features menu. In the Hard Disk Åé Boot Priority submenu, select the model of the SATA hard drive onto which you intent to install Microsoft Windows 2000/XP (Figure 2). ¤¤... -
Page 5: Configuring Raid Set In Raid Bios
(3) Configuring RAID set in RAID BIOS Enter the RAID BIOS setup utility to configure a RAID array. Skip this step and proceed to Section 4 if you do not want to create RAID. Step 1: After the POST memory test begins and before the operating system boot begins, look for a message which says "Press <Ctrl-I>... -
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Ác Step 3: After entering the Create Volume Menu screen, name the disk array with 1~16 letters (letters cannot be Åé special characters) under the Name item. When finished, press ENTER to select a RAID level (Figure 6). There are two RAID levels: RAID0(Stripe) and RAID1(Mirror). Select a RAID level and press ENTER. ¤¤... -
Page 7: After Setting All The Items Above, Select Create Volume And Press Enter (Figure 8) To Begin The Creation
Step 5: After setting all the items above, select Create Volume and press ENTER (Figure 8) to begin the creation of the RAID array. Figure 8 Step 6: When prompted to confirm whether to create this volume, press Y to create or N to cancel. Figure 9 - 7 - SATA Hard Drives Configurations (Intel ICH6R) -
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After the creation is completed, you can see detailed information about the RAID Array in the DISK/VOLUME INFORMATION section, including RAID mode, disk block size, disk name, and disk capacity, etc. Figure 10 Delete RAID Volume If you want to delete a RAID volume, select the Delete RAID Volume option in Main Menu. Press ENTER and follow on-screen instructions. -
Page 9: Making A Sata Driver Disk
Ác (4) Making a SATA Driver Disk To install Windows 2000/XP onto a SATA hard drives on the ICH6R controller successfully, you need Åé to install required driver for the SATA controller during OS installation. Without the driver, the hard drives ¤¤... - Page 10 Step 4: Double-click MENU.exe. An MS-DOS prompt screen similar to Figure 13 below will appear. Figure 13 Step 5: Insert an empty floppy disk and press 1 to select 1)Intel Application Accelerator 4.0. 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 14).
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Page 11: Installing Sata Controller Driver During Os Installation
Ác (5) Installing SATA controller driver during OS installation Now that you have prepared the SATA driver disk and configured BIOS settings, you are ready to install Åé Windows 2000/XP onto your SATA hard drive with the SATA driver. The following is an example of ¤¤... -
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Step 3: If Setup correctly recognizes the driver in the floppy disk, a controller menu similar to Figure 20 below will appear. Use the ARROW keys to select Intel(R) 82801FR SATA RAID Controller* and press ENTER. Then it will begin to load the SATA driver from the floppy disk. Figure 17 If a message appears saying one or some file(s) cannot be found, please check the floppy disk or copy the correct SATA driver again from the motherboard driver CD. -
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Ác After the SATA controller driver installation is completed, you should see a screen as below. It indicates that you have installed the SATA controller driver successfully. You can proceed with the Windows Åé 2000/XP installation. ¤¤ ¤å Figure 19 (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.