Jmicron; Before Creating A Raid Set - Asus MAXIMUS EXTREME User Manual

5.4.4

JMicron

The JMicron ® Serial ATA controller allows you to configure RAID 0, RAID 1 and
JBOD sets on the external Serial ATA hard disk drives.

Before creating a RAID set

Prepare the following items:
1. Two SATA HDDs, preferably with the same model and capacity.
2. A write-enabled floppy disk (Windows XP). A write-enabled floppy disk or a
USB flash disk drive (Windows Vista)
3. Microsoft ® Windows
4. Motherboard support DVD with JMB363 driver
Complete the following steps before you create a RAID set:
1. Install two external Serial ATA hard disk drives on your system.
Set the Controller Mode item in the BIOS to [RAID]. See section 4.5.3
2.
Onboard Devices Configuration for details.
Onboard Device Configuration
High Definition Audio
Front Panel Type
J-Micron PATA/SATA Controller
Controller Mode
JMicron SATA/RAID OptRom
Marvell GigaBit LAN 1
LAN Boot ROM
Marvell GigaBit LAN 2
LAN Boot ROM
VIA 1394
LCD Poster Backlight
LCD Poster Off
ROG LOGO LIGHT
v02.61 (C)Copyright 1985-2007, American Megatrends, Inc.
3. Enter the JMB363 RAID BIOS utility to set up your RAID configuration.
4. Create a JMB363 RAID driver disk for Windows
5.5 Creating a RAID driver disk for details.
5. Install the JMB363 driver after the Windows
Always install the JMB363 driver before creating RAID sets.
ASUS Maximus Extreme
RAID Configuration
®
® OS installation disk (Windows XP/Windows Vista)
BIOS SETUP UTILITY
Advanced
[Enabled]
[HD Audio]
[Enabled]
[IDE]
[Enabled]
[Enabled]
[Disabled]
[Enabled]
[Disabled]
[Enabled]
[Disabled]
[Disabled]
[Turn On]
Enable or Disable
High Definition Audio
Controller
Select Screen
Select Item
+- Change Option
F1 General Help
F10 Save and Exit
ESC Exit
® OS installation. See section
® OS had been installed.
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