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4-4 Chapter 4
4-3. BIOS Setup for RAID
For further information on RAID concept, you can find it on the "Technological Terms" from our WEB
site, or you can search the related information on the Internet.
This motherboard supports the RAID operation of "Striping (RAID 0)", "Mirroring (RAID 1)", or
"Striping/Mirroring (RAID 0+1)". For the striping operation, the identical drives can read and write
data in parallel to increase system performance. The Mirroring operation creates a complete backup of
your files. Striping with Mirroring operation offers both read/write performance and fault tolerance.
After completed the installation of HPT374 driver, you have to enable the RAID function in BIOS setup
menu. Enter the "Advanced BIOS Features" in the BIOS setup menu. Change the settings of "First
Boot Device", "Second Boot Device" and "Third Boot Device" to "ATA133RAID". See the figure
below:
NOTE: The option of "SCSI" cannot be worked as a booting device if this "ATA133RAID" had been
selected as booting device, and vice versa.
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