Installing Serial Ata Hard Disks; Setting The Raid Item In Bios - Asus CROSSHAIR IV EXTREME User Manual

4.4.2

Installing Serial ATA hard disks

The motherboard supports Serial ATA hard disk drives. For optimal performance,
install identical drives of the same model and capacity when creating a disk array.
To install the SATA hard disks for a RAID configuration:
1. Install the SATA hard disks into the drive bays.
2. Connect the SATA signal cables.
3. Connect a SATA power cable to the power connector on each drive.
4.4.3

Setting the RAID item in BIOS

You must enable the RAID function in the BIOS Setup before creating RAID
volume(s) using SATA HDDs. To do this:
1. Enter the BIOS Setup during POST.
Go to the Main menu > Storage Configuration, and then press <Enter>.
2.
3. Set the OnChip SATA Channel item to [RAID].
4. Save your changes, and then exit the BIOS Setup.
Refer to Chapter 3 for details on entering and navigating through the BIOS
Setup.
When setting the OnChip SATA Channel item to [RAID], all SATA ports run at
RAID mode. However, you can set the SATA ports 5 and 6 to [IDE] mode. See
section 3.4.5 Storage Configuration for details.
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