Installing Hard Disks; Uli ® Raid Configurations - Asus M2A-MVP - Motherboard - ATX User Manual

2.9.1

Installing hard disks

The motherboard supports Ultra DMA 133/100/66 and Serial ATA hard disk drives.
For optimal performance, install identical drives of the same model and capacity
when creating a disk array.
Installing Serial ATA (SATA) hard disks
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.
2.9.2 ULI RAID configurations
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The ULI RAID controller supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, RAID 5, and JBOD
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configurations. Use the ULI
You may also set the RAID configurations in Windows
installed the Serial ATA RAID driver. See section 3.2.4 Make Disk menu for
details.
Entering the ULI
To enter the ULI RAID BIOS setup utility:
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1. Boot up your computer, and press <Del> during POST to enter the BIOS
setup.
2. In the Main Menu, go to Storage Configuration, and set the Onboard SATA
Boot ROM item to [Enabled].
3. Press <F10> to save the changes and exit.
4. Reboot your computer.
5. During POST. press <Ctrl+A>
The RAID BIOS setup screens shown in this section are for reference only, and
may not exactly match the items on your screen.
ASUS M2A-MVP
RAID BIOS Setup utility to configure a disk array.
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RAID BIOS Setup Utility
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OS after you have
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