Installing Hard Disks - Asus M2N SLI - Deluxe AiLifestyle Series Motherboard User Manual

If you want to boot the system from a hard disk drive included in a RAID set,
copy first the RAID driver from the support CD to a floppy disk before you install
an operating system to a selected hard disk drive. Refer to section "5.6 Creating
a RAID driver disk" for details.
5.4.1

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 Parallel ATA hard disks
To install IDE hard disks for a RAID configuration:
1. Set the jumpers of each hard disk as Master/Master or Slave/Slave.
2. Install the hard disks into the drive bays.
3. Connect the HDD signal cables.
4. Connect a 4-pin power cable to the power connector on each drive.
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.
Refer to the RAID controllers user manual in the motherboard support CD for
detailed information on RAID configurations. See section "5.2.4 Manuals menu".
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