Nvidia ® Raid Configurations; Setting The Bios Raid Items - Asus M3N-HT DELUXE User Manual

For Windows
included in a RAID set, first copy the RAID driver from the Support DVD to a
floppy disk before you install an operating system to a selected hard disk drive.
Refer to section "5.5 Creating a RAID driver disk" for details.
5.4.2 NVIDIA
The motherboard includes a high performance SATA RAID controller integrated in
the NVIDIA nForce™ 780a SLI southbridge chipset. It supports RAID 0, RAID 1,
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RAID 0+1, RAID 5 and JBOD for six independent Serial ATA channels.
Installing Serial ATA (SATA) 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.
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 DVD for
detailed information on RAID configurations. See section "5.2.5 Manuals menu."

Setting the BIOS RAID items

After installing the hard disk drives, make sure to set the necessary RAID items in
the BIOS before setting your RAID configuration.
To set the BIOS RAID items:
1. Boot the system and press <Del> during the Power-On Self-Test (POST) to
enter the BIOS Setup Utility.
Set the SATA Operation Mode item to [RAID]. See section 4.4.6 Onboard
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Device Configuration > MCP Storage Config for details.
Due to chipset limitation, when you set any of the SATA ports to RAID mode, all
SATA ports run at RAID mode simultaneously.
3. Save your changes and Exit Setup.
ASUS M3N-HT Deluxe Series
XP, if you want to boot the system from a hard disk drive
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RAID configurations
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