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Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) (Controller: Intel ICH7R) ........................................................... 2
(1)
Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your computer .......................................................................... 2
(2)
Configuring SATA controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup .................................... 3
(3)
Configuring RAID set in RAID BIOS ............................................................................................. 5
(4)
Making a SATA Driver Disk ........................................................................................................... 9
(5)
Installing SATA controller driver during OS installation ............................................................. 11
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Table of Contents Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) (Controller: Intel ICH7R) ............2 Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your computer ................2 Configuring SATA controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup ........3 Configuring RAID set in RAID BIOS ..................... 5 Making a SATA Driver Disk ...................... -
Page 2: Configuring Sata Hard Drive(S) (Controller: Intel Ich7R)
Ác Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) (Controller: Intel ICH7R) Åé To configure SATA hard drive(s), follow the steps below: ¤¤ (1) Install SATA hard drive(s) in your system. ¤å (2) Configure SATA controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup. (3)* Configure RAID set in RAID BIOS. (4) Make a floppy disk containing the SATA controller driver. -
Page 3: Configuring Sata Controller Mode And Boot Sequence In Bios Setup
(2) Configuring SATA controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup You have to make sure whether the SATA controller is configured correctly in system BIOS Setup and set BIOS boot sequence for the SATA hard drive(s). Step 1: Turn on your computer and press Del to enter BIOS Setup during POST (Power-On Self Test). If you want to create RAID, set SATA RAID/AHCI Mode under the Integrated Peripherals menu to RAID (Disabled by default). -
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Ác Step 2: Later, select Hard Disk Boot Priority under the Advanced BIOS Features menu. In the Hard Disk Åé Boot Priority submenu, select the model of the SATA hard drive onto which you intent to install Microsoft Windows 2000/XP (Figure 2). ¤¤... -
Page 5: Configuring Raid Set In Raid Bios
(3) Configuring RAID set in RAID BIOS Enter the RAID BIOS setup utility to configure a RAID array. Skip this step and proceed to Section 4 if you do not want to create RAID. Step 1: After the POST memory test begins and before the operating system boot begins, look for a message which says "Press <Ctrl-I>... -
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Ác Step 3: After entering the Create Volume Menu screen, name the disk array with 1~16 letters (letters cannot be Åé special characters) under the Name item. When finished, press ENTER to select a RAID level (Figure 6). There are four RAID levels: RAID0, RAID1, RAID10 and RAID5. Select a RAID level and press ¤¤... - Page 7 Step 5: After setting all the items above, select Create Volume and press ENTER (Figure 8) to begin the creation of the RAID array. Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM V5.0.0.1032 ICH7R wRAID5 Copyright(C) 2003-05 Intel Corporation. All Rights Reversed. [ CREATE VOLUME MENU ] Name : RAID_Volume0...
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Page 8: Delete Raid Volume
Ác After the creation is completed, you can see detailed information about the RAID Array in the DISK/ VOLUME INFORMATION section, including RAID mode, disk block size, disk name, and disk capacity, Åé etc. Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM V5.0.0.1032 ICH7R wRAID5 ¤¤... -
Page 9: Making A Sata Driver Disk
(4) Making a SATA Driver Disk To install Windows 2000/XP onto a SATA hard drives on the ICH6R controller successfully, you need to install required driver for the SATA controller during OS installation. Without the driver, the hard drives may not be recognized during the Windows setup process. First of all, you need to copy the driver for the SATA controller from the motherboard driver CD to a floppy disk. - Page 10 Ác Step 4: Double-click MENU.exe. An MS-DOS prompt screen similar to Figure 13 below will appear. Åé ¤¤ ¤å Figure 13 Step 5: Insert an empty floppy disk and press 1 to select 7) Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager 32bit. Then it will take about one minute to copy the SATA driver from the motherboard driver CD to the floppy disk.
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Page 11: Installing Sata Controller Driver During Os Installation
(5) Installing SATA controller driver during OS installation Now that you have prepared the SATA driver disk and configured BIOS settings, you are ready to install Windows 2000/XP onto your SATA hard drive with the SATA driver. The following is an example of Windows XP installation. - Page 12 Ác Step 3: If Setup correctly recognizes the driver in the floppy disk, a controller menu similar to Figure 20 below Åé will appear. Use the ARROW keys to select Intel(R) 82801 GR/GH SATA RAID Controller (Desktop ICH7R/DH)* and press ENTER. Then it will begin to load the SATA driver from the floppy disk. ¤¤...
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After the SATA controller driver installation is completed, you should see a screen as below. It indicates that you have installed the SATA controller driver successfully. You can proceed with the Windows 2000/XP installation. WindowsXP Professional Setup Welcome to Setup. This port of the Setup program prepares Microsoft(R) Windows (R) XP to run on your computer.