Installing Serial Ata Hard Disks; Intel ® Raid Configurations; Creating A Raid Driver Disk - Asus P5E3 DELUXE User Manual

If you want to boot the system from a hard disk drive included in a created RAID
set, copy first the RAID driver from the support DVD to a floppy disk before you
install an operating system to the selected hard disk drive. Refer to section 5.5
Creating a RAID driver disk for details.
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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.
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5.4.3 Intel
This motherboard supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10 (0+1) and Intel
Matrix Storage configurations for Serial ATA hard disks drives through the Intel
ICH9R Southbridge chip.
Setting the RAID item in BIOS
You must set the RAID item in the BIOS Setup before you can create a RAID
set(s). To do this:
1. Enter the BIOS Setup during POST.
2. Go to the Main menu, select SATA Configuration, then press <Enter>.
3. Select the item Configure SATA as, then press <Enter> to display the
configuration options.
4. Select [RAID] from the Configure SATA as item options, then press <Enter>.
5. Save your changes, then exit the BIOS Setup.
Refer to the system or the motherboard user guide for details on entering and
navigating through the BIOS Setup.
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