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Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) (Controller: nVIDIA nForce4-4X; nVIDIA nForce3 250/Ultra; nVIDIA
nForce2 MCP RAID) ..................................................................................................................... 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 controller driver disk .......................................................................................... 8
(5)
Installing SATA controller driver during OS installation ............................................................ 10
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Configuring a bootable RAID array with Microsoft Windows 2000 ........................................ 13
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Page 1: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) (Controller: nVIDIA nForce4-4X; nVIDIA nForce3 250/Ultra; nVIDIA nForce2 MCP RAID) ........................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 ..................... -
Page 2: Configuring Sata Hard Drive(S) (Controller: Nvidia Nforce4-4X
SATA0_SB/SATA_SB is controlled by the SATA controller on South-Bridge.) Then connect the power connector from your power supply to the hard drive. "*" Skip this step if you do not want to create RAID array on the SATA controller. SATA Hard Drive Configurations (nForce series) - 2 -... -
Page 3: Configuring Sata Controller Mode And Boot Sequence In Bios Setup
SATA Primary Master RAID [Enabled] SATA Secndry Master RAID [Enabled] higf: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults Figure 2 - 3 - SATA Hard Drive Configurations (nForce series) -
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Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults Figure 4 Step 4: Save and exit BIOS Setup. SATA Hard Drive Configurations (nForce series) - 4 -... -
Page 5: Configuring Raid Set In Raid Bios
[ F 6] Bac k [ F 7 ] F in is h [ TA B] N a vig a t e [ E N TE R ] P o p u p Figure 6 - 5 - SATA Hard Drive Configurations (nForce series) -
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[ F 6] Bac k [ F 7 ] F in is h [ TA B] N a vig a t e [ E N TE R ] P o p u p Figure 8 SATA Hard Drive Configurations (nForce series) - 6 -... - Page 7 Y to confirm or N to cancel. Press ENTER to return to the Array List screen. To exit the Nvidia RAID utility, press CTRL+X. Now, you can proceed to install the SATA controller driver and operating system. - 7 - SATA Hard Drive Configurations (nForce series)
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Page 8: Making A Sata Controller Driver Disk
Step 2: Go to My Computer and right-click the CD-ROM drive icon and select Open (Figure 11). Figure 11 Step 3: Go to the BootDrv folder and look for an executable program named MENU.exe (Figure 12). Figure 12 SATA Hard Drive Configurations (nForce series) - 8 -... - Page 9 SATA driver from the motherboard driver CD to the floppy disk. Step 6: Press 0 to exit when the procedure is complete (Figure 14). You have copied the SATA driver successfully. Figure 14 - 9 - SATA Hard Drive Configurations (nForce series)
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Page 10: Installing Sata Controller Driver During Os Installation
* If you do not have any device support disks from a mass storage device manufacturer, or do not want to specify additional mass storage devices for use with Windows, press ENTER. S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 16 SATA Hard Drive Configurations (nForce series) - 10 -... - Page 11 "*" If you want to create RAID, select both NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER and then NVIDIA NFo rce Storage Controller. If you do not create RAID, select NVIDIA NForce Storage Controller only. - 11 - SATA Hard Drive Configurations (nForce series)
- Page 12 To set up Windows XP now, press ENTER. To repair a Windows XP installation using Recovery Console, press R. To quit Setup without installing Windows XP, press F3. Enter= Continue R=Repair F3=Exit Figure 20 SATA Hard Drive Configurations (nForce series) - 12 -...
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Page 13: Configuring A Bootable Raid Array With Microsoft Windows 2000
SATA Primary Master RAID [Disabled] SATA Secndry Master RAID [Disabled] higf: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Save Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults Figure 22 - 13 - SATA Hard Drive Configurations (nForce series) -
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[ F 6] Bac k [ F 7 ] F in is h [ TA B] N a vig a t e [ E N TE R ] P o p u p Figure 24 SATA Hard Drive Configurations (nForce series) - 14 -... - Page 15 Note: If users choose not to install Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 or 4, RAID is still supported on Windows 2000. However, users will not be able to create a bootable RAID volume. - 15 - SATA Hard Drive Configurations (nForce series)
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