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Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) (Controller: Silicon Image Sil3112) ............................................. 2
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Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your system ............................................................................. 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
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Installing SATA controller driver during OS installation ............................................................ 10
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Page 1: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) (Controller: Silicon Image Sil3112) ..........2 Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your system ................2 Configuring SATA controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup ........3 Configuring RAID set in RAID BIOS ..................... 5 Making a SATA controller driver disk .................. -
Page 2: Configuring Sata Hard Drive(S) (Controller: Silicon Image Sil3112)
SATA port(s) on the motherboard (If there are more than one SATA controller on your motherboard, you may check the name of the SATA connnector to identify the SATA controlller for the connector. For example, SATA0_SII/SATA1_SII is controlled by the Sil3112 controller). Then connect the power connector from your power supply to the hard drive. -
Page 3: Configuring Sata Controller Mode And Boot Sequence In Bios Setup
The BIOS Setup menus described in this section may not show the exact settings for your motherboard. The actual BIOS Setup menu options you will see shall depend on the motherboard you have and the BIOS version . - 3 - SATA Hard Drive Configurations (Sil3112) -
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Advanced BIOS Features : Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults Figure 3 Step 4: Save and exit BIOS Setup. SATA Hard Drive Configurations (Sil3112) - 4 -... -
Page 5: Configuring Raid Set In Raid Bios
The Resolve Conflicts is used to automatically find the member drives of a RAID set which has been disrupted (physical drives swapped around, for example) and restore the RAID set to proper operation. Main Menu Help Window Function keys Hard Drives Properties Figure 5 - 5 - SATA Hard Drive Configurations (Sil3112) -
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Striped Sets to 64KB. If Manual configuration is selected, you can manually change the chunk size (from 4K to 128K) and then assign the drives to be used in the RAID array. Figure 7 SATA Hard Drive Configurations (Sil3112) - 6 -... -
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Press ENTER and follow the on-screen instructions to delete the RAID set. Figure 9 After completing the configuration, press CTRL+E to exit the RAID Configuration Utility. Now, you can proceed to the installation of the SATA driver and operating system. - 7 - SATA Hard Drive Configurations (Sil3112) -
Page 8: Making A Sata Controller Driver Disk
Ác (4) Making a SATA controller driver disk To install Windows 2000/XP onto a SATA hard disk on the Sil3112 controller successfully, you need Åé to install required driver for the SATA controller during OS installation. Without the driver, the hard drives ¤¤... - 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 13). You have copied the SATA driver sucessfully. Figure 13 - 9 - SATA Hard Drive Configurations (Sil3112)
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Page 10: Installing Sata Controller Driver During Os Installation
(Figure 20). After pressing F6, there will be a few moments of some files being loaded before you see the next screen. Figure 14 Step 2: When a screen similar to that below appears (Figure 15), insert the floppy disk containing the SATA driver and press S. Figure 15 SATA Hard Drive Configurations (Sil3112) - 10 -... -
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If a message appears saying one or some file(s) cannot be found, please check the floppy disk or copy the correct SATA driver again from the motherboard driver CD. "*" Select the driver according to the operating system that you want to install. - 11 - SATA Hard Drive Configurations (Sil3112) - Page 12 (Note: Each time you add a new hard drive to a RAID array, the RAID driver will have to be installed under Windows once for that hard drive. After that, the driver will not have to be installed.) SATA Hard Drive Configurations (Sil3112) - 12 -...