Jmicron ® Raid Configuration; Before Creating A Raid Set - Asus P5K3 Deluxe User Manual

5.4.3 JMicron
The JMicron ® Serial ATA controller allows you to configure RAID 0, RAID 1 and
JBOD sets on the external Serial ATA hard disk drives.

Before creating a RAID set

Prepare the following items:
1. Two SATA HDDs, preferably with the same model and capacity.
2. A write-enabled floppy disk (Windows XP). A write-enabled floppy disk or a
USB flash disk drive (Windows Vista)
3. Microsoft Windows
®
4. Motherboard support CD with JMB363 driver
Complete the following steps before you create a RAID set:
1. Install the two external Serial ATA hard disk drives on your system.
Set the Controller Mode item in the BIOS to [RAID]. See section 4.4.5
2.
Onboard Devices Configuration for details.
Advanced
Onboard Device Configuration
High Definition Audio
Front Panel Type
J-Micron eSATA/PATA Controller
Controller Mode
Realtek GigaBit LAN
LAN Boot ROM
Marvell GigaBit LAN
LAN Boot ROM
Realtek Wireless LAN
Agere Firewire 1394
Serial Port1 Address
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3. Enter the JMB363 RAID BIOS utility to set up your RAID configuration.
4. Create a JMB363 RAID driver disk for Windows
5.5 Creating a RAID driver disk for details.
5. Install the JMB363 driver after the Windows
Always install the JMB363 driver before creating RAID sets.
ASUS P5K3 Deluxe
RAID Configuration
®
OS installation disk (Windows XP)
®
BIOS SETUP UTILITY
[Enabled]
[HD Audio]
[Enabled]
[RAID]
[Enabled]
[Disabled]
[Enabled]
[Disabled]
[Enabled]
[Enabled]
[3F8/IRQ4]
Enable or Disable
High Definition Audio
Controller
Select Screen
Select Item
+- Change Option
F1 General Help
F10 Save and Exit
ESC Exit
® OS installation. See section
® OS had been installed.
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