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5.4.2 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 conguration:

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.

5.4.3 Intel

RAID congurations

This motherboard supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and Intel

Matrix Storage

congurations for Serial ATA hard disks drives through the Intel

ESB2E

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 Storage Conguration, then press <Enter>.

3. Select the item Congure SATA as, then press <Enter> to display the

conguration options.

4. Select RAID from the Congure SATA as item options, then press <Enter>.

5. Save your changes, then exit the BIOS Setup.

See Chapter 4 for details on entering and navigating through the BIOS Setup.

If you want to boot the system from a hard disk drive included in a created RAID

set, copy rst the RAID driver from the support DVD to a oppy 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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