User manual GIGABYTE GA-8IK1100

[. . . ] 3 Configuring RAID set in RAID BIOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Making a SATA controller driver disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Installing SATA controller driver during OS installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] Press CTRL+I to enter the Intel RAID setup utility. Figure 4 After pressing CTRL+I, the RAID Configuration Utility screen similar to that below will appear (Figure 5). Create RAID Volume: The Create RAID Volume selection from the Main Menu allows users to create RAID array(s). Delete RAID Volume: The Delete RAID Volume selection allows users to delete existing RAID set. Reset Disks to Non-RAID: The Reset Disks to Non-RAID selection allows users to set a RAID disk to non-RAID status. Exit: The Exit selection allows users to exit the Intel SATA RAID utility. Figure 5 - 5 - SATA Hard Drive Configurations ( Intel ICH5R) Ác Åé ¤¤ ¤å DISK/VOLUME INFORMATION: The DISK/VOLUME INFORMATION section displays information about existing hard drives and RAID array. Create RAID Volume in the Main Menu and press ENTER to enter CREATE ARRAY MENU (Figure 6). (If the installed hard drives has previously created RAID array, please back up the data and remove the RAID array before creating new array). The sequence of RAID array creation Please set the options below one by one: I. Name: This option allows users to name their RAID array(s) with up to 16 characters (do not use special characters). Create Volume: After the configuration of all the options above, the light bar will stop in Create Volume. Follow the on-screen instructions to press ENTER and then Y to confirm your selection. This action completes the creation of RAID array. 7 Figure 6 SATA Hard Drive Configurations ( Intel ICH5R) - 6 - Upon completion, you will return to the Main Menu. You should see the created RAID set in the DISK/ VOLUME INFORMATION section and other information about RAID mode, stripe size, drive model, and drive capacity. Figure 7 If you want to delete an existing RAID array, you may select 2. After the DELETE RAID ARRAY screen appears, press Del to confirm the deletion or ESC to abort. To exit the Serial ATA-RAID Configuration Utility, press ESC in Main Menu. Now you can proceed with the installation of SATA driver and operating system. - 7 - SATA Hard Drive Configurations ( Intel ICH5R) Ác Åé ¤¤ ¤å (4) Making a SATA controller driver disk To install Windows 2000/XP onto a SATA hard disk on the ICH5R controller successfully, you need to install required driver for the SATA controller on your motherboard during OS installation. Without the driver, the hard disk may not be recognized during the Windows setup process. First of all, you need to copy the driver for the SATA controller from the motherboard driver CD to a floppy disk. [. . . ] Step 4: When the screen as shown below appears, press ENTER to continue the SATA driver installation from the floppy disk. The driver installation will be finished in about one minute. Figure 15 - 11 - SATA Hard Drive Configurations ( Intel ICH5R) Ác Åé ¤¤ ¤å After the SATA controller driver installation is completed, you should see a screen similar to Figure 16 below. It indicates that you have installed the SATA controller driver successfully. [. . . ]