Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-SLI user manual Installing the RAID drivers, Cd bootdrv Menu

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Installing the RAID drivers

To install operating system onto a serial ATA hard disk successfully, you need to install the SATA controller driver during OS installation. Without the driver, the hard disk may not be recognized during the Windows setup process. First of all, copy the driver for the SATA controller from the motherboard driver CD-ROM to a floppy disk. See the instructions below about how to copy the driver in MS-DOS mode(Note1). Prepare a startup disk that has CD-ROM support and a blank formatted floppy disk.

Step 1: Insert the prepared startup disk and motherboard driver CD-ROM in your system. Boot from the

startup disk. Once at the A:\> prompt, change to the CD-ROM drive (example: D:\>). At the D:\> prompt, type the following two commands. Press ENTER after each command (Fig.1):

cd bootdrv

menu

Step 2: When the controller menu (Fig.2) appears, remove the startup disk and insert the blank formatted disk. Select the controller driver by pressing the corresponding letter from the menu(Note2). Your system will then automatically zip and transfer this driver file to the floppy disk. Press 0 to exit when finished.

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Step 3: After completing the steps, boot from the Windows installation disk to install the RAID drivers. Press F6 as soon as you see the "Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver" message, then supply serial ATA controller driver by this floppy disk. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.

(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.)

(Note 1): For users without a startup disk.

Use an alternative system and insert the GIGABYTE motherboard driver CD-ROM. From the CD-ROM drive (example: D:\) double click the MENU.exe file in the BootDrv folder. A command prompt window will open similar to that in Fig. 2.

(Note 2): If you wish to install operating system to SATA hard disks on the Sil3114 controller, you must select the Sil3114 Raid5 item. Please refer to the provided Sil3114 SATA RAID (RAID 5) function manual for detailed information about Sil3114 SATA RAID configuration.

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Contents GA-K8NXP-SLI Motherboard Product Manual Classification CopyrightTable of Contents Drivers Installation GA-K8NXP-SLI Motherboard Layout Block Diagram Page Preparing Your Computer Considerations Prior to InstallationInstallation Notices Instances of Non-WarrantySATA3SII Feature SummaryBios Installation of the CPU Installation of the CPU and Fan Heat SinkInstallation of the Fan Heat Sink Installation of Memory Dual Channel Memory Configuration Installation of Expansion Cards What is K8DPS? Installation of K8DPS Dual Power SystemBefore You Begin Setup of SLI Scalable Link Interface ConfigurationEnabling SLI Mode Graphics card I/O Back Panel Introduction Connectors Introduction Rear Speaker OutSide Speaker Out ATX12V/ATX Power Connector Nbfan Chip Fan Power Connector 5 Cpufan / SYSFAN/ Pwrfan Cooler Fan Power ConnectorIDE1 / IDE2 IDE Connector FDD FDD ConnectorFaudio Front Audio Panel Connector Fpanel Front Panel Jumper Pwrled Cdin CD In ConnectorIrcir USB1 / FUSB2/FUSB3 Front USB ConnectorClrcmos Clear Cmos 17 F11394/F21394 Ieee 1394 ConnectorsBattery English Main Menu Status Page Setup Menu / Option Page Setup MenuMain Menu For example Bios Ver. F2g „ Set User Password „ Save & Exit Setup„ Exit Without Saving IDE Channel 0 Master/Slave IDE Channel 1 Master/Slave TimeFloppy 3 Mode Support for Japan Area Hard Disk Boot Priority First / Second / Third Boot DeviceBoot Up Floppy Seek Init Display First Password CheckOn-Chip IDE Channel1 IDE DMA transfer accessIntegrated Peripherals On-Chip IDE Channel0IDE/SATA RAID function On-Chip LAN Boot ROMIDE Prefetch Mode On-Chip MAC Lan LANUSB Keyboard Support Onboard LAN Boot ROMOn-Chip USB USB Memory TypeCIR Port Address Parallel Port ModeECP Mode Use DMA Onboard Parallel PortUSB Resume from Suspend Power-On by AlarmPME Event Wake Up Modem Ring OnPower On By Mouse Power On By KeyboardAC Back Function PnP/PCI Configurations Current VoltageV Vcore / DDR25V / +3.3V / +12V Current CPU TemperatureCurrent CPU/POWER/SYSTEM FAN Speed RPM CPU Warning TemperaturePcie Clock Core Power voltage controlCPU Frequency CPU Spread SpectrumDDR voltage control HT-Link voltage controlExit Without Saving Save & Exit SetupInstall Chipset Drivers Drivers InstallationSoftware Information Software ApplicationContact Us Hardware InformationEnglish Unique Software Utilities EasyTune 5 IntroductionUser Interface Overview Xpress Recovery Introduction What is Xpress Recovery ?How to use the Xpress Recovery Press F9 during powering on the computer. Text Mode F9 For Xpress RecoveryExit and Restart Remove Backup Image  Remove backup image. Are you sure? Y/NFlash Bios Method Introduction What is Dual Bios Technology?How to use Dual Bios and Q-Flash Utility? Halt On Error DisableDefault, Enable Wide Range Protection DisableDefault, EnableBoot From Main BIOSDefault, Backup Bios Auto Recovery EnableDefault, DisableBefore You Begin Method 1 Q-FlashTMUtilityTask menu for Q-Flash utility Exploring the Q-FlashTM / Dual Bios utility screenTask menu for Dual Bios utility Entering the Q-FlashTMutilitySteps Using the Q-FlashTMutilityYou can repeat to Part Two Task menu for Q-FlashTMutility FlashTMutility bar Exploring the Q-FlashTMutility screenBios file becomes F4 after updating Congratulation!! You have updated Bios successfullyMethods and steps Method 2 @BIOSTM UtilityEnglish RAID Levels Serial ATA Bios Setting Utility IntroductionEntering the RAID Bios Setup Configuring the Nvidia RAID BiosAssigning the Disks Using the Define a New Array WindowSelecting the RAID Mode Selecting the Striping Block SizeCompleting the RAID Bios Setup Array 2 Nvidia Mirror 111.79G Cd bootdrv Menu Installing the RAID driversIntroduction of audio connectors Stereo Speakers Connection and Settings5 2- / 4- / 6- / 8- Channel Audio Function Introduction Channel Audio Setup English English Auto-detecting Jack-Sensing IntroductionManual setting Troubleshooting English English English English Taiwan Headquarters Contact UsChina Shanghai