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2.11 Serial ATA (SATA) / Serial ATAII (SATAII) Hard Disks Installation
This motherboard adopts NVIDIA® nForce 780a SLI chipset that supports Serial ATA (SATA) / Serial ATAII (SATAII) hard disks and RAID functions. You may install SATA / SATAII hard disks on this motherboard for internal storage devices. This section will guide you to install the SATA / SATAII hard disks.
STEP 1: Install the SATA / SATAII hard disks into the drive bays of your chassis.
STEP 2: Connect the SATA power cable to the SATA / SATAII hard disk.
STEP 3: Connect one end of the SATA data cable to the motherboard’s SATAII connector.
STEP 4: Connect the other end of the SATA data cable to the SATA / SATAII hard disk.
1.If you plan to use RAID 0, RAID 1 or JBOD function, you need to install at least 2 SATA / SATAII hard disks. If you plan to use RAID 5 function, you need to install 3 SATA / SATAII hard disks. If you plan to use RAID 0+1 function, you need to install 4 SATA / SATAII hard disks.
2.It is recommended to build RAID on internal SATAII ports. In other words, if SATAII_6 (PORT5) is used for eSATAII port, please build RAID on other SATAII ports.
3.Under
2.12 Driver Installation Guide
To install the drivers to your system, please insert the support CD to your optical drive first. Then, the drivers compatible to your system can be
2.13 Installing Windows® XP / XP
If you want to install Windows® XP, Windows® XP
2.13.1 Installing Windows® XP / XP 64-bit Without RAID Functions
If you want to install Windows® XP / Windows® XP
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