2.9.1Installing hard disks

The motherboard supports Ultra DMA 133/100/66 and Serial ATA hard disk drives. For optimal performance, install identical drives of the same model and capacity when creating a disk array.

Installing Serial ATA (SATA) hard disks

To install the SATA hard disks for a RAID configuration:

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.

2.9.2ULI® RAID configurations

The ULI® RAID controller supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, RAID 5, and JBOD configurations. Use the ULI® RAID BIOS Setup utility to configure a disk array.

You may also set the RAID configurations in Windows® OS after you have installed the Serial ATA RAID driver. See section 3.2.4 Make Disk menu for details.

Entering the ULI® RAID BIOS Setup Utility

To enter the ULI® RAID BIOS setup utility:

1.Boot up your computer, and press <Del> during POST to enter the BIOS setup.

2.In the Main Menu, go to Storage Configuration, and set the Onboard SATA

Boot ROM item to [Enabled].

3.Press <F10> to save the changes and exit.

4.Reboot your computer.

5.During POST. press <Ctrl+A>

The RAID BIOS setup screens shown in this section are for reference only, and may not exactly match the items on your screen.

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