5.4.3JMicron® RAID Configuration

The JMicron® Serial ATA controller allows you to configure RAID 0 and RAID 1 sets on the external Serial ATA hard disk drives.

Before creating a RAID set

Prepare the following items:

•At two HDDs, preferably with the same model and capacity.

•A white floppy disk

•Microsoft® Windows® OS installation disk (Windows 2000/XP/2003)

•Motherboard support CD with JMB363 driver

Complete the following steps before you create a RAID set:

1.Install the external Serial ATA hard disk drives (HDDs) on your system.

2.Set the Onboard JMB363 Serial -ATA item in the BIOS to [RAID]. See section

“4.4.7 Onboard Devices Configuration” for details.

Phoenix-Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility

Advanced

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Onboard Device Configuration

Select Menu

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IDE Function Setup

 

 

Item Specific Help

 

 

Serial-ATA Configuration

 

 

 

 

 

USB Configuration

[Enabled]

Press [Enter] to set

 

 

Onboard 1394 Controller

 

 

Onboard 1st nVidia LAN

[Enabled]

 

 

 

Onboard 2nd nVidia LAN

[Enabled]

 

 

 

Onboard LAN Boot ROM

[Disabled]

 

 

 

Primary Display Adapter

[PCI-E slot]

 

 

 

HD Audio

 

 

[Auto]

 

 

 

Front Panel Support Type

[AC97]

 

 

 

 

JMicron SATAII Controller

[RAID]

 

 

 

 

Serial Port1 Address

[3F8/IRQ4]

 

 

 

Parallel Port Address

[378/IRQ7]

 

 

 

Parallel Port Mode

[EPP]

 

 

x ECP Mode Use DMA

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

F1:Help

↑↓ : Select Item

-/+: Change Value

F5: Setup Defaults

 

ESC: Exit

→←: Select Menu

Enter: Select Sub-menu F10: Save and Exit

3.Enter the JMB363 RAID BIOS utility to set up your RAID configuration.

4.Create a JMB363 RAID driver disk for Windows® OS installation. See section “5.5 Creating a RAID driver disk” for details.

5.Install the JMB363 driver after the Windows® OS had been installed.

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