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5.4.2 NVIDIA® MediaShield RAID congurations
The motherboard includes a high performance RAID controller integrated in
the NVIDIA® nForce™ 590 SLI southbridge chipset. It supports RAID 0, RAID
1, RAID 0+1, RAID 5 and JBOD for four independent Serial ATA channels.

Setting the BIOS RAID items

After installing the hard disk drives, make sure to set the necessary RAID
items in the BIOS before setting your RAID conguration.
To set the BIOS RAID items:
1. Boot the system and press <Del> during the Power-On Self-Test (POST)
to enter the BIOS Setup Utility.
2. From the Main > Serial ATA Conguration menu item in the BIOS set
the nVidia RAID Function item to Enabled.
3. Select and enable the SATA drive(s) that you want to congure as
RAID. See section “4.4.7 Onboard Device Conguration” for details.
4. Save your changes and Exit Setup.
• For detailed descriptions on the NVIDIA® RAID conguration, refer to
the “NVIDIA® RAID User’s Guide” found in your motherboard support
CD.
• When using Windows 2000 operating system, make sure to install
the Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 or later versions.
Make sure to re-enter your NVRAID settings after the CMOS is cleared;
otherwise, the system will not recognize your RAID setup.