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:

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

2.A white floppy disk

3.Microsoft¨ Windows¨ OS installation disk (Windows 2000/XP/2003)

4.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 -ATAitem in the BIOS to [RAID]. See section Ò4.4.4 Onboard Devices ConfigurationÓ for details.

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

 

Advanced

 

 

 

 

Configure Win627EHF Super IO Chipset

Onboard JMB363 Serial-

Onboard JMB363 Serial-ATA

[RAID]

 

 

Onboard PCIEX GbE LAN

[Enabled]

 

 

LAN Option ROM

[Disabled]

 

 

Serial Port1 Address

[3F8/IRQ4]

 

 

Parallel Port Address

[378]

 

 

Parallel Port Mode

[ECP]

 

 

ECP Mode DMA Channel

[DMA3]

 

 

Parallel Port IRQ

[IRQ7]

 

 

Onboard Game/MIDI Port

[Disabled]

 

 

Onboard 1394 Controller

[Enabled]

 

Select Screen

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

+-

Select Item

 

 

 

 

Change Option

 

 

 

 

F1

General Help

 

 

 

 

F10

Save and Exit

 

 

 

 

ESC

Exit

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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 Ò5.5 Creating a RAID driver diskÓ for details.

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

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