5.4.1 Install the hard disks

The VIA® VT6410 chipset supports UltraDMA133/100/66 hard disk drives. For optimal performance, install identical drives of the same model and capacity when creating a RAID set.

•If you are creating a RAID 0 (striping) array for perfomance, use two new drives.

•If you are creating a RAID 1 (mirroring) array for protection, you can use two new drives or use an existing drive and a new drive (the new drive must be of the same size or larger than the existing drive). If you use two drives of different sizes, the smaller capacity hard disk will be the base storage size. For example, one hard disk has an 80GB storage capacity and the other hard disk has 60GB storage capacity, the maximum storage capacity for the RAID 1 set is 60GB.

Follow these steps to install the hard disks for RAID configuration.

Before setting up your new RAID array, verify the status of your hard disks. Make sure the Master/Slave jumpers are configured properly.

1.Install the IDE hard disks into the drive bays.

2.Using Channel 0:

2.a Connect the RAID IDE cable connector (blue) to the motherboard’s primary IDE RAID slot (PRI_RAID1);

2.b Connect other end of RAID IDE cable connector (black) to the master hard disk;

2.c Connect the remaining IDE RAID connector (gray) to the slave hard disk.

3. Using Channel 1:

3.a Connect the RAID IDE cable connector (blue) to the motherboard’s secondary IDE RAID slot (SEC_RAID1);

3.b Connect other end of RAID IDE cable connector (black) to the master hard disk;

3.c Connect the remaining IDE RAID connector (gray) to the slave hard disk.

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