5.5.3JMicron® RAID Configuration

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

Before creating a RAID set

Prepare the following items:

1.Two SATA HDDs, preferably with the same model and capacity.

2.A write-enabled floppy disk

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

4.Motherboard support CD with JMB363 driver

Complete the following steps before you create a RAID set:

1.Install an internal Serial ATA hard disk drive and an external Serial ATA hard disk drive on your system.

Install the internal Serial ATA hard disk drive to the SATA connector labeled SATA_RAID or SATA_RAID1.

2.Set the JMicron Controller Mode item in the BIOS to [RAID]. See section

4.4.7 Onboard Devices Configuration for details.

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

 

 

Advanced

 

 

 

 

 

 

Configure Win627EHF Super IO Chipset

 

 

Enable or Disable

 

HD Audio Controller

[Enabled]

High Definition Audio

 

Controller

 

Front Panel Support Type

[AC97]

 

 

 

Onboard 1394 Controller

[Enabled]

 

 

 

Onboard PCIE GbE LAN_1

[Enabled]

 

 

 

LAN Option ROM

[Disabled]

 

 

 

Onboard PCI LAN_2

[Enabled]

 

 

 

LAN Option ROM

[Disabled]

 

 

 

JMicron SATA/PATA Controller

[Enabled]

 

 

 

JMicron Controller Mode

[RAID]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Select Screen

 

Serial Port1 Address

[3F8/IRQ4]

 

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 5.6 Creating a RAID driver disk for details.

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

Always install the JMB363 driver before creating RAID sets.

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