Asus P5GD2 manual Installing hard disks, Installing Parallel ATA hard disks

If you use either Windows¨ XP or Windows¨ 2000 operating system (OS), copy first the RAID driver from the support CD to a floppy disk before creating RAID configurations. Refer to section Ò5.7 Creating a RAID driver diskÓ for details.

5.4.1Installing hard disks

The motherboard supports Ultra DMA /133/100/66 and Serial ATA hard disk drives. For optimal performance, install identical drives of the same model and capacity when creating a disk array.

Installing Parallel ATA hard disks

To install IDE hard disks for a RAID configuration:

1.Set the jumpers of each hard disk as Master/Master or Slave/Slave.

2.Install the hard disks into the drive bays.

3.Connect the HDD signal cables.

4.Connect a 4-pin power cable to the power connector on each drive.

Installing Serial ATA (SATA) hard disks

To install the SATA hard disks for a RAID configuration:

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

2.Connect the SATA signal cables.

3.Connect a SATA power cable to the power connector on each drive.

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