3.3.2JMicron® 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.Two HDDs, preferably with the same model and capacity.

2.A write-enabled 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 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_RAID1.

Phoenix-Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility

Advanced

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Onboard Devices Configuration

Select Menu

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item Specific Help

 

 

JMicron RAID controller

[IDE]

 

 

 

 

SATA Controller

[Enabled]

Press [Enter] to set

 

 

SATA Controller Mode

[IDE]

 

 

Ex-SATA/PCI-E*1 Option

[Ex-SATA]

 

 

 

HDA Controller

[Auto]

 

 

 

Onboard LAN

[Enabled]

 

 

 

Onboard LAN Boot ROM

[Disabled]

 

 

 

Serial Port1 Address

[3F8/IRQ4]

 

 

 

Parallel Port Address

[378/IRQ7]

 

 

 

Parallel Port Mode

[Bi-Directional]

 

 

 

ECP Mode Use DMA

[3]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

F1:Help

↑↓ : Select Item

-/+: Change Value

F5: Setup Defaults

 

ESC: Exit

→←: Select Menu

Enter: Select SubMenu

F10: Save and Exit

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

“2.4.4 Onboard Devices Configuration” for details.

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 “3.4 Creating a RAID driver disk” for details.

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

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