Asus Z7S WS manual JMicron RAID Configuration, Before creating a RAID set

5.4.4JMicron® 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 (Windows XP). A write-enabled floppy disk or a USB flash disk drive (Windows Vista)

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

4.Motherboard support CD with JMB363 driver

Complete the following steps before you create a RAID set:

1.Install the two external Serial ATA hard disk drives on your system.

2.Set the Controller Mode item in the BIOS to [RAID]. See section 4.4.4

Onboard Device Configuration for details.

			BIOS SETUP UTILITY
		Advanced
Onboard Devices Configuration				Allows BIOS to Select
Serial Port1 Address			[3F8/IRQ4]	S e r i a l P o r t 1 B a s e
				Addresses.
J-Micron eSATA/PATA Controller [Enabled]
	Controller Mode		[IDE]
Front Panel Support Type			[AC97]
Onboard 1394			[Enabled]
Onboard LAN			[Enabled]
	Onboard LAN Boot ROM		[Disabled]
PCI Express x1			[Auto]
Primary Display Adapter			[PCI-E]		Select Screen
					Select Item
				+-	Change Option
				F1	General Help
				F10Save and Exit
				ESCExit

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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 5.5 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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