Gigabyte GA-78LMT-S2P: Chapter 3 Drivers Installation

Chapter 3 Drivers Installation

• Before installing the drivers, rst install the operating system.

• After installing the operating system, insert the motherboard driver disk into your optical drive.

The driver Autorun screen is automatically displayed which looks like that shown in the screen

shot below. (If the driver Autorun screen does not appear automatically, go to My Computer,

double-click the optical drive and execute the Run.exe program.)

After inserting the driver disk, "Xpress Install" will automatically scan your system and then list all the drivers

that are recommended to install. You can click the Install All button and "Xpress Install" will install all the rec-

ommended drivers. Or click Install Single Items to manually select the drivers you wish to install.

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ConguringSATAHardDrive(s)

Before you begin

Please prepare:

• At least two SATA hard drives (to ensure optimal performance, it is recommended that you use two hard

drives with identical model and capacity). If you do not want to create RAID, you may prepare only one

hard drive.

• An empty formatted oppy disk.

• Windows Vista/XP setup disk.

• Motherboard driver disk.

ConguringtheOnboardSATAController

A. Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your computer

Attach one end of the SATA signal cable to the rear of the SATA hard drive and the other end to available

SATA port on the motherboard. Then connect the power connector from your power supply to the hard drive.

B.ConguringSATAcontrollermodeinBIOSSetup

Make sure to configure the SATA controller mode correctly in system BIOS Setup. For the BIOS Setup

menus, refer to Chapter 2, "BIOS Setup," "Integrated Peripherals."

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Steps:

1. Turn on your computer and press <Delete> to enter BIOS Setup during the POST (Power-On Self-Test).

Ensure OnChip SATA Controller is enabled under Integrated Peripherals. To enable RAID for the

SATA2_0/1/2/3 connectors, set OnChip SATA Type to RAID. To enable RAID for the SATA2_4/5 connec-

tors, set OnChip SATA Type to RAID and set OnChip SATA Port4/5 Type to As SATA Type.

2. Save changes and exit BIOS Setup.

The BIOS Setup menus described in this section may differ from the exact settings for your moth-

erboard. The actual BIOS Setup menu options you will see shall depend on the motherboard you

have and the BIOS version.

C.ConguringRAIDsetinRAIDBIOS

Enter the RAID BIOS setup utility to congure a RAID array. After the POST memory test begins and

before the operating system boot begins, look for a message which says "Press <Ctrl-F> to enter RAID

Option ROM Utility". Press <Ctrl> + <F> to enter the RAID BIOS setup utility. To create a new array, press

<2> to enter the LDView/LDDeneMenu window. To create an array, press <Ctrl+C> to access the LD

DeneMenu. In the LDDeneMenu, use the up or down arrow key to move to an item for further congu-

ration. In the following procedure, we'll create RAID 0 as an example.

Steps:

1. Under the RAID Mode section, press the <SPACE> key to select RAID 0.

2. Set the Stripe Block size. 64 KB is the default.

3. Under the Drives Assignments section, press the up or down arrow key to highlight a drive.

4. Press the <SPACE> key or <Y>to change the Assignment option to Y. This action adds the drive to the

disk array. The Drv section will show the number of disks assigned.

5. Press <Ctrl>+<Y> keys to save the information. The message in Figure 1 will appear. Press <Ctrl>+<Y>

to input the array name. If you do not input the array name, the default array name will be used.

Please press Ctrl-Y key to input the LD Name

or press any key to exit.

If you do not input any LD name, the default

LDnamewillbeused.

Figure 1

6. When the next message appears, press <Ctrl>+<Y> to clear the MBR or press other keys to ignore this

option.

FastInitializationOptionhasbeenselected

It will erase the MBR data of the disk.

<PressCtrl-YKeyifyouaresuretoeraseit>

<Pressanyotherkeytoignorethisoption>

Figure 2

7. Then, the message in Figure 8 will appear. Press <Ctrl>+<Y> to set the capacity of the RAID array or

press other keys to set the array to its maximum capacity.

Press Ctrl-Y to Modify Array Capacity or press any

other key to use maximum capacity...

Figure 3

8. After the creation is complete, the screen will return to LD View Menu where you will see the newly-

created array.

9. Press <Esc> to return to Main Menu and press <Esc> again if you want to exit the RAID BIOS utility.

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Making a SATA RAID Driver Diskette

Copy the driver for the SATA controller from the motherboard driver disk to a oppy disk (for Windows XP) or

a USB ash drive (for Windows 7/Vista). For example, to copy the RAID driver for Windows XP 32-bit operat-

ing system, copy the driver from the following directory to your oppy disk: \BootDrv\SBxxx\x86. (To install

Windows 64-bit, copy the les in the x64 folder.)

Installing the SATA RAID Driver and Operating System

A. Installing Windows XP

Before installing Windows XP, connect a USB oppy disk drive to your computer. Restart your system to boot

from the Windows XP setup disk and press <F6> as soon as you see the message "Press F6 if you need to

install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver." Insert the oppy disk containing the SATA controller driver. Follow

the on-screen instructions to install the two drivers displayed. When completed, proceed with the Windows

XP installation.

B. Installing Windows 7/Vista

Restart your system to boot from the Windows 7/Vista setup disk and perform standard OS installation steps.

Select Load Driver. Insert the oppy disk/USB ash drive (for users using a SATA optical drive) containing the

driver or insert the motherboard driver disk. For Windows 32-bit, browse to \BootDrv\SBxxxW7\RAID\W7 to

load the driver and continue the OS installation. For Windows 64-bit, browse to \BootDrv\SBxxxW7\RAID\

W764A to load the driver and continue the OS installation.

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