Gigabyte GA-8I945G: Chapter 4 Appendix

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Chapter 4 Appendix

4-1 Unique Software Utilities

(Not all model support these Unique Software Utilities, please check your MB features.)

U-PLUS D.P.S. (Universal Plus Dual Power System)

The U-Plus Dual Power System (U-Plus DPS) is a revolutionary eight-phase power circuit

built for ultimate system protection. Designed to withstand varying current levels and

changes, the U-Plus D.P.S. provides an immensely durable and stable power circuit to the

CPU for solid system stability. These characteristics make it the ideal companion with the

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latest LGA775 Intel

Pentium

4 Processor as well as future Intel

processors. As well, 4

blue LED's are mounted on the U-Plus D.P.S. for intelligent indication of system loading.

M.I.T. (Motherboard Intelligent Tweaker)

Motherboard Intelligent Tweaker (M.I.T.) allows user to access and change BIOS feature

settings with relative speed and ease. Through GIGABYTE M.I.T. feature the user is no

longer required to switch into different modes within BIOS setup in order to change system

settings such as the CPU system bus, memory timings or to enabled Gigabyte's unique

C.I.A. 2 and M.I.B. 2 features. M.I.T.'s integration of all platform performance settings into

a single mode now gives any user the ability to control and enhance their computer system

to the desired level.

C.I.A.2 (CPU Intelligent Accelerator 2)

GIGABYTE CPU Intelligent Accelerator 2(C.I.A. 2) is designed to automatically adjust CPU

computing power to maximize system performance. When enabled, the program detects

the current CPU loading and automatically accelerates the CPU computing performance to

allow for a faster and smoother execution of programs. When the function is disabled, the

CPU is returned to its initial status.

M.I.B.2 (Memory Intelligent Booster 2)

Built on the original M.I.B., the new Memory Intelligent Booster 2 (M.I.B. 2) is designed

especially to maximize memory performance and boost memory bandwidth up to 10%.

With added branded memory module information, users are able to optimize memory

performance by selecting from a recommended memory module list.

S.O.S. (System Overclock Saver)

System Overclock Saver (S.O.S.) is a unique feature that eliminates system boot-up errors

resulting from system over-enhancement by the user. With GIGABYTE's proprietary

S.O.S. feature, users no longer need to open up the PC chassis and short-circuit the "Clear

CMOS" pins or the battery on the motherboard to reset the system back to factory default

settings. Instead, S.O.S. automatically resets the overclocked system settings back to their

factory defaults to provide a more user-friendly and reliable platform for users.

Download Center

Download Center allows users to quickly download and update their BIOS as well as the

latest drivers for their system. Download Center automatically runs a system check of the

user PC and provides the user with the current system information as well as displaying a

detailed list of all new drivers with the option for download.

C.O.M. (Corporate Online Management)

A web-based system management tool that allows system hardware information such as

CPU, memory, graphics card, etc. to be monitored and controlled via the Internet, C.O.M.

allows corporate MIS engineers to easily maintain corporate computers such as providing

the most up-to-date drivers and BIOS. (Do not use C.O.M. and @BIOS at the same time.)

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4-1-1 EasyTune 5 Introduction

EasyTune 5 presents the most convenient Windows based system performance enhancement and

manageability utility. Featuring several powerful yet easy to use tools such as 1) Overclocking for enhancing

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system performance, 2) C.I.A. and M.I.B. for special enhancement for CPU and Memory, 3) Smart-Fan

control for managing fan speed control of both CPU cooling fan and North-Bridge Chipset cooling fan, 4) PC

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health for monitoring system status.

User Interface Overview

Button / Display Description

1. Overclocking Enters the Overclocking setting page

2. C.I.A./C.I.A.2 and M.I.B./M.I.B.2 Enters the C.I.A./2 and M.I.B./2 setting page

3. Smart-Fan Enters the Smart-Fan setting page

4. PC Health Enters the PC Health setting page

5. GO Confirmation and Execution button

6. "Easy Mode" & "Advance Mode" Toggles between Easy and Advance Mode

7. Display screen Display panel of CPU frequency

8. Function display LEDs Shows the current functions status

9. GIGABYTE Logo Log on to GIGABYTE website

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10. Help button Display EasyTune

5 Help file

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11. Exit or Minimize button Quit or Minimize EasyTune

5 software

(Note) EasyTune 5 functions may vary depending on different motherboards.

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4-1-2 Xpress Recovery Introduction

What is Xpress Recovery ?

Xpress Recovery is a utility used to back up and restore an OS partition.

If the hard drive is not working properly, the user can restore the drive to

its original state.

1. Supports FAT16, FAT32, and NTFS formats

2. Must be connected to the IDE1 Master

3. Allows installation of only one OS

4. Must be used with an IDE hard disk supporting HPA

5. The first partition must be set as the boot partition. When the boot partition is backed up,

please do not alter its size.

6. Xpress Recovery is recommended when using Ghost to return boot manager to NTFS

format.

How to use the Xpress Recovery

1. Boot from CD-ROM (BMP Mode)

Enter the BIOS menu, select "Advanced BIOS Feature" and set to boot from CD-ROM. Insert the

provided driver CD into your CD drive, then save and exit the BIOS menu. Once the computer has

restarted, the phrase "Boot from CD:" will appear at the bottom left-hand corner of the screen. When

"Boot from CD:" appears, press any key to enter Xpress Recovery.

Once you have completed this step, subsequent access to Xpress Recovery can also function by

pressing the F9 key during computer power on.

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Verifying DMI Pool Data

Boot from CD:

Boot from CD:

Xpress Recovery V1.0 (C) Copy Right 2003. GIGABYTE Technology CO. , Ltd.

1. Execute Backup Utility

2. Execute Restore Utility

3. Remove Backup Image

4. Set Password

5. Exit and Restart

Build 2011

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2. Press F9 during powering on the computer. (Text Mode)

Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Al ly

Copyright (C) 1984-2004, Award Software, Inc.

Intel 865PE AGPSet BIOS for 8IPE1000MT F1

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Check System Health OK

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Press DEL to enter SETUP / Q-Flash, F9 For Xpress Recovery

F9 For Xpress Recovery

08/16/2002-I845GE-6A69YG01C-00

Xpress Recovery V1.0 (C) Copy Right 2003. GIGABYTE Technology CO. , Ltd.

1. Execute Backup Utility

2. Execute Restore Utility

3. Remove Backup Image

4. Set Password

5. Exit and Restart

1. If you have already entered Xpress Recovery by booting from the CD-ROM, you can enter

Xpress Recovery in the future by pressing the F9 key.

2. System storage capacity as well as drive reading/writing speed will affect backup speed.

3. It is recommended that Xpress Recovery be immediately installed after OS and all required

driver and software installations are complete.

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1. Execute Backup Utility:

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 Press B to Backup your System or Esc to Exit

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The backup utility will automatically scan your system and back up data as a backup image in your hard

drive.

Not all systems support access to Xpress Recovery by pressing the F9 key during computer power

on. If this is the case, please use the boot from CD-ROM method to enter Xpress Recovery.

2. Execute Restore Utility:

 This program will recover your system to factory default.

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Press R to restore your system back to factory default or press Esc to exit

Restores backup image to original state.

3. Remove Backup Image:

 Remove backup image. Are you sure? (Y/N)

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Remove the backup image.

4. Set Password:

 Please input a 4-16 character long password (a-z or 0-9) or press Esc to exit

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You can set a password to enter Xpress Recovery to protect your hard disk data. Once this is done,

password input will be required to enter Xpress Recovery during the next as well as subsequent system

restarts. If you wish to remove the need for password entry, please select "Set Password" and under

"New Password/Confirm Password", make sure there is no entry and then press "Enter" to remove

password requirement.

5. Exit and Restart:

Exit and restart your computer.

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3. Press Y button on your keyboard after you are sure to update BIOS.

Then it will begin to update BIOS. The progress of updating BIOS will be shown at the same time.

Q-Flash Utility V1.30

Flash Type/Size.................................SST 49LF003A 256K

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Keep DMI Data Enable

Updating BIOS Now

Do not turn off power or

Update BIOS from Floppy

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>.........................

Save BIOS to Floppy

reset your system

Enter : Run :Move ESC:Reset F10:Power Off

Don't Turn Off Power or Reset System

at this stage!!

4. Press any keys to return to the Q-Flash menu when the BIOS updating procedure is completed.

Q-Flash Utility V1.30

Flash Type/Size.................................SST 49LF003A 256K

Keep DMI Data Enable

!! Copy BIOS completed - Pass !!

Update BIOS from Floppy

Save BIOS to Floppy

Please press any key to continue

Enter : Run :Move ESC:Reset F10:Power Off

5. Press Esc and then Y button to exit the Q-Flash utility. The computer will restart automatically after

you exit Q-Flash.

Q-Flash Utility V1.30

Flash Type/Size.................................SST 49LF003A 256K

Keep DMI Data Enable

Are you sure to RESET ?

Update BIOS from Floppy

Save BIOS to Floppy

[Enter] to continure or [Esc] to abort...

Enter : Run :Move ESC:Reset F10:Power Off

After system reboots, you may find the BIOS version on your boot screen becomes the one you flashed.

Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally

Copyright (C) 1984-2003, Award Software, Inc.

Intel 845GE AGPSet BIOS for 8GE800 F4

The BIOS file

Check System Health OK

Main Processor : Intel Pentium(R) 4 1.7GHz (100x17.0)

becomes F4 after

<CPUID : 0F0A Patch ID : 0009>

Memory Testing : 122880K OK + 8192K Shared Memory

updating

Primary Master : FUJITSU MPE3170AT ED-03-08

Primary Slave : None

Secondary Master : CREATIVEDVD-RM DVD1242E BC101

Secondary Slave : None

Press DEL to enter SETUP / Q-Flash

03/18/2003-I845GE-6A69YG01C-00

6. Press Del to enter BIOS menu after system reboots and "Load BIOS Fail-Safe Defaults". See how

to Load BIOS Fail-Safe Defaults, please kindly refer to Step 6 to 7 in Part One.

Congratulation!! You have updated BIOS successfully!!

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Method 2 : @BIOS

Utility

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If you do not have a DOS startup disk, we recommend that you use the

new @BIOS utility. @BIOS allows users to update their BIOS under

Windows. Just select the desired @BIOS server to download the latest

version of BIOS.

Fig 1. Installing the @BIOS utility Fig 2. Installation complete and run @BIOS

Click Start/ All Programs/ Gigabyte/@BIOS

Select @BIOS item than click Install

Fig 3. The @BIOS utility Fig 4. Select the desired @BIOS server

Click "" Click "Update New BIOS"

1. Methods and steps:

I. Update BIOS through Internet:

a. Click "Internet Update" icon.

b. Click "Update New BIOS" icon.

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c. Select @BIOS

sever.

d. Select the exact model name on your motherboard.

e. System will automatically download and update the BIOS.

II. Update BIOS NOT through Internet:

a. Do not click "Internet Update" icon.

b. Click "Update New BIOS".

c. Please select "All Files" in dialog box while opening the old file.

d. Please search for BIOS unzip file, downloading from internet or any other methods (such as:

945GMBX.F2).

e. Complete update process following the instruction.

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III. Save BIOS:

In the very beginning, there is "Save Current BIOS" icon shown in dialog box. It means to save the

current BIOS version.

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IV. Check out supported motherboard and Flash ROM:

In the very beginning, there is "About this program" icon shown in dialog box. It can help you check out

which kind of motherboard and which brand of Flash ROM are supported.

2. Note:

I. In method I, if it shows two or more motherboard's model names to be selected, please make sure

your motherboard's model name again. Selecting wrong model name will cause the system

unbooted.

II. In method II, be sure that motherboard's model name in BIOS unzip file are the same as your

motherboard's. Otherwise, your system won't boot.

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III. In method I, if the BIOS file you need cannot be found in @BIOS

server, please go onto Gigabyte's

website for downloading and updating it according to method II.

IV. Please note that any interruption during updating will cause system unbooted.

V. Do not use @BIOS and C.O.M. (Corporate Online Management) at the same time.

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4-1-4 Serial ATA BIOS Setting Utility Introduction

RAID Levels

RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) is a method of combining two hard disk drives into one logical

unit. The advantage of an Array is to provide better performance or data fault tolerance. Fault tolerance is

achieved through data redundant operation, where if one drives fails, a mirrored copy of the data can be

found on another drive. This can prevent data loss if the operating system fails or hangs. The individual disk

drives in an array are called members. The configuration information of each member is recorded in the

reserved sector that identifies the drive as a member. All disk members in a formed disk array are recognized

as a single physical drive to the operating system.

Hard disk drives can be combined together through a few different methods. The different methods are

referred to as different RAID levels. Different RAID levels represent different performance levels, security

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levels and implementation costs. The RAID levels which the Intel

ICH7R chipset supports are RAID 0,

RAID 1, RAID 0+1 and RAID 5.

RAID 0 (Striping)

RAID 0 reads and writes sectors of data interleaved between multiple drives. If any disk member fails, it

affects the entire array. The disk array data capacity is equal to the number of drive members times the

capacity of the smallest member. The striping block size can be set from 4KB to 128KB. RAID 0 does not

support fault tolerance.

RAID 1 (Mirroring)

RAID 1 writes duplicate data onto a pair of drives and reads both sets of data in parallel. If one of the

mirrored drives suffers a mechanical failure or does not respond, the remaining drive will continue to function.

Due to redundancy, the drive capacity of the array is the capacity of the smallest drive. Under a RAID 1

setup, an extra drive called the spare drive can be attached. Such a drive will be activated to replace a failed

drive that is part of a mirrored array. Due to the fault tolerance, if any RAID 1 drive fails, data access will not

be affected as long as there are other working drives in the array.

RAID 0+1 (Striping + Mirroring)

RAID 0+1 combines the performance of data striping (RAID 0) and the fault tolerance of disk mirroring (RAID

1). Data is striped across multiple drives and duplicated on another set of drives.

RAID 5 (Striping with Parity)

RAID 5 provides good fault tolerance and allows for overlapped I/O operations.

Under a RAID 5 setup, data and parity information are equally distributed to each disk member in the array.

If any one of the drives fails, the remaining drive will continue to function. After replacing the failed drive, you

can rebuild the data from the remaining data and parity.

Only one drive can safely crash without any data loss.

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Please follow the steps below to construct a complete RAID array:

1) Have ready your hard drives for RAID construction.

Note: To achieve best performance, it is recommended that the hard drives used are of similar make

and storage capacity.

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2) Please attach the hard drive connectors to their appropriate location on the motherboard ie. IDE, SCSI,

or SATA.

3) Enter the motherboard BIOS and locate RAID setup (Please refer to the section on Integrated Peripherals).

4) Enter RAID setup in the BIOS and select the RAID type (For instance, enter Ctrl + I to select Intel RAID;

Ctrl + S to select Silicon Image).

5) Complete driver installation.

6) Complete RAID utility installation.

More information on steps 4 and 5 is provided.

Configuring the Intel RAID BIOS

The Intel RAID BIOS setup lets you choose the RAID array type and which hard drives you want to make part

of the array.

Entering the RAID BIOS Setup

1. After rebooting your computer, wait until you see the RAID software prompting you to press Ctrl + I. The

RAID prompt appears as part of the system POST and boot process prior to loading the OS. You have a few

seconds to press Ctrl + I before the window disappears.

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RAID Volumes :

None Defined.

Physical Disks :

Port Driver Model Serial # Size Type/Status(Vol ID)

0 ST3120026AS 3JT354CP 111.7GB Non-RAID Disk

1 ST3120026AS 3JT329JX 111.7GB Non-RAID Disk

Press <CTRL - I> to enter Configuration Utility

Press Ctrl + I. The Intel RAID Utility - Create RAID Volume window appears (as Figure below).

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[ MAIN MENU ]

1. Create RAID Volume

2. Delete RAID Volume

3. Reset Disks to Non-RAID

4. Exit

[ DISK/VOLUME INFORMATION ]

RAID Volumes :

None Defined.

Physical Disks :

Port Driver Model Serial # Size Type/Status(Vol ID)

0 ST3120026AS 3JT329JX 111.7GB Non-RAID Disk

1 ST3120026AS 3JT354CP 111.7GB Non-RAID Disk

[]-Select [ESC]-Exit [ENTER]-Select Menu

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Create RAID Volume

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Press Enter under Create RAID Volume to set up RAID.

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[ CREATE VOLUME MENU ]

Name : RAID_Volume0

RAID Level : RAID0(Stripe)

Disks : Select Disks

Strip Size : 128KB

Capacity : 223.5 GB

Create Volume

[ HELP ]

Enter a string between 1 and 16 characters in length that can be used

to uniquely identify the RAID volume. This name is case sensitive and

can not contain special characters.

[]-Change [TAB]-Next [ESC]-Previous Menu [ENTER]-Select

After entering the Create Volume Menu, you can set disk name with 1~16 letters (letters cannot be special

characters) under Name item.

After setting disk name, press Enter to select RAID Level.

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[ CREATE VOLUME MENU ]

Name : RAID_Volume0

RAID Level : RAID0(Stripe)

Disks : Select Disks

Strip Size : 128KB

Capacity : 223.5 GB

Create Volume

[ HELP ]

Choose the RAID level best suited to your usage model.

RAID0- Data striped across multiple physical drives for performance.

RAID1- Data mirrored across multiple physical drives for redundancy.

RAID0+1- Striped volume whose segments are RAID 1 volumes. Requires

four hard drives. Functionally equivalent to RAID 0+1.

RAID5- Data and parity striped across three or more physical drives

for performance and redundancy.

[]-Change [TAB]-Next [ESC]-Previous Menu [ENTER]-Select

There are four RAID levels: RAID0(Stripe), RAID1(Mirror), RAID 0+1 (Striping + Mirroring) and RAID5. After

selecting the RAID level, press Enter to select Strip Size.

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The KB is a unit of Strip Size. You can set disk block size with this item.

The disk block size can be set from 4KB to 128KB. After you set disk block size, press Enter to set disk

Capacity.

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[ CREATE VOLUME MENU ]

Name : RAID_Volume0

RAID Level : RAID0(Stripe)

Disks : Select Disks

Strip Size : 128KB

Capacity : 223.5 GB

Create Volume

[ HELP ]

The following are typical values:

RAID 0 - 128KB

RAID 1 - 64KB

RAID 5 - 64KB

[]-Change [TAB]-Next [ESC]-Previous Menu [ENTER]-Select

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[ CREATE VOLUME MENU ]

Name : RAID_Volume0

RAID Level : RAID0(Stripe)

Disks : Select Disks

Strip Size : 128KB

Capacity : 223.5 GB

Create Volume

[ HELP ]

Enter the volume capacity. The default value indicates the

maximum volume capacity using the selected disks. If less

than the maximum capacity is chosen, creation of a second

volume is needed to utilize the remaining space.

[]-Change [TAB]-Next [ESC]-Previous Menu [ENTER]-Select

Press Enter to enter Create Volume after setting disk capacity.

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Press Enter under the Create Volume item.

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Copyright(C) 2003-04 Intel Corporation. All Rights Reversed.

[ CREATE VOLUME MENU ]

Name : RAID_Volume0

RAID Level : RAID0(Stripe)

Disks : Select Disks

Strip Size : 128KB

Capacity : 223.5 GB

Create Volume

[ HELP ]

Press "ENTER" to Create the specified volume

[]-Change [TAB]-Next [ESC]-Previous Menu [ENTER]-Select

An alert bar will be displayed warning you that all data on selected disks will be lost. Please press Y to

complete the set-up of RAID.

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[ CREATE VOLUME MENU ]

Name : RAID_Volume0

RAID Level : RAID0(Stripe)

Disks : Select Disks

Strip Size : 128KB

Capacity : 223.5 GB

Create Volume

WARNING : ALL DATA ON SELECTED DISKS WILL BE LOST.

[ HELP ]

Are you sure you want to creat this volume? (Y/N) :

Press "ENTER" to Create the specified volume

[]-Change [TAB]-Next [ESC]-Previous Menu [ENTER]-Select

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After the completion, you will see the detailed information about the RAID, such as RAID level, disk block

size, disk name and disk capacity, etc.

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[ MAIN MENU ]

1. Create RAID Volume

2. Delete RAID Volume

3. Reset Disks to Non-RAID

4. Exit

[ DISK/VOLUME INFORMATION ]

RAID Volumes :

ID Name Level Strip Size Status Bootable

0 RAID_Volume0 RAID(Stripe) 128KB 223.5GB Normal Yes

Physical Disks :

Port Driver Model Serial # Size Type/Status(Vol ID)

0 ST3120026AS 3JT329JX 111.7GB Member Disk(0)

1 ST3120026AS 3JT354CP 111.7GB Member Disk(0)

[]-Select [ESC]-Exit [ENTER]-Select Menu

Delete RAID Volume

If you want to delete a RAID volume, please select the Delete RAID Volume option. Press Enter key and

follow the instructions on the screen.

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[ MAIN MENU ]

1. Create RAID Volume

2. Delete RAID Volume

3. Reset Disks to Non-RAID

4. Exit

[ DISK/VOLUME INFORMATION ]

RAID Volumes :

ID Name Level Strip Size Status Bootable

0 RAID_Volume0 RAID(Stripe) 128KB 223.5GB Normal Yes

Physical Disks :

Port Driver Model Serial # Size Type/Status(Vol ID)

0 ST3120026AS 3JT329JX 111.7GB Member Disk(0)

1 ST3120026AS 3JT354CP 111.7GB Member Disk(0)

[]-Select [ESC]-Exit [ENTER]-Select Menu

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Installing the RAID drivers

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To install operating system onto a serial ATA hard disk successfully, you need to install the SATA controller

driver during OS installation. Without the driver, the hard disk may not be recognized during the Windows

setup process. First of all, copy the driver for the SATA controller from the motherboard driver CD-ROM to a

(Note 1)

floppy disk. See the instructions below about how to copy the driver in MS-DOS mode

. Prepare a

startup disk that has CD-ROM support and a blank formatted floppy disk.

Step 1: Insert the prepared startup disk and motherboard driver CD-ROM in your system. Boot from the

startup disk. Once at the A:\> prompt, change to the CD-ROM drive (example: D:\>). At the D:\> prompt, type

the following two commands. Press ENTER after each command (Fig.1):

cd bootdrv

menu

Step 2: When the controller menu (Fig.2) appears, remove the startup disk and insert the blank formatted

disk. Select the controller driver by pressing the corresponding letter from the menu. Your system will then

automatically zip and transfer this driver file to the floppy disk. Press 0 to exit when finished.

(Note 2)

Fig.1 Fig. 2

Step 3: After completing the steps, boot from the Windows installation disk to install the RAID drivers.

Press F6 as soon as you see the "Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver" message,

then supply serial ATA controller driver by this floppy disk. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the

installation.

(Each time you add a new hard drive to a RAID array, the RAID driver will have to be installed under

Windows once for that hard drive. After that, the driver will not have to be installed.)

(Note 1) For users without a startup disk.

Use an alternative system and insert the GIGABYTE motherboard drive CD-ROM. From the CD-

ROM drive (example: D:\) double click the MENU.exe file in the BootDrv folder. A command prompt

window will open similar to that in Fig. 2.

(Note 2) In the menu list, Intel Matrix Storage Manager is Intel ICH7R chipset. If you wish to install 64-bit

Windows Operating System, select 8) Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager 64bit.

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