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4 jmicron, Raid configuration, Before creating a raid set – Asus P5B-Plus VISTA Edition User Manual

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ASUS P5B-Plus Series

5-47

5.5.4

JMicron

®

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
3. Microsoft

®

Windows

®

OS installation disk (Windows 2000/XP)

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_RAID or SATA_RAID1.

2. Set the

JMicron Controller Mode item in the BIOS to [RAID]. See section

4.4.6 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

5.6 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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Select Item

+- Change Option

F1 General Help

F10 Save and Exit

ESC Exit

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BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Advanced

Configure Win627EHF Super IO Chipset

HD Audio Controller

[Enabled]

Front Panel Support Type

[AC97]

Onboard 1394 Controller

[Enabled]

Onboard PCIE GbE LAN

[Enabled]

LAN Option ROM

[Disabled]

JMicron SATA/PATA Controller

[Enabled]

JMicron SATA Controller Mode

[SATA]

Serial Port1 Address

[3F8/IRQ4]

Parallel Port Address

[378]

Parallel Port Mode

[ECP]

ECP Mode DMA Channel

[DMA3]

Parallel Port IRQ

[IRQ7]

Enable or Disable

High Definition Audio

Controller

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