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3 jmicron, Raid configuration, Before creating a raid set – Asus P5KR User Manual

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ASUS P5KR

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5.4.3

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 for Windows

®

XP or a floppy disk/USB device for

Windows

®

Vista.

3. Microsoft

®

Windows

®

OS installation disk (Windows

®

XP/Vista)

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_E2.

2. Set the

J-Micron eSATA/PATA Controller Mode item in the BIOS to [RAID].

See section “4.4.5 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

“5.5 Creating a RAID driver disk” for details.

5. Install the JMB363 driver after the Windows

®

OS had been installed.

Select Screen

Select Item

+- Change Option

F1 General Help

F10 Save and Exit

ESC Exit

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Onboard Device Configuraiton

High Definition Audio

[Enabled]

Front Panel Type

[HD Audio]

Onboard 1394 Controller

[Enabled]

Onboard PCIE GbE LAN

[Enabled]

LAN Option ROM

[Disabled]

J-Micron eSATA/PATA Controller [Enabled]

Controller Mode

[IDE]

Serial Port1 Address

[3F8/IRQ4]

Enable or Disable

High Definition Audio

Controller

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Advanced