Asus Z7S WS - Manual (Page 143)

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5.4.4 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 (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.
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.
Onboard Devices Configuration
Serial Port1 Address [3F8/IRQ4]
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]
Allows BIOS to Select
S e r i a l P o r t 1 B a s e
Addresses.
BIOS SETUP UTILITY
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