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3 creating, deleting, and resetting raid sets, 2 installing serial ata hard disks, 34 chapter 5: software support – Asus P4C800-E User Manual

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Chapter 5: Software support

5.5.3 Creating, Deleting, and Resetting RAID Sets

Use the Intel

®

Integrated RAID for Serial ATA - RAID Configuration Utility to

configure your Serial ATA hard disks as RAID. Launch the utility by
pressing <Ctrl-I> when the message “Press to enter RAID
Configuration Utility
” appears during the Power-On Self Test (POST).

Pressing displays the Main Menu of the RAID Configuration utility.

[

DISK/VOLUME INFORMATION

]

RAID Volumes:
None defined.

Non-RAID Disks:
Port Drive Model

Serial #

Size

Status

Bootable

0 ST320413A

xxxxxxxx

18.6GB

Normal

Yes

1 ST320413A

xxxxxxxx

18.6GB

Normal

Yes

Intel(R) Integrated RAID for Serial ATA - RAID Configuration Utility

Copyright(C) 2003 Intel Corporation. All Rights Reserved. v3.x.x.xxxx

[

MAIN MENU

]

1.

Create RAID Volume

2.

Delete RAID Volume

3.

Reset Disks to Non-RAID

4.

Exit

[ ]-Select

[ ]-Select

[ESC] Exit

[ESC] Exit

[Enter]-Select Menu

[Enter]-Select Menu

5.5.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks

1. A Serial ATA hard disk requires SATA data (4-conductor) and power

cables. Make sure that you have the appropriate SATA cables
before your proceed with the installation.

2. Carefully follow other hard disk installation instructions that came

with the Serial ATA hard disks.

Follow these steps to install a Serial ATA hard disk.

1. Install the hard disk into the drive bay.

2. Connect one end of the SATA data cable to an SATA connector on the

motherboard, then connect the other end to the hard disk.

3. Connect a 4-pin power cable to the power connector on the hard disk.

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