Asus VISTA EDITION M2N-PLUS SLI - Manual (Page 138)

5-34 Chapter 5: Software support
5.5.1 Installing hard disks
The motherboard supports Ultra DMA /133/100/66 and Serial ATA hard disk drives.
For optimal performance, install identical drives of the same model and capacity
when creating a disk array.
Installing Parallel ATA hard disks
To install IDE hard disks for a RAID configuration:
1. Set the jumpers of each hard disk as Master/Master or Slave/Slave.
2. Install the hard disks into the drive bays.
3. Connect the HDD signal cables.
4. Connect a 4-pin power cable to the power connector on each drive.
Installing Serial ATA (SATA) hard disks
To install the SATA hard disks for a RAID configuration:
1. Install the SATA hard disks into the drive bays.
2. Connect the SATA signal cables.
3. Connect a SATA power cable to the power connector on each drive.
If you want to boot the system from a hard disk drive included in a RAID set,
copy first the RAID driver from the support CD to a floppy disk before you install
an operating system to a selected hard disk drive. Refer to section 5.6 Creating
a RAID driver disk for details.
Refer to the RAID controllers user manual in the motherboard support CD for
detailed information on RAID configurations. See section 5.2.5 Manual menu.