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2.9.1

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 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.

2.9.2

ULI

®

RAID configurations

The ULI

®

RAID controller supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, RAID 5, and JBOD

configurations. Use the ULI

®

RAID BIOS Setup utility to configure a disk array.

Entering the ULI

®

RAID BIOS Setup Utility

To enter the ULI

®

RAID BIOS setup utility:

1. Boot up your computer, and press during POST to enter the BIOS

setup.

2. In the Main Menu, go to Storage Configuration, and set the Onboard SATA

Boot ROM item to [Enabled].

3. Press to save the changes and exit.
4. Reboot your computer.
5. During POST. press

The RAID BIOS setup screens shown in this section are for reference only, and

may not exactly match the items on your screen.

You may also set the RAID configurations in Windows

®

OS after you have

installed the Serial ATA RAID driver. See section 3.2.4 Make Disk menu for

details.