Foxconn P35A - Manual (Page 83)

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5-2 BIOS Configuration
1. Enter the BIOS setup by pressing key during the POST(Power On Self Test).
2. Select the “Advanced BIOS Features” from the “Main menu”, then select the
“IDE
Configuration” item and press to go to the configuration items.
3. Set the “SATA Mode Select” option to [RAID].
4. Press to save the setting then PC will reboot itself.
5-3 Create RAID in bIoS
enter RAID bIoS Setup
When BIOS is restarted, it will display a message asking you to press keys
simultaneously to enter the main menu of Intel
® Matrix Storage Manager Option ROM
Utility. Press the to enter Configuration Utility.
Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5.0.0.1011 ICH9R wRAID5
Copyright(C) 2003-04 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved.
1. Create RAID Volume 3. Reset Disks to Non-RAID
2. Delete RAID Volume 4. Exit
RAID Volume :
None Defined.
Physical Disks:
Port Drive Model Serial # Size Type/Status(Vol ID)
0 WDC WD2500JS-60N WD-WCANKC865380 232.9GB Non-RAID Disk
2 Maxtor 6L250S0 L50SKP4G 232.9GB Non-RAID Disk
4 ST3320620SV 9QF4YJGQ 298.1GB Non-RAID Disk
5 ST3300831AS 3NF02XH2 279.5GB Non-RAID Disk
[↑↓]-Select [ESC]-Exit [Enter]-Select Menu
Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v7.6.0.1006 ICH9R wRAID5
Copyright(C) 2003-07 Intel Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
[ DISC/VOLUME INFORMATION ]
[ Main Menu ]
1. Create RAID Volume
CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1985-2005, American Megatrends, Inc.
IDE Configuration
IDE Configuration Help Item
SATA Mode Select [RAID] Select SATA Work Mode
Max Ports on SATA [6 Ports]
► AHCI Configuration [Press Enter]
Intel Matrix Storage
► Primary IDE Master [Not Detected] Manager driver only
► Primary IDE Slave [Not Detected] support on
► Secondary IDE Master [Not Detected] ICH9R( P35A-S ),
► Secondary IDE Slave [Not Detected] not ICH9. ( P35A )
So if your MB is with
IDE Detect Time Out (Sec) [35] ICH9 chip, then you
can't enable AHCI in
Windows XP,
Windows Vista
has in-box driver.
So it's ok.
↑↓←→:Move Enter:Select +/-/:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help
F7:Previous Values F8:Fail-Safe Defaults F9:Optimized Defaults
[RAID]