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	Table of Contents
Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) (Controller: nVIDIA nForce4 Ultra; nVIDIA nForce4 SLI)		............ 2
(1)	Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your computer ......................................................................	2
(2)	Configuring SATA controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup ..................................	3
(3)	Configuring RAID set in RAID BIOS ........................................................................................	6
(4)	Making a SATA controller driver disk .....................................................................................	9
(5)	Installing SATA controller driver during OS installation .........................................................	11
(6)	Configuring a bootable RAID array with Microsoft Windows 2000 ......................................	14

Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) (Controller: nVIDIA nForce4 Ultra; nVIDIA nForce4 SLI)

To configure SATA hard drive(s), follow the steps below:

(1)Install SATA hard drive(s) in your system.

(2)Configure SATA controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup. (3)* Configure RAID set in RAID BIOS.

(4)Make a floppy disk containing the SATA controller driver.

(5)Install the SATA controller driver during OS installation.

Before you begin

Please prepare:

(a)At least two SATA hard drives (to ensure optimal performance, it is recommended that you use two hard drives with identical model and capacity). If you do not want to create RAID, you may prepare only one hard drive.

(b)An empty formatted floppy disk.

(c)Windows XP/2000 setup disk.

(d)Driver CD for your motherboard.

(1) Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your computer

Attach one end of the SATA signal cable to the rear of the SATA hard drive and the other end to available SATA port(s) on the motherboard. (If there are more than one SATA controller on your motherboard, you may check the name of the SATA connector to identify the SATA controller for the connector. For example, S_ATA1_SB/S_ATA2_SB is controlled by the SATA controller on South-Bridge.) Then connect the power connector from your power supply to the hard drive.

"*" Skip this step if you do not want to create RAID array on the SATA controller.

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(2) Configuring SATA controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup

You have to make sure whether the SATA controller is configured correctly in system BIOS Setup and set BIOS boot sequence for the SATA hard drive(s)/RAID array.

Step 1:

Turn on your computer and press Del to enter BIOS Setup during POST (Power-On Self Test). If you want to create RAID, make sure that IDE/SATA RAID function under the Integrated Peripherals menu is enabled (Figure 1). Also make sure that the Serial-ATA 1/Serial-ATA 2 are enabled (including SATA 1 Primary/Secondary RAID/SATA 2 Primary/Secondary RAID), depending on which SATA ports you connect. For example, if you wish to create RAID with the hard disks on connectors S_ATA0_SB and S_ATA1_SB, assure that the Serial-ATA 1 is enabled (Serial-ATA 2 is for S_ATA2_SB and S_ATA3_SB connectors) and SATA 1 Primary/Secondary RAID are enabled.

Integrated Peripherals

On-Chip IDE Channel0		[Enabled]			Item Help
On-Chip IDE Channel1		[Enabled]			Menu Level}
IDE DMA transfer access		[Enabled]
On-Chip MAC Lan		[Auto]
On-Chip LAN BOOT ROM		[Disabled]
IDE/SATA RAID function		[Enabled]
IDE Primary Master RAID		[Disabled]
IDE Primary Slave RAID		[Disabled]
IDE Secndry Master RAID		[Disabled]
IDE Secndry Slave RAID		[Disabled]
Serial-ATA 1		[Enabled]
SATA 1 Primary RAID		[Enabled]
SATA 1 Secondary RAID		[Enabled]
Serial-ATA 2		[Enabled]
SATA 2 Primary RAID		[Enabled]
SATA 2 Secondary RAID		[Enabled]
IDE Prefetch Mode		[Enabled]
On-Chip USB		[V1.1+V2.0]
USB Memory Type		[SHADOW]
higf: Move	Enter: Select	+/-/PU/PD: Value	F10: Save	ESC: Exit		F1: General Help
	F5: Previous Values		F7: Optimized Defaults

Figure 1 (This BIOS setup screen is captured from GA-K8N Ultra-SLI, BIOS ver.:F2a)

The BIOS Setup menus described in this section may not show the exact settings for your motherboard. The actual BIOS Setup menu options you will see shall depend on the motherboard you have and the BIOS version.

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Step 2:

If you do not create RAID, select Hard Disk Boot Priority under the Advanced BIOS Features menu. In the Hard Disk Boot Priority submenu, select the model of the SATA hard drive onto which you wish to install Microsoft Windows 2000/XP. You should see a screen similar to Figure 2 below.

Hard Disk Boot Priority

1. CH2 M.	:	S_ATA1-ST3120026AS	Item Help
2. CH3 M.	:	S_ATA2-ST3120026AS	Menu Level }}
3. Bootable Add-in Cards
			Use <h> or <i> to
			select a device, then
			press <+> to move it
			up, or <-> to move it
			down the list. Press
			<ESC> to exit this
			menu.

hi: Move

PU/PD/+/-: Change Priority

F10: Save

ESC: Exit

Figure 2

If you wish to create RAID, configure the RAID array in RAID BIOS (refer to page 6) first. After finished, re-enter the system BIOS Setup to set hard disk boot priority before OS installation. Select Hard Disk Boot Priority under the Advanced BIOS Features menu. In the Hard Disk Boot Priority submenu, select the RAID array onto which you wish to install Microsoft Windows 2000/XP. You should see a screen similar to Figure 3 below.

Hard Disk Boot Priority

1. SCSI-0:	NVIDIA MIRROR 111.78G	Item Help
2. Bootable Add-in Cards		Menu Level }}
		Use <h> or <i> to
		select a device, then
		press <+> to move it
		up, or <-> to move it
		down the list. Press
		<ESC> to exit this
		menu.

hi: Move

PU/PD/+/-: Change Priority

F10: Save

ESC: Exit

Figure 3

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Step 3:

To boot from Windows installation CD-ROM, set First Boot Device under the Advanced BIOS Features menu to CD-ROM (Figure 4).

Advanced BIOS Features

} Hard Disk Boot Priority		[Press Enter]		Item Help
First Boot Device		[CD-ROM]		Menu Level}
Second Boot Device		[Hard Disk]
Third Boot Device		[CDROM]		Select Hard Disk Boot
Boot Up Floppy Seek		[Disabled]		Device Priority
Password Check		[Setup]
Init Display First		[PEG]
higf: Move	Enter: Select	+/-/PU/PD: Value	F10: Save	ESC: Exit	F1: General Help
	F5: Previous Values		F7: Optimized Defaults

Figure 4

Step 4:

Save and exit BIOS Setup.

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