GIGABYTE GA-K8N51PVMT-9, GA-K8N51GMF-9, GA-M51GM-S2G Quick Start Manual

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Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) (Controller: Nvidia nForce 430) ...................................................... 2

(1) Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your computer ...................................................................... 2

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

(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

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Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) (Controller: Nvidia nForce 430)

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 o ne h ard driv e. (b) An empty formatted floppy disk. (c) Wind ows XP/2000 s etup 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 r efer to the mother board user's manual to identify the SATA controller for the connector. Then connect the power connector from yo ur power supply to the hard drive.

(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). In the exam ple in Figur e 1, make sure tha t Serial-ATA-II 1 or Serial-ATA-II 2 under the Integrated Peripherals menu is enabled (Serial-ATAII-1 controls the SATAII0/1 connectors and Serial-ATAII-2 controls the SATAII2/3 connectors). If you wi sh to create RAID ar ray, press ENTER on the SATAII

RAID Config item to enter the submenu .

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

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} SATAII RAID Config [Press Enter]

On-Chip IDE Channel0 [Enabled] On-Chip IDE Channel1 [Enabled] IDE1 Conductor Cable [Auto] IDE2 Conductor Cable [Auto] Serial-ATA-II 1 [Enabled] Serial-ATA-II 2 [Enabled] On-Chip USB [V1.1+V2.0] USB Keyboard Support [Disabled] USB Mouse Support [Disabled] Onboard Audio Function [Auto] Onboard LAN Function [Auto] Onboard LAN Boot ROM [Disabled] Onboard 1394 Function [Enabled] Onboard Serial Port 1 [3F8/IRQ4] Onboard Parallel Port [378/IRQ7] Parallel Port Mode [SPP]

higf: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: Gen eral Help

F5: Previou s Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults

Integrated Peripherals

Item Help Menu Level}

Figure 1

In the SATAII RAID Config submenu, enable SATA-II RAID function. Then enable the SATA ports with hard disks that you want to use for RAID. In the example in Figure 2, enable SATA-II 1 Primary/ Secondary RAID or SATA-II 2 Primary/Secondary RAID). (For example, if you wish to create RAID with hard disks on the SATAII0 and SATAII1 connectors, set SATA-II 1 Primary/Secondary RAID to Enabled).

SATA-II RAID function [Disabled]

x SATA-II 1 Primary RAID Disabled x SATA-II 1 Secondary RAID Disabled x SATA-II 2 Primary RAID Disabled x SATA-II 2 Secondary RAID Disabled

SATAII RAID Co nfig

Item Help Menu Level}

higf: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: Gen eral Help

F5: Previou s Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults

Figure 2

The BIOS Setup menu s d escribed in this section may not show th e e xact settings for your motherboard. The actual BIOS Setup menu options you will see shall depend on the motherboard you have and th e 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 3 below.

1. CH2 M. : ST3120026AS

2. CH3 M. : ST3120026AS

3. Bootable Add-in Cards

hi: Move PU/PD/+/-: Change Priority F10: Save ESC: Exit

Hard Disk Boot Priority

Item Help 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.

Figure 3

After configuring the SATA controller mode in system BIOS, if you wish to create RAID, save the settings and exit. Then go to RAID BIOS (refer to page 6) to configure the RAID array. 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 yo u wish to install Microsoft Windows 2000/XP (Figure 4).

1. SCSI-0: NVIDIA MIRROR 111.7

2. Bootable Add-in Cards

Hard Disk Boot Priority

Item Help 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 4

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Step 3: To boot from Windows installation CD-ROM, set First Boot Device under the Advanced BIOS Features menu to CDROM (Figure 5).

} Hard Disk Boot Priority [Press Enter]

First Boot Device [CDROM]

Second Boot Device [Hard Disk]

Third Boot Device [CDROM]

Boot Up Floppy Seek [Disabled]

Password Check [Setup]

Init Display First [PEG]

higf: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help

F5: Previou s Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults

Advanced BIOS Features

Item Help Menu Level}

Select Hard Disk Boot Device Priority

Figure 5

Step 4: Save and exit BIOS Setup.

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