GIGABYTE GA-K8U, GA-K8U-939 Quick Start Manual

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Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) (Controller: ULi M1689)...................................................................2

(1) Ins talling SATA hard drive(s ) in your system.........................................................................2

(2) Conf iguring SATA controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup ..................................3

(3) Conf iguring RAID set in RAID BIOS ........................................................................................5

(4) Mak ing a SAT A controller driver disk ................................................................................... 11

(5) Inst alling SATA controller driver during OS installation .........................................................13

Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) (Controller: ULi M1689)

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) Two SATA hard drives (to ensure opt imal performance, it is recommended that you use two hard

drives with identical model and capacity). If you do not want to create R AID w ith the SATA

controller, you may prepare only one hard drive. (b) An empty formatted floppy disk. (c) Windows XP/2000 setup disk. (d) Driv er C D for your motherboard.

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

Attach one end of the SATA signal cable t o the rear of the SATA hard drive and the other end to available SATA port(s) on the motherboard (If there are more t han one SATA controller on your motherboard, you may check the name of t he SATA c onnector to identify the SATA controller for t he connec tor. For example, SATA0_SII/SATA1_SII is controlled by t he Sil3112 controller). Then connect the power connec tor from your power supply to the hard drive.

"*" Skip this st ep if you do not want t o 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 Set up and set BIOS boot sequence for the SATA hard drive(s). Step 1: Turn on your computer and press D el to enter BIOS Setup during POST (Power-On Self Test). In the BI OS Setup menu, go to t he Integrated Peri pherals menu and assure that the OnC hip SATA is enabled. If you want to create R AID, set OnChip SATA Mode to RAID (RAID by default). Set OnChip SATA Mode to IDE if you do not want to create RAID.

OnChip Audio [Enabled] OnChip SATA [Enabled] OnChip SATA Mode [RAID] On-Chip Primary IDE [Enabled] On-Chip Secondary IDE [Enabled] IDE DMA transfer access [Enabled] Onboard H/W LAN [Enabled] USB 1.1 Con troller [Enabled] USB Keyboard Su pport [Disabled] USB Mouse Sup port [Disabled] USB 2.0 Con troller [Enabled] Onboard Serial Port 1 [3F8/IRQ4] Onboard Serial Port 2 [2F8/IRQ3] UART Mode Select [Normal]

x UR2 Duplex Mode Half

Onboard Parallel Port [378/IRQ7] Parallel Port Mode [PRINTER] Game Port Address [201] Midi Port Address [Disabled]

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

F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults

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

Integrated Peripherals

Figure 1

Item Help Menu Level}

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Step 2: Later, select Hard Disk Boot Priority under t he Advanced BIOS Features menu and then choose the model of t he SATA hard drive onto whic h you want to install Microsoft Windows 2000/ XP (Figure 2).

1. SCSI-0 : ST3120026AS

2. SCSI-1 : 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 th e list. Press <ESC> to exit this menu.

Figure 2

Step 3: Set First Boot Device under the Advan ced BIOS Featu res menu to CDROM to boot from C D-ROM after sys tem restarts (Figure 3).

} Hard Disk Boot Priority [Press Enter]

First Boot Device [CDROM] Second Boo t Device [Hard Disk] Third Boot Device [CDROM] Password Check [Setup ]

Advanced BIOS Features

Item Help Menu Level}

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

F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults

Figure 3

Step 4: Save and exit BIOS Setup.

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(3) Configuring RAID set in R AID BIOS

Enter the RAID BIOS setup utilit y to configure a RAID array. Sk ip this step and proceed to Section 4 if you do not want to create RAID.

Step 1: Af ter the POST m emory t est begins and before the operating system boot begins, the following inf ormation will appear on screen (Figure 4). Press CTR L+A t o enter the RAID BIOS setup utility.

Channel 1 Master : ST3120026AS SATA 1 120034 MB Channel 2 Master : ST3120026AS SATA 1 120034 MB

Press Ctrl-A to enter ALi RAID BIOS setup utility ...

Figure 4

Step 2: After pressing C TRL+A, t he RAID BIOS Setup Util ity sc reen will appear (Figure 5). You can press the UP or DOWN ARROW keys to highlight through options and s elect an item that you want to execute.

Create RAID 0 Striping for Performance

Create RAID 1 Mirroring for Reliability Create JBOD for integrated Capacity Stripe Size 64K Delete RAID Settings & Partition Delete All RAID Settings & Partition Rebu ild RAID Array

SPACE: Select h, i : Moving Cursor Enter : Select & Fin ish ESC : Exit

Chan nel 1 Master : ST3120026AS SATA 1 120034 MB Chan nel 2 Master : ST3120026AS SATA 1 120034 MB

RAID Array A : RAID Array B : RAID Array C :

Drive Model Mode Capacity RAID Array /Typ e

Capacity R AID Type Stripe Size RAID Name

Figure 5

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There are three major areas in the RAID BIOS setup screen: Main Menu, D rive Select Menu and RAID Array List. (Figure 6)

Main M enu

Create RAID 0 Striping for Performance

Create RAID 1 Mirroring for Reliability Create JBOD for integrated Capacity Stripe Size 64K Delete RAID Settings & Partition Delete All RAID Settings & Partition Rebu ild RAID Array

Chan nel 1 Master : ST3120026AS SATA 1 120034 MB Chan nel 2 Master : ST3120026AS SATA 1 120034 MB

RAID Array A : RAID Array B : RAID Array C :

SPACE: Select h, i : Moving Cursor Enter : Select & Fin ish ESC : Exit

Drive Model Mode Capacity RAID Array /Typ e

Capacity R AID Type Stripe Size RAID Name

Figure 6

Drive Select MenuRAID Array List

1. Create RAID 0 Striping for Performance

Press ENTER on the Create RAID 0 Striping for Performan ce item. An "S" flash cursor appears at Dri ve Select Menu for the user to choose t he first drive for R AID 0. Use SPACEBAR to select the

desired drive for RAID 0. Then the flash c ursor changes to an "s" f lash cursor for the user to c hoose the sec ond drive for RAID 0. (Figure 7)

Create RAID 0 Striping for Performance

Create RAID 1 Mirroring for Reliability Create JBOD for integrated Capacity Stripe Size 64K Delete RAID Settings & Partition Delete All RAID Settings & Partition Rebu ild RAID Array

Select Stripe Drives

Chan nel 1 Master : ST3120026AS SATA 1 120034 MB

S s

Chan nel 2 Master : ST3120026AS SATA 1 120034 MB

SPACE: Select h, i : Moving Cursor Enter : Select & Fin ish ESC : Exit

Drive Model Mode Capacity RAID Array /Typ e

RAID Array A : RAID Array B : RAID Array C :

Capacity R AID Type Stripe Size RAID Name

Figure 7

Press SPACEBAR to select the second drive. The prompt "Data on R AID Drives will be del eted (Y/ N)? " appears after two drives are properly assigned. Press Y and then som e necessary information will be written to the drives, which will destroy the original data in the drives.

Make sure the data in drives is no longer in use before creating RAID 0.

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Next , the Array Name input line appears for t he us er to key in a name for the newly created array. The eff ectiv e characters for an array name are 0-9, A-Z, a-z, space and underscore. (Figure 8)

Create RAID 0 Striping for Performance

Create RAID 1 Mirroring for Reliability Create JBOD for integrated Capacity Stripe Size 64K Delete RAID Settings & Partition Delete All RAID Settings & Partition Rebu ild RAID Array

Inp ut RAID Name (8 characters) : ALi_RAID

Chan nel 1 Master : ST3120026AS SATA 1 120034 MB

S s

Chan nel 2 Master : ST3120026AS SATA 1 120034 MB

RAID Array A : RAID Array B : RAID Array C :

SPACE: Select h, i : Moving Cursor Enter : Select & Fin ish ESC : Exit

Drive Model Mode Capacity RAID Array /Typ e

Capacity R AID Type Stripe Size RAID Name

Figure 8

After the RAID array has been created successfully, it s information shows up at RAID Ar ray List. (Figure 9)

Create RAID 0 Striping for Performance

Create RAID 1 Mirroring for Reliability Create JBOD for integrated Capacity Stripe Size 64K Delete RAID Settings & Partition Delete All RAID Settings & Partition Rebu ild RAID Array

Chan nel 1 Master : ST3120026AS SATA 1 120034 MB Chan nel 2 Master : ST3120026AS SATA 1 120034 MB

SPACE: Select h, i : Moving Cursor Enter : Select & Fin ish ESC : Exit

Drive Model Mode Capacity RAID Array /Typ e

RAID Array A : 240 GB 0 64K ALi_RAID RAID Array B : RAID Array C :

Capacity R AID Type Stripe Size RAID Name

Figure 9

To create a RAID 0 Array, you can selec t t he stripe block size manually. The Stripe Size is effective for RAID 0. You can choose a stripe size from 64KByt e, 32KByte, 16KByte(default ), 8KByte and 4KByt e. If you use RAID 0 for most A/V editing applications or files, 64KByte is recommended.

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2. Create RAID 1 Mirroring for Reliability

Press ENTER on the Create RAID 1 Mirr oring fo r Reliability item. An "M" flas h cursor appears at Drive Select Menu for the user to choos e the first (source) drive for RAID 1. Use SPACEBAR to select

the desired drive for R AID 1. Then the flas h cursor c hanges to an "m" flash curs or for the user to choose the second (t arget) drive for RAI D 1. (Figure 10)

Create RAID 0 Striping for Performance

Create RAID 1 Mirroring for Reliability

Create JBOD for integrated Capacity Stripe Size 64K Delete RAID Settings & Partition Delete All RAID Settings & Partition Rebu ild RAID Array

Select Stripe Drives

Chan nel 1 Master : ST3120026AS SATA 1 120034 MB

Chan nel 2 Master : ST3120026AS SATA 1 120034 MB

SPACE: Select h, i : Moving Cursor Enter : Select & Fin ish ESC : Exit

Drive Model Mode Capacity RAID Array /Typ e

RAID Array A : RAID Array B : RAID Array C :

Capacity R AID Type Stripe Size RAID Name

Figure 10

Press SPACEBAR to selec t the second drive. The prompt "Create RAID 1 (Y/N)?" appears af ter two drives are properly assigned. Press Y, and then some necessary information will be writt en to the drives, which will destroy t he original data in the driv es.

It is recom mended to use new drives to creat e RAID 1. If existing drive is to be used, bac k up all necessary data before creating RAID 1.

Next , the Array Name input line appears for t he us er to key in a name for the newly created array. The eff ectiv e characters for an array name are 0-9, A-Z, a-z, s pace and underscore. Lastly a prompt message "Duplicate Data from M to m (Y/N)?" asks whether to do drive copy. The source and target drives are indicated by "M" and "m" in D rive Select M enu respec tively. Pressing Y will duplicate the data in source drive to the target drive. Make sure the source drive is the correct one. If you press N, t hen the data is inconsis tent in two drives. (Figure 11)

Create RAID 0 Striping for Performance

Create RAID 1 Mirroring for Reliability

Create JBOD for integrated Capacity Stripe Size 64K Delete RAID Settings & Partition Delete All RAID Settings & Partition Rebu ild RAID Array

Dup licate Data from M to m (Y/N) ?

Chan nel 1 Master : ST3120026AS SATA 1 120034 MB

Chan nel 2 Master : ST3120026AS SATA 1 120034 MB

SPACE: Select h, i : Moving Cursor Enter : Select & Fin ish ESC : Exit

Drive Model Mode Capacity RAID Array /Typ e

RAID Array A : RAID Array B : RAID Array C :

Capacity R AID Type Stripe Size RAID Name

Figure 11

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After the RAID array has been created successfully, its information shows up at RAID Array List. (Figure 12)

Create RAID 0 Striping for Performance

Create RAID 1 Mirroring for Reliability

Create JBOD for integrated Capacity Stripe Size 64K Delete RAID Settings & Partition Delete All RAID Settings & Partition Rebu ild RAID Array

Chan nel 1 Master : ST3120026AS SATA 1 120034 MB Chan nel 2 Master : ST3120026AS SATA 1 120034 MB

RAID Array A : 120034 MB 1 ALi_RAID RAID Array B : RAID Array C :

SPACE: Select h, i : Moving Cursor Enter : Select & Fin ish ESC : Exit

Drive Model Mode Capacity RAID Array /Typ e

Capacity R AID Type Stripe Size RAID Name

Figure 12

3. Create JBOD for integrated Cap acity

Press ENTER on Create JBOD fo r i nteg rated Capacity item. A "J" flas h cursor appears at Drive Select Menu for the user to choose the first drive for JBOD. Use SAPCEBAR to select the desired driv e

for JBOD. Press ENTER to f inish JBOD drive selection(F igure 13). The maximum number of drives for JBOD array is four and the minimum is two.

Create RAID 0 Striping for Performance Create RAID 1 Mirroring for Reliability

Create JBOD for integrated Capacity

Stripe Size 64K Delete RAID Settings & Partition Delete All RAID Settings & Partition Rebu ild RAID Array

Select JBOD Drives

Chan nel 1 Master : ST3120026AS SATA 1 120034 MB

J J

Chan nel 2 Master : ST3120026AS SATA 1 120034 MB

SPACE: Select h, i : Moving Cursor Enter : Select & Fin ish ESC : Exit

Drive Model Mode Capacity RAID Array /Typ e

RAID Array A : RAID Array B : RAID Array C :

Capacity R AID Type Stripe Size RAID Name

Figure 13

The prom pt "Data on RAID Drives will be deleted (Y/N)?" appears after two drives are properly assigned. Press Y, and then some necessary inf ormation will be w ritten to the driv es, which will destroy the original data in t he driv es. Next, the Array Name input line appears for the user to k ey in a name for the newly created array. The ef fective characters for an array name are 0-9, A-Z, a-z, space and underscore. After the RAID array has been created succes sfully, its information shows up at RAID Array List.

Make sure the data in drives is no longer in use before creating JBOD.

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4. Delete RAID Settings & Partition

When RAID BIOS detects a broken RAID, the us er can use Delete RAID Setting & Partition to delete the broken RAID. Pres s ENTER on Delete RAID Settings & Par tition item. An " E" flash cursor appears at Dri ve Select

Menu for the us er to choose the defined drive to be deleted. "Data on RAID dri ves will be deleted (Y/ N)?" message will appear to confirm the user's selec tion. Press Y and then the data in drives is

des troyed. RAID Array List automatically updates itself.

5. Delete All RAID Setting s & Partition

Press ENTER on Delete All RAID Settings & Partition item. "Data on RAI D drives will be del eted (Y/N)?" message will appear to confirm the user's selection. Press Y and then the data in

drives is destroyed. RAID Array Lis t automatically updates it self.

6. Rebu ild RAID Array

When a drive is replaced or BIOS detects a broken RAID, the us er c an use R ebuil d RA ID A rray to keep data c oherency f or RAID 1. Pres s ENT ER on Rebuil d RAID Array item. An "R" flas h cursor appears at t he Drive Select Menu for the user to choose the valid drive of prev ious ly defined RAI D 1 to rebuild. BI OS shows t he source (marked with "M") and target (marked with "m") driv es. Lastly a prompt message "Duplicate Data from M to m (Y/N)?" asks whether to do drive copy. The source and target drives are indicated by "M" and " m" in Drive Select Menu respectively. Press Y to start the rebuild proces s and data duplic ation. The process status bar shows up during the duplication process.

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(4) Making a SATA controller driver disk

To inst all Windows 2000/XP onto a SATA hard drive on the ULi M 1689 controller s uccessfully, you need to install required driver for the SATA cont roller during OS installation. Without the driver, the hard drive may not be recognized during the Window s s etup process .

First of all, you need to c opy the driver for the SATA c ontroller from t he m otherboard driver C D to a floppy disk. The instructions below explain how to copy the driver.

Step 1: Find an available syst em and insert the motherboard driver CD into the CD-ROM driv e. T he inst allation utility will appear automatically. Quit the ins tallation ut ility first.

Step 2: Go to My Computer and right -click the CD-ROM drive icon and select Open (Figure 14).

Figure 14

Step 3: Go to the BootDr v folder and look for an executable program named MENU .exe (Figure 15).

Figure 15

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Step 3: Double-clic k MENU.ex e. An MS-DOS prompt screen sim ilar to Figure 16 below will appear.

Figure 16

Step 4: Insert an empty floppy disk . Press 9 to s elect t he 9)U Li SATA it em. Then it will take about one minute to copy the SATA driver from the motherboard driv er CD to the floppy disk.

Step 5: Press 0 to exit w hen the procedure is complete (Figure 17). You hav e copied the SATA driver successf ully.

Figure 17

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(5) Installing SATA controller driver during OS installation

Now t hat you have prepared the SA TA driver disk and configured BI OS set tings, you are ready t o install Windows 2000/ XP onto your SATA hard drive with the driver. The following is an example of Windows XP installation.

Step 1: Restart your sy stem to boot from t he Window s 2000/XP Set up disk and press F6 as soon as you see the " Pres s F 6 if you need to install a 3rd part y SCSI or RAI D driver" message (Figure 18). After pressing F6, there will be a few moments of some files being loaded before you see the next screen.

Windows Setup

Press F6 if you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver.

Figure 18

Step 2: When a screen similar to that below appears (Figure 19), insert t he f loppy dis k containing the SATA driver and press S.

Windows Setup

Setup co uld not determine the type of one or more mass storage devices installed in your system, or you have chosen to manually specify an adapter. Currently, Setup will load sup port for the following mass storage devices(s)

<n one>

* To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or special

disk controllers for use with Windows, including those for which you have a device support disk from a mass storage device manufacturer, p ress S.

* If you do not have any device support disks from a mass storage

device manufacturer, or do not want to specify additional mass storage devices for use with Windows, press ENTER.

S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=C ontinue F3=Exit

Figure 19

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Step 3: If Setup c orrect ly recognizes the driver in t he f loppy dis k, a controller menu similar to that below will appear. If you want t o install Windows XP, use t he ARROW keys to select ALi SATA RAID Con troller (M5289, Windows XP/Server 2003)* (Figure 20) and press ENTER. Then it w ill begin to load the SATA driver from the floppy dis k.

Windows Setup

You have chosen to configure a SCS I Adapter for use with Windows, using a device support disk provided by an adapter manufacturer.

Select the SCSI Adapter you want from the following list, or press ESC to return to the previous screen.

ALi SATA RAID Controller(M5289, Wind ows XP/Server 2003) ALi SATA RAID Controller(M5289, Win2000) ALi SATA RAID Contr oller(M5289, Window s XP/Server 2003 AMD 64-bit Edition)

ENTER=Select F3=Exit

Figure 20

Step 4: When the screen as shown below appears, press ENT ER to continue the SATA driver installation from the floppy disk. The driver installation will be finished in about one minute.

If a message appears saying one or some file(s) cannot be f ound, please check the floppy dis k or copy t he correc t SATA driver again from the mot herboard driv er C D.

Windows Setup

Setup will load support for the following mass storage device(s):

ALi SAT A RAID Controller(M5289, Windows XP/Server 2003)

* To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or special

disk controllers for use with Windows, including those for which you have a device support disk from a mass storage device manufacturer, p ress S.

* If you do not have any device support disks from a mass storage

device manufacturer, or do not want to specify additional mass storage devices for use with Windows, press ENTER.

S=Specify Additional Device Enter=C ontinue F3=Exit

Figure 21

"*" Select the driver according to which of the following operating sys tems you want to install:

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After the SATA controller driver installation is c ompleted, you should see a screen as below. It indicates that you have installed the SATA controller driver succesfully. You can proceed with the Windows 2000/ XP installation.

WindowsXP Professional Setup

Welcome to Setu p. This port of the Setup program prepares Microsoft(R) Windows (R) XP to run on your computer.

To set up Windows XP now, press ENTER.

To repair a Windows XP installation using Recovery C onsole, press R.

To quit Setup with out installing Windows XP, press F3.

Enter= Continue R=Repair F3=Exit

Figure 22

(Note: Each time you add a new hard drive to a RAID array, t he R AID driver will have t o be installed under Windows onc e for that hard drive. After that, the driver will not have to be installed.)

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