User manual ASUS P7P55D-E DELUXE

[. . . ] 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, select IDE Function Setup under the Integrated Peripherals menu and then press ENTER (Figure 1). Change the SATA Primary Master RAID and SATA Secondary Master RAID items to Enabled (Disabled by default) (Figure 2). Skip this step and leave the two items to Disabled by default if you do not want to create RAID. CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software Integrated Peripherals IDE Function Setup On-Chip Primary PCI IDE On-Chip Secondary PCI IDE USB Host Controller USB Keyboard Support USB Mouse Support Serial-ATA 2(Internal PHY) AC97 Audio On-Chip LAN(nVIDIA) Onboard Serial ATA Serial ATA Function Onboard 1394 Onboard LAN Control Onboard LAN Boot ROM Onboard Serial Port 1 Onboard Serial Port 2 Onboard Parallel Port Parallel Port Mode x ECP Mode Use DMA higf: Move Enter: Select F5: Previous Values [Press Enter] [Enabled] [Enabled] [V1. 1+V2. 0] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Enabled] [Auto] [Auto] [Enabled] [RAID] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Disabled] [3F8/IRQ4] [2F8/IRQ3] [378/IRQ7] [SPP] 3 +/-/PU/PD: Value F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F10: Save Item Help Menu Level} ESC: Exit F1: General Help F7: Optimized Defaults Figure 1 (This BIOS setup screen is captured from GA-K8NSNXP-939, BIOS ver. : D24) The BIOS Setup menus described in this section may not show the exact settings for your motherboard. [. . . ] Press <ESC> to exit this menu. hi: Move PU/PD/+/-: Change Priority F10: Save ESC: Exit Figure 3 Step 3: Set First Boot Device under the Advanced BIOS Features menu to CDROM to boot from CD-ROM drive after system restarts (Figure 4). CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features } Hard Disk Boot Priority First Boot Device Second Boot Device Third Boot Device Boot Up Floopy Seek Password Check Flexible AGP 8X Init Display First [Press Enter] [CDROM] [Hard Disk] [CDROM] [Disabled] [Setup] [Auto] [AGP] Item Help Menu Level} higf: Move Enter: Select F5: Previous Values +/-/PU/PD: Value F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help F7: Optimized Defaults Figure 4 Step 4: Save and exit BIOS Setup. SATA Hard Drive Configurations (nForce series) - 4 - (3) Configuring RAID set in RAID BIOS Enter the RAID BIOS setup utility to configure a RAID array. Skip this step and proceed to Section 4 if you do not want to create RAID. Step 1: After the POST memory test begins and before the operating system boot begins, look for a message which says "Press F10 to enter RAID setup utility" (Figure 5). Hit the F10 key to enter the RAID BIOS setup utility. NVIDIA RAID IDE ROM BIOS 4. 22 Copyright (C) 2003 NVIDIA Corp. Press F10 to enter RAID setup utility . . . Figure 5 Step 2¡G The Define a New Array screen is the first option screen when you enter the NVIDIA RAID setup utility. Step 3: In the RAID Mode field, use the UP or DOWN ARROW key to select a RAID mode. The supported RAID modes include Mirroring (default), Striping, Stripe Mirroring, and Spanning. Step 4: If RAID 0 is selected, you can manually set the striping block size. In the Striping Block field, use the UP or DOWN ARROW key to set the Striping Block size. The size range is from 4K to 128K. NV I D I A R A I D Ut il it y Ma y 10 2 0 0 4 - De fine a N e w A rray RA ID Mo d e: Mirro rin g S t r ip in g Bl o c k : O p t im a l F r e e D is ks Loc Disk M od el N am e 1. 0. M 1. 1. M S T 3 1 20 0 2 6 A S S T 3 1 20 0 2 6 A S A rr a y D isk s Loc Disk M od el N am e [g ] A d d [f ] D e l [ h i ] S e le c t [ F 6] Bac k [ F 7] F in is h [ TA B] N a viga t e [ E N TE R ] P o p u p Figure 6 - 5 - SATA Hard Drive Configurations (nForce series) Ác Åé ¤¤ ¤å Step 5: Next, select the hard drives which you wish to be included in the disk array. The Free Disks section displays the information about the currently installed SATA hard drives. Later, when a screen similar to Figure 18 appears, you must press S to select additional driver. Select NVIDIA NForce Storage Controller and press ENTER, and then it will begin to load the SATA driver from the floppy disk. Windows Setup You have chosen to configure a SCSI Adapter for use with Windows, using a device support disk provided by an adapter manufacturer. It indicates that you have installed the SATA controller driver successfully. You can proceed with the Windows 2000/XP installation. WindowsXP Professional Setup Welcome to Setup. This port of the Setup program prepares Microsoft(R) Windows (R) XP to run on your computer. To quit Setup without installing Windows XP, press F3. Enter= Continue R=Repair F3=Exit Figure 20 SATA Hard Drive Configurations (nForce series) - 12 - (6) Configuring a bootable RAID array with Microsoft Windows 2000 Problem: Users cannot install Windows 2000 with Service Pack 2 (or previous versions) to a bootable RAID volume. Solutions 1: Use the NVRAID tool (nForce Driver Version 5. xx) to convert the boot volume to a RAID array. Here are the detailed step-by-step instructions: Step 1: Install Windows 2000 onto a selected hard drive. Download and install Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 from Microsoft's website. Step 2: After system restarts, press Del to enter system BIOS Setup during POST (Power-On Self Test). Select RAID Config under the Integrated Peripherals menu (Figure 21), and set the SATA disk (the one containing the Windows 2000) item to Enabled (Disabled by default)(Figure 22). [. . . ] Select the desired disk and use the RIGHT ARROW key to add it to Array Disks menu. NV I D I A R A I D Ut il it y Ma y 10 2 0 0 4 - De fine a N e w A rray RAID Mo d e: S t r ip i n g S t r ip in g Bl o c k : O p t im a l F r e e D is ks Loc Disk M od el N am e 1. 0. M 1. 1. M S T 3 1 20 0 2 6 A S S T 3 1 20 0 2 6 A S A rr a y D isk s Loc Disk M od el N am e [g ] A d d [f ] D e l [ h i ] S e le c t [ F 6] Bac k [ F 7] F in is h [ TA B] N a viga t e [ E N TE R ] P o p u p Figure 23 Step 4: After all the settings, press F7 to complete the configuration. Restart the computer to boot into Windows 2000. NV I D I A R A I D Ut il it y Ma y 10 2 0 0 4 - De fine a N e w A rray RAID Mo d e: S t r ip i n g S t r ip in g Bl o c k : C le a r d is k d a t a ?F r e e D is ks Loc Disk M od el N am e [ Y] YE S A rr a y D isk s Loc Disk M od el N am e [N] NO 1. 0. M [g ] A d d 1 . M S T3 1 20 0 2 6 A S S T3 1 20 0 2 6 A S O p t im a l [f ] D e l [ F 6] Bac k [ F 7] F in is h [ TA B] N a viga t e [ h i ] S e le c t [ E N TE R ] P o p u p Figure 24 SATA Hard Drive Configurations (nForce series) - 14 - Step 5: Install the NVIDIA nForce Driver Package while in Windows 2000 and reboot the system. [. . . ]