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 on the motherboard. If there is more than one SATA controller on your motherboard, refer to "Chapter 1," "Hardware Installation," to identify the SATA controller for the SATA port. (For example, on this motherboard, the SATA3 0~SATA3 5 ports are supported by the AMD SB950 South Bridge.) Then connect the power connector from your power supply to the hard drive.Then connect the power connector from your power supply to the hard drive. RAID Levels RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 10 Minimum Number of Hard Drives .2 2 .3 .4 Array Capacity Number of hard drives * Size of the smallest drive Size of the smallest drive (Number of hard drives -1) * Size of the smallest drive (Number of hard drives/2) * Size of the smallest drive Fault Tolerance No Yes Yes Yes (Note 1) Skip this step if you do not want to create RAID array on the SATA controller. (Note 2) Required when the SATA controller is set to AHCI or RAID mode. Appendix - 70 - B. Configuring SATA controller mode in BIOS Setup Make sure to configure the SATA controller mode correctly in system BIOS Setup. Step 1: Turn on your computer and press to enter BIOS Setup during the POST (Power-On Self-Test). Make sure OnChip SATA Controller is enabled. To enable RAID for the SATA3 0/1/2/3 connectors, set OnChip SATA Type to RAID. To enable RAID for the SATA3 4/5 connectors, set OnChip SATA Type to RAID and set OnChip SATA Port4/5 Type to As SATA Type (Figure 1). Figure 1 Step 2: Save changes and exit BIOS Setup. The BIOS Setup menus described in this section may differ from 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. Appendix C. Configuring RAID set in RAID BIOS Enter the RAID BIOS setup utility to configure a RAID array. Skip this step and proceed with the installation of Windows operating system for a non-RAID configuration. Step 1: After the POST memory test begins and before the operating system boot begins, look for a message which says "Press to enter RAID Option ROM Utility" (Figure 2). Press + to enter the RAID BIOS setup utility. RAID Option ROM Version 3.3.1540.11 (c) 2011 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. All rights reserved. No Array is defined.. Press to enter RAID Option ROM Utility... Figure 2 Step 2: Main Menu This is the first option screen when you enter the BIOS RAID Setup utility. (Figure 3). To view the disk drives assigned to arrays, press <1> to enter the View Drive Assignments window. To create an array, press <2> to enter the LD View/LD Define Menu window. To delete an array, press <3> to enter the Delete LD Menu window. To view controller settings, press <4> to enter the Controller Configuration window. Option ROM Utility (c) 2011 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [ Main Menu ] View Drive Assignments........................... [ 1 ] LD View/ LD Define Menu...................... [ 2 ] Delete LD Menu....................................... [ 3 ] Controller Configuration............................ [ 4 ] [ Keys Available ] Press 1..4 to Select Option [ESC] Exit Figure 3 Appendix Create Arrays Manually To create a new array, press <2> to enter the LD View Menu window (Figure 4). To create an array, press to access the LD Define Menu. Option ROM Utility (c) 2011 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [ LD View Menu ] < There is no any LD > [ Keys Available ] [h] Up [i] Down [PaUp/PaDn] Switch Page [Ctrl+C] Define LD [Enter] View LD [Ctrl+V] View Single Disk [ESC] Exit Figure 4 In the LD Define Menu, use the up or down arrow key to move to an item for further configuration (Figure 5). Option ROM Utility (c) 2011 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [ LD Define Menu ] LD No LD Name RAID Mode Drv LD 1 Logical Drive 1 RAID 0 0 Stripe Block 64 KB Initialization ON Gigabyte Boundary ON Read Policy Read Ahead Write Policy WriteBack [ Drives Assignments ] Port:ID Drive Model Capabilities Capacity (GB) Assignment 01:00 WDC WD800JD-22LSA0 SATA 3G 79.89 N 02:00 WDC WD800JD-22LSA0 SATA 3G 80.02 N [ Keys Available ] [ Keys Available ] [h] Up [i] Down [PaUp/PaDn] Switch Page [Space] Change Option [Ctrl+Y] Save [ESC] Exit Figure 5 Appendix In the following procedure, we'll create RAID 0 as an example. 1. Under the RAID Mode section, press the key to select RAID 0. 2. Set the Stripe Block size. 64 KB is the default. 3. Under the Drives Assignments section, press the up or down arrow key to highlight a drive. 4. Press the key or to change the Assignment option to Y. This action adds the drive to the disk array. The Drv section will show the number of disks assigned. 5. Press + keys to save the information. The message in Figure 6 will appear. Press to input the array name. If you do not input the array name, the default array name will be used. Please ...
