Gigabyte GA-8I915G Duo User manual

Table of Contents
Configuring IDE RAID Hard Drive(s) (Controller: VIA VT6410) .................................................... 2
(1) Installing IDE hard drive(s) in your system ................................................................................ 2
(2) Configuring VT6410 IDE controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup ....................... 3
(3) Configuring RAID set in RAID BIOS ............................................................................................. 5
(4) Making a IDE RAID controller driver disk .................................................................................. 10
(5) Installing IDE RAID controller driver during OS installation ..................................................... 12

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Configuring IDE RAID Hard Drive(s) (Controller: VIA VT6410)
To set up IDE RAID hard drive(s), you have to follow the steps below:
(1) Install IDE hard drive(s) in your computer.
(2) Configure VT6410 IDE controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup.
(3)* Configure RAID set in RAID BIOS.
(4) Make a floppy disk containing the IDE RAID controller driver
(5) Install the IDE RAID controller driver during OS installation.
Before you begin
Please prepare:
(a) Two IDE hard drives (to ensure optimal performance, it is recommended that you use two hard
drives with identical model and capacity). If you do not plan to create RAID with the VT6410
controller, 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 IDE hard drive(s) in your system
Attach one end of the IDE cable to the rear of the IDE hard drive and the other end to IDE port(s) controlled
by the VT6410 RAID controller on the motherboard. (To ensure that your IDE CD-ROM can work
properly, please connect it to the IDE1 port (controlled by the Southbridge) and connect your hard drives
to IDE2/IDE3 ports ). Then connect the power connector from your power supply to the hard drive(s).
"*" Skip this step if you do not want to create RAID.array on the IDE controller

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(2) Configuring VT6410 IDE controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup
You have to make sure whether the VT6410 IDE controller are configured correctly in system BIOS
Setup and set BIOS boot sequence for the IDE RAID hard drive(s).
Step 1:
Turn on your computer and press the Del key to enter BIOS Setup during POST (Power-On Self Test).
To enable the VT6410 IDE controller, please select Onboard H/W RAID under the Integrated
Peripherals menu and then press ENTER. Make sure the Onboard H/W RAID item is set to
Enabled (Enabled by default) (Figure 1). If you set this option to Disabled, the VT6410 IDE controller
will be disabled and will not support any devices.
Figure 1
CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software
Integrated Peripherals
On-Chip Primary PCI IDE [Enabled]
SATA RAID/AHCI Mode [RAID]
x On-Chip SATA Mode Auto
x PATA IDE Set to Ch.1 Master/Slave
SATA Port 0/2 Set to Ch.2 Master/Slave
SATA Port 1/3 Set to Ch.3 Master/Slave
USB Controller [Enabled]
USB 2.0 Controller [Enabled]
USB Keyboard Support [Disabled]
USB Mouse Support [Disabled]
Azalia Codec [Auto]
Onboard H/W RAID [Enabled]
Onboard H/W 1394 [Enabled]
Onboard H/W LAN1 [Enabled]
Onboard H/W LAN2 [Enabled]
Onboard LAN1 Boot ROM [Disabled]
Onboard LAN2 Boot ROM [Disabled]
Onboard Serial Port 1 [3F8/IRQ4]
Onboard IrDA Port [2F8/IRQ]
KLJI: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help
F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults
Item Help
Menu Level`

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Step 3:
Set First Boot Device under the Advanced BIOS Features menu to CD-ROM to boot from CD-ROM
after system restarts (Figure 3).
Step 4:
Save and exit BIOS Setup.
Figure 3
Step 2:
Select Hard Disk Boot Priority under the Advanced BIOS Features menu and then choose the
model of the IDE hard drive onto which you want to install Microsoft Windows 2000/XP (Figure 2).
Figure 2
CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software
Hard Disk Boot Priority
1. SCSI-0 : Maxtor 6E030L0
2. SCSI-1 : Maxtor 6E030L0
3. Bootable Add-in Cards
KL: Move PU/PD/+/-: Change Priority F10: Save ESC: Exit
Item Help
Menu Level ``
Use <K> or <L> to
select a device, then
press <+> to move it
up, or <-> to move it
down the list. Press
<ESC> to exit this
menu.
CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software
Advanced BIOS Features
`Hard Disk Boot Priority [Press Enter]
First Boot Device [CDROM]
Second Boot Device [Hard Disk]
Third Boot Device [CDROM]
Password Check [Setup]
CPU Hyper-Threading [Enabled]
Limit CPUID Max. to 3 [Enabled]
KLJI: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help
F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults
Item Help
Menu Level`
Select Hard Disk Boot
Device Priority

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(3) Configuring RAID set in RAID BIOS
To create RAID on the VT6410 controller, you have to enter the RAID setup utility. Skip this step and
proceed with Section 4 on page 10 if you do not want to create RAID.
Step 1:
After the Power-On Self-Test (POST) memory test begins and before the operating system boot begins,
look for a message which says "Press <Tab> key into User Window"(Figure 4). Hit the TAB key to enter
the RAID setup utility.
Figure 4
Step 2:
After you press the TAB key, a screen similar to that below will appear (Figure 5).
You can press the UP and DOWN ARROW keys to highlight the option you need.
Figure 5
VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA VT6410 RAID BIOS Setting Utility V2.11
Copyright (C) VIA Technologies, Inc. All Right reserved.
Press <Tab> key into User Window!
Scan Devices, Please wait...
Primary Master : Maxtor 6E030L0
Primary Master : No Device
Secondary Master : Maxtor 6E030L0
Secondary Master : No Device
XX
XX
XCreate Array
XX
XX
XDelete Array
XX
XX
XCreate/Delete Spare
XX
XX
XSelect Boot Array
XX
XX
XSerial Number View
VIA Tech. RAID BIOS Ver 2.11
Channel Drive Name Array Name Mode Size(GB) Status
Channel0 Master Maxtor 6E030L0 ATA133 28.63 Hdd
Channel0 Slave No Drive
Channel1 Master Maxtor 6E030L0 ATA133 27.24 Hdd
Channel1 Slave No Drive
Create a RAID array with
the hard disks attached to
VIA RAID controller
F1 : View Array/disk Status
KK
KK
K, LL
LL
L: Move to next item
Enter : Confirm the selection
ESC : Exit

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Figure 6
A.Create Array:
Use the UP and DOWN ARROW keys to highlight the Create Array command and press ENTER to call
out the list of creation steps as shown in Figure 6 below.
Figure 7
The first step is to set the RAID mode. Highlight the Array Mode option and press ENTER and a list of
RAID modes will appear (Figure 7), including RAID 0 for performance, RAID 1 for data protection,
RAID 0/1, and RAID SPAN for capacity. Use the UP and DOWN ARROW keys to highlight the RAID
mode you want to create and press ENTER to confirm the selection.
VIA Tech. RAID BIOS Ver 2.11
Channel Drive Name Array Name Mode Size(GB) Status
Channel0 Master Maxtor 6E030L0 ATA 133 28.63 Hdd
Channel0 Slave No Drive
Channel1 Master Maxtor 6E030L0 ATA 133 27.24 Hdd
Channel1 Slave No Drive
Create a RAID array with
the hard disks attached to
VIA RAID controller
F1 : View Array/disk Status
KK
KK
K, LL
LL
L: Move to next item
Enter : Confirm the selection
ESC : Exit
XX
XX
XAuto Setup For Performance
XX
XX
XArray Mode RAID 0 (Striping)
XX
XX
XSelect Disk Drives
XX
XX
XBlock Size 64K
XX
XX
XStart Create Process
VIA Tech. RAID BIOS Ver 2.11
Channel Drive Name Array Name Mode Size(GB) Status
Channel0 Master Maxtor 6E030L0 ATA 133 28.63 Hdd
Channel0 Slave No Drive
Channel1 Master Maxtor 6E030L0 ATA 133 27.24 Hdd
Channel1 Slave No Drive
Create a RAID array with
the hard disks attached to
VIA RAID controller
F1 : View Array/disk Status
KK
KK
K, LL
LL
L: Move to next item
Enter : Confirm the selection
ESC : Exit
XX
XX
XAuto Setup For Data Security
XX
XX
XArray Mode RAID 0 (Striping)
XX
XX
XSelect Disk Drives
XX
XX
XBlock Size 64K
XX
XX
XStart Create Process
RAID 0 for performance
RAID 1 for data protection
RAID 0/1
RAID SPAN for capacity

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After selecting an array mode, you have to decide the way to create the array. There are two methods
to create a disk array. One method is Auto Setup and the other is Select Disk Drives. Auto Setup
lets BIOS select the disk drives and create array automatically but it does not duplicate the mirroring
drives even user selects Create and duplicate for RAID 1 and 0+1. It is suitable when the disk drives
with which you want to create an array are new ones. Select Disk Drives lets user select the array
drives as required. When using the Select Disk Drives method, the channel column will be activated.
Just highlight the target drives that you want to use and press ENTER to select them respectively. The
selected hard drives will be marked with an asterisk (see Figure 8).
Next, use the arrow keys to highlight Start Create Process and press ENTER to begin the creation of
RAID array, then you should see a warning message which says "The data on the selected disks will
be destroied. Continue? (Y/N) ]." Press Y to finish the creation, or press N to cancel the creation. The
content of hard drive will be destroyed after array creation.
Figure 8
Use the arrow keys to highlight the Block Size item and press ENTER , then a list of block size options
will appear. The block size can be selected from 4K to 64K Bytes (Figure 9). Use the arrow keys to
highlight the block size you need and press ENTER.
Figure 9
VIA Tech. RAID BIOS Ver 2.11
Create a RAID array with
the hard disks attached to
VIA RAID controller
F1 : View Array/disk Status
KK
KK
K, LL
LL
L: Move to next item
Enter : Confirm the selection
ESC : Exit
XX
XX
XAuto Setup For Performance
XX
XX
XArray Mode RAID 0 (Striping)
XX
XX
XSelect Disk Drives
XX
XX
XBlock Size 64K
XX
XX
XStart Create Process
Channel Drive Name Array Name Mode Size(GB) Status
[*] Channel0 Master Maxtor 6E030L0 ATA 133 28.63 Stripe0
Channel0 Slave No Drive
[*] Channel1 Master Maxtor 6E030L0 ATA 133 27.24 Stripe1
Channel1 Slave No Drive
VIA Tech. RAID BIOS Ver 2.11
Create a RAID array with
the hard disks attached to
VIA RAID controller
F1 : View Array/disk Status
KK
KK
K, LL
LL
L: Move to next item
Enter : Confirm the selection
ESC : Exit
XX
XX
XAuto Setup For Performance
XX
XX
XArray Mode RAID 0 (Striping)
XX
XX
XSelect Disk Drives
XX
XX
XBlock Size 64K
XX
XX
XStart Create Process
4K
8K
16K
32K
64K
Channel Drive Name Array Name Mode Size(GB) Status
[*] Channel0 Master Maxtor 6E030L0 ATA 133 28.63 Stripe0
Channel0 Slave No Drive
[*] Channel1 Master Maxtor 6E030L0 ATA 133 27.24 Stripe1
Channel1 Slave No Drive

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Delete Array:
If you want to delete an existing RAID array, use the arrow keys to highlight the Delete Array item in
main menu interface, and press ENTER. Use the arrow keys to highlight a member of an array that you
want to delete and press ENTER. A warning message will display (Figure 10). Press Y to delete a
specific array or press N to cancel.
Figure 10
Deletion of a disk array will destroy all the data on the disk array except for RAID 1. When a RAID 1
array is deleted, the data on the two hard drives will be reserved and will become two normal drives.
C. Select Boot Array:
User can select a disk array as boot device if user wants to boot operating system from an
array. Boot disk array can be not selected if user does not boot operating system from disk array.
Use the arrow keys to highlight the Select Boot Disk item then press ENTER. The channel column
will be activated. Just use the arrow keys to highlight the target disk array then press ENTER. If user
select a disk array that has a boot mark (an asterisk) and press ENTER, then its boot setting will be
cancelled (see Figure 11).
Figure 11
VIA Tech. RAID BIOS Ver 2.11
Delete a RAID array contain
the hard disks attached to
VIA RAID controller
F1 : View Array/disk Status
KK
KK
K, LL
LL
L: Move to next item
Enter : Confirm the selection
ESC : Exit
XX
XX
XCreate Array
XX
XX
XDelete Array
XX
XX
XCreate/Delete Spare
XX
XX
XSelect Boot Array
XX
XX
XSerial Number View
The selected array will be destoried.
Are you sure? Continue? Press Y/N
Channel Drive Name Array Name Mode Size(GB) Status
[*] Channel0 Master Maxtor 6E030L0 ARRAY 0 ATA 133 28.63 Stripe0
Channel0 Slave No Drive
[*] Channel1 Master Maxtor 6E030L0 ARRAY 0 ATA 133 27.24 Stripe1
Channel1 Slave No Drive
VIA Tech. RAID BIOS Ver 2.11
Set/Clear bootable array
F1 : View Array/disk Status
KK
KK
K, LL
LL
L: Move to next item
Enter : Confirm the selection
ESC : Exit
XX
XX
XCreate Array
XX
XX
XDelete Array
XX
XX
XCreate/Delete Spare
XX
XX
XSelect Boot Array
XX
XX
XSerial Number View
The selected array will be destoried.
Are you sure? Continue? Press Y/N
Channel Drive Name Array Name Mode Size(GB) Status
[*] Channel0 Master Maxtor 6E030L0 ARRAY 0 ATA 133 28.63 Stripe0
Channel0 Slave No Drive
[*] Channel1 Master Maxtor 6E030L0 ARRAY 0 ATA 133 27.24 Stripe1
Channel1 Slave No Drive

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D.Serial Number View:
Highlight the Serial Number View item in main menu and press ENTER. Use the arrow key to select
a hard drive. User can see the serial number of the selected drive at last column. Serial number is
assigned by manufacturers of hard drives.
Figure 12
E.View Array Status:
Press the F1 key to show the array status on the lower screen. If there are no disk arrays then nothing
will be displayed on the screen (Figure 13).
Figure 13
VIA Tech. RAID BIOS Ver 2.11
View the serial number of
hard disk, it is useful for
identify same model disks
F1 : View Array/disk Status
KK
KK
K, LL
LL
L: Move to next item
Enter : Confirm the selection
ESC : Exit
XX
XX
XCreate Array
XX
XX
XDelete Array
XX
XX
XCreate/Delete Spare
XX
XX
XSelect Boot Array
XX
XX
XSerial Number View
Channel Drive Name Array Name Mode Size(GB) Status
[*] Channel0 Master Maxtor 6E030L0 ARRAY 0 ATA 133 28.63 Stripe0
Channel0 Slave No Drive
[*] Channel1 Master Maxtor 6E030L0 ARRAY 0 ATA 133 27.24 Stripe1
Channel1 Slave No Drive
Serial Number: E1A6698E
VIA Tech. RAID BIOS Ver 2.11
Create a RAID array with
the hard disks attached to
VIA RAID controller
F1 : View Array/disk Status
KK
KK
K, LL
LL
L: Move to next item
Enter : Confirm the selection
ESC : Exit
Array Name Array Mode Block Size(GB) Size(GB)
ARRAY 0 Stripe 64K 54.48
XX
XX
XCreate Array
XX
XX
XDelete Array
XX
XX
XCreate/Delete Spare
XX
XX
XSelect Boot Array
XX
XX
XSerial Number View

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Figure 14
(4) Making a IDE RAID controller driver disk
To install Windows 2000/XP onto a IDE hard disk on the VT6410 controller successfully, you need to
install required driver for the IDE RAID controller on your motherboard during OS installation. Without the
driver, the hard disk may not be recognized during the Windows setup process.
First of all, you have to copy the driver for the IDE RAID controller from the motherboard driver CD to
a floppy disk. The instructions below explain how to copy the driver.
Step 1: Find an available system and insert the motherboard driver CD into the CD-ROM drive. The
installation utility will appear automatically. Quit the installation utility first.
Step 2: Go to My Computer and right-click the CD-ROM icon (this procedure assumes Drive D) and
select Open (Figure 14).
Figure 15
Then you should see folders and files contained in the driver CD. Go to the BootDrv folder and look for
a file named MENU.exe.