Gigabyte NForce Series Quick guide

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Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) (Controller: nVIDIA nForce4-4X; nVIDIA nForce3 250/Ultra; nVIDIA

nForce2 MCP RAID) ..................................................................................................................... 2

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

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

(3) Configuring RAID set in RAID BIOS ............................................................................................. 5

(4) Making a SATA controller driver disk .......................................................................................... 8

(5) Installing SATA controller driver during OS installation ............................................................ 10

(6) Configuring a bootable RAID array with Microsoft Windows 2000 ........................................ 13

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Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) (Controller: nVIDIA nForce4-4X;

nVIDIA nForce3 250/Ultra; nVIDIA nForce2 MCP RAID)

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

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 optimal performance, it is recommended that you use two hard

drives with identical model and capacity). If you do not want to create RAID with the SATA

controller, you may prepare only one hard drive.

(b) An empty formatted floppy 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 check the name of the SATA connector to identify the SATA controller for the connector. For example,

SATA0_SB/SATA_SB is controlled by the SATA controller on South-Bridge.) Then connect the power

connector from your power supply to the hard drive.

SATAHardDriveConfigurations(nForceseries)- 3-

(2)Configuring SATAcontrollermodeand bootsequence inBIOSSetup

You havetomakesurewhetherthe SATAcontrollerisconfigured correctlyinsystemBIOSSetup and

setBIOSbootsequenceforthe SATAharddrive(s).

Step 1:

Turnon yourcomputerand press DeltoenterBIOSSetup during POST(Power-OnSelfTest).If you want

tocreateRAID,selectIDEFunction Setup underthe IntegratedPeripheralsmenu and then press

ENTER(Figure1).Change the SATAPrimaryMasterRAIDand SATASecondaryMasterRAIDitems

toEnabled(Disabledbydefault)(Figure2).Skipthisstep and leavethe twoitemstoDisabledbydefault

ifyou do notwanttocreateRAID.

Figure1(ThisBIOSsetup screen iscaptured fromGA-K8NSNXP-939,BIOSver.: D24)

IntegratedPeripherals

IDEFunction Setup [Press Enter]

On-ChipPrimaryPCIIDE[Enabled]

On-ChipSecondaryPCIIDE[Enabled]

USBHostController [V1.1+V2.0]

USBKeyboardSupport[Disabled]

USBMouseSupport[Disabled]

Serial-ATA2(InternalPHY) [Enabled]

AC97 Audio[Auto]

On-ChipLAN(nVIDIA) [Auto]

OnboardSerialATA[Enabled]

SerialATAFunction [RAID]

Onboard1394 [Enabled]

OnboardLAN Control[Enabled]

OnboardLAN BootROM[Disabled]

OnboardSerialPort1[3F8/IRQ4]

OnboardSerialPort2[2F8/IRQ3]

OnboardParallelPort[378/IRQ7]

ParallelPortMode[SPP]

xECPModeUseDMA3

higf:MoveEnter:Select+/-/PU/PD:ValueF10:SaveESC:Exit F1:GeneralHelp

F5:PreviousValuesF6:Fail-SafeDefaultsF7:OptimizedDefaults

ItemHelp

Menu Level}

Figure2

IDEFunction Setup

IDERAID[Enabled]

IDEChannel0MasterRAID[Disabled]

IDEChannel0SlaveRAID[Disabled]

IDEChannel1MasterRAID[Disabled]

IDEChannel1SlaveRAID[Disabled]

SATAPrimaryMasterRAID[Enabled]

SATASecndryMasterRAID[Enabled]

higf:MoveEnter:Select+/-/PU/PD:ValueF10:SaveESC:Exit F1:GeneralHelp

F5:PreviousValuesF6:Fail-SafeDefaultsF7:OptimizedDefaults

ItemHelp

Menu Level}

The BIOSSetup menusdescribed inthissection maynotshowthe exactsettingsforyour

motherboard.The actualBIOSSetup menu optionsyou will see shall depend on the motherboard

you haveand the BIOSversion.

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Step 2:

Later,selectHardDisk BootPriorityunderthe AdvancedBIOSFeatures menu.Inthe HardDisk

BootPrioritysubmenu,selectthe modelofthe SATAharddriveontowhichyou intenttoinstall Microsoft

Windows2000/XP (Figure3).

Figure3

HardDiskBootPriority

1.CH2M.:S_ATA1-ST3120026AS

2.CH3M.:S_ATA2-ST3120026AS

3.BootableAdd-inCards

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

ItemHelp

Menu Level}}

Use<h>or<i>to

selectadevice,then

press <+> tomoveit

up,or<->tomoveit

downthelist.Press

<ESC>toexit this

menu.

Step 3:

SetFirstBootDevice underthe AdvancedBIOSFeatures menu toCDROMtobootfromCD-ROM

driveaftersystemrestarts(Figure4).

AdvancedBIOSFeatures

}HardDiskBootPriority[Press Enter]

FirstBootDevice [CDROM]

Second BootDevice [HardDisk]

ThirdBootDevice [CDROM]

BootUpFloopy Seek[Disabled]

PasswordCheck[Setup]

FlexibleAGP8X[Auto]

Init DisplayFirst[AGP]

higf:MoveEnter:Select+/-/PU/PD:ValueF10:SaveESC:Exit F1:GeneralHelp

F5:PreviousValuesF6:Fail-SafeDefaultsF7:OptimizedDefaults

ItemHelp

Menu Level}

Step 4:

Saveand exitBIOSSetup.

Figure4

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(3)Configuring RAIDsetinRAIDBIOS

Enterthe RAIDBIOSsetup utilitytoconfigureaRAIDarray.Skipthisstep and proceed toSection 4if

you do notwanttocreateRAID.

Step 1:

Afterthe POSTmemorytestbeginsand beforethe operating systembootbegins,lookforamessage

whichsays "Press F10 toenterRAIDsetup utility"(Figure5).Hitthe F10 keytoenterthe RAIDBIOS

setup utility.

Figure5

NVIDIARAIDIDEROMBIOS4.22

Detecting array...

Press F10 toenterRAIDsetup utility...

NVIDIARAIDUtilityMay10 2004

-DefineaNewArray-

RAIDMode:Mirroring Striping Block:Optimal

Free Disks

LocDiskModelName

1.0.MST3120026AS

1.1.MST3120026AS

ArrayDisks

LocDiskModelName

[g]Add

[f]Del

[F6]Back[F7]Finish[TAB]Navigate[hi]Select[ENTER]Popup

Step 2：

The Define aNewArrayscreen isthe firstoption screen when you enterthe NVIDIARAIDsetup utility.

(Figure6).You can press the TAB keytohighlightthrough options.The following belowisan example

ofRAID0arraycreation.

Step 3:

Inthe RAIDMode field,usethe UPorDOWNARROWkeytoselectaRAIDmode.The supported RAID

modesinclude Mirroring (default),Striping,Stripe Mirroring,and Spanning.

Step 4:

If RAID0isselected,you can manuallysetthe striping block size.Inthe Striping Block field,usethe

UPorDOWNARROWkeytosetthe Striping Block size.The KB isthe standardunitofStriping Block

size.Werecommend you leaving ittothe defaultsetting--Optimal(64K).The sizerange isfrom4Kto

128K.

Figure6

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Step 6:

Press F7afterselecting the targetharddisks.Amessage whichsays "Cleardisk data?"will appear.

If you aresuretoclearthe datainthe selected harddrives,press Y.(If the harddrivescontainpreviously

created RAIDarray,you need topress Ytoclearthe datafromthe harddrives.)

Figure8

NVIDIARAIDUtilityMay10 2004

-DefineaNewArray-

RAIDMode:Mirroring Striping Block:Optimal

Free Disks

LocDiskModelNameArrayDisks

LocDiskModelName

[g]Add

[f]Del

[F6]Back[F7]Finish[TAB]Navigate[hi]Select[ENTER]Popup

1.0.MST3120026AS

1.1.MST3120026AS

Figure7

Step 5:

Next, selectthe harddriveswhichyou wishtobe included inthe disk array.The Free Disks section

displays the information aboutthe currentlyinstalled SATAharddrives.Press the TAB keytomoveto

the Free Disks section.Selectthe targetharddrivesand usethe RIGHTARROWkeytoadd the hard

drivestothe ArrayDisks section (Figure7).

NVIDIARAIDUtilityMay10 2004

-DefineaNewArray-

RAIDMode:Mirroring Striping Block:Optimal

Free Disks

LocDiskModelNameArrayDisks

LocDiskModelName

[g]Add

[f]Del

[F6]Back[F7]Finish[TAB]Navigate[hi]Select[ENTER]Popup

1.0.MST3120026AS

1.1.MST3120026AS

Cleardiskdata?

[Y]YES[N]NO

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If you wanttoread moreinformation aboutthe RAIDarray,press ENTERtoenterthe ArrayDetail screen

(Figure10),whereyou can see detailed information aboutRAIDmode,disk block size,disk modelname,

and disk capacity,etc.

Figure10

Figure9

Afterthat, the ArrayListscreen displaying the RAIDarrayyou created will appear(Figure9).

If you wanttosetthe disk arrayasbootdevice,usethe UPorDOWNARROWkeytoselectthe array

and press B.

NVIDIARAIDUtilityMay10 2004

-ArrayList-

[Ctrl-X]Exit [hi]Select[B]SetBoot[N]NewArray[ENTER]Detail

BootIdStatusVendorArrayMo delName

BBS2He alt h y NV IDIAMIRROR111.79G

Array2:NVIDIAMIRROR111.79G

-ArrayDetail -

RAIDMode:Mirroring

Striping Width:1Striping Block:

AdaptChannelM/SIndexDiskModelNameCapac it y

1 0 Master0ST3120026AS111.79GB

1 1 Master1ST3120026AS111.79GB

[R]Rebuild[D]Delete[C]ClearDisk[ENTER]Return

If you need toclearthe datainthe harddisk,press Cinthisscreen.When the Cleardisk datascreen

appears,press YtoconfirmorNtocancel.Press ENTERtoreturntothe ArrayListscreen.

Toexitthe NvidiaRAIDutility,press CTRL+X.

Now,you can proceed toinstall the SATAcontrollerdriverand operating system.

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(4)Making aSATAcontrollerdriverdisk

Toinstall Windows2000/XP ontoaSATAharddriveon the nVIDIAnForce3 250/UltraornVIDIAnForce2

MCPRAIDSATAcontrollersuccessfully,you need toinstall required driverforthe SATAcontroller

during OSinstallation.Withoutthe driver,the harddrivemaynotbe recognized during the Windowssetup

process.

Firstofall,you need tocopythe driverforthe SATAcontrollerfromthe motherboarddriverCD toa

floppydisk.The instructionsbelowexplainhowtocopythe driver.

Step 1:Find an availablesystemand insertthe motherboarddriverCD intothe CD-ROMdrive.The

installation utilitywill appearautomatically.Quitthe installation utilityfirst.

Step 2:GotoMyComputerand right-click the CD-ROMdriveicon and selectOpen(Figure11).

Figure12

Figure11

Step 3:Gotothe BootDrvfolderand lookforan executableprogramnamed MENU.exe(Figure12).

SATAHardDriveConfigurations(nForceseries)- 9-

Figure14

Figure13

Step 5:

Insertan emptyfloppydisk and press EtoselectE)nVIDIASeries ATA(XP)ifyou wanttoinstall Windows

XP;press FtoselectF)nVIDIASeries ATA(2K)ifyou wanttoinstall Windows2000.Then itwill take

aboutone minutetocopythe SATAdriverfromthe motherboarddriverCD tothe floppydisk.

Step 6:

Press 0toexitwhen the procedureiscomplete(Figure14).You havecopied the SATAdriversuccessfully.

Step 4:

Double-click MENU.exe.AnMS-DOSpromptscreen similartoFigure13 belowwill appear.

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Figure15

WindowsSetup

Press F6ifyou needtoinstall a3rdpartySCSIorRAIDdriver.

(5)Installing SATAcontrollerdriverduring OSinstallation

Nowthatyou haveprepared the SATAdriverdisk and configured BIOSsettings,you arereadytoinstall

Windows2000/XP ontoyourSATAharddrivewiththe driver.The following isan exampleofWindows

XP installation.

Step 1:Restartyoursystemtobootfromthe Windows2000/XP Setup disk and press F6assoon as

you see the "Press F6ifyou need toinstall a3rdpartySCSIorRAIDdriver"message (Figure15).After

pressing F6,therewill be afewmomentsofsomefilesbeing loaded beforeyou see the nextscreen.

Figure16

WindowsSetup

S=SpecifyAdditionalDevice ENTER=ContinueF3=Exit

Setup couldnotdeterminethetypeofoneormoremass storagedevices

installedinyoursystem,oryou havechosentomanuallyspecifyanadapter.

Currently,Setup will loadsupportforthefollowing mass storagedevices(s)

<none>

*TospecifyadditionalSCSIadapters,CD-ROMdrives,orspecial

diskcontrollersforusewithWindows,including thosefor

whichyou haveadevice supportdiskfromamass storagedevice

manufacturer,press S.

*If you do nothaveany device supportdisksfromamass storage

device manufacturer,ordo notwanttospecifyadditional

mass storagedevicesforusewithWindows,press ENTER.

Step 2:

When ascreen similartothatbelowappears(Figure16),insertthe floppydisk containing the SATAdriver

and press S.

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