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... update) GA-K8U GA-K8NXP-9 GA-8N-SLI Royal GA-K8U-9 GA-K8N Ultra-9 GA-8N-SLI Pro GA-K8NXP-SLI GA-K8NF-9 (PCB Ver. 1.0) GA-8N-SLI GA-K8N Ultra-SLI GA-K8NE (PCB Ver. 1.0) GA-K8N Pro-SLI GA-K8NMF-9 P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard...: 1. When using hard disks with the GPL regulations. 4. Limitations: 1. Does not support RAID/AHCI (class code 0104/0106) hard disks. 7. PATA IDE secondary channel c . BACKUP:...issue, it can be backed up) 4. Capable of backing up data from the driver CD before data backup. 2. SATA IDE channel 3 f. It is no backup file...
... update) GA-K8U GA-K8NXP-9 GA-8N-SLI Royal GA-K8U-9 GA-K8N Ultra-9 GA-8N-SLI Pro GA-K8NXP-SLI GA-K8NF-9 (PCB Ver. 1.0) GA-8N-SLI GA-K8N Ultra-SLI GA-K8NE (PCB Ver. 1.0) GA-K8N Pro-SLI GA-K8NMF-9 P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard...: 1. When using hard disks with the GPL regulations. 4. Limitations: 1. Does not support RAID/AHCI (class code 0104/0106) hard disks. 7. PATA IDE secondary channel c . BACKUP:...issue, it can be backed up) 4. Capable of backing up data from the driver CD before data backup. 2. SATA IDE channel 3 f. It is no backup file...
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...refer to the section on our website at http:\\www.gigabyte.com.tw to read or download the information you need.) Configuring the Nvidia RAID BIOS The NVRAID BIOS setup lets you choose the RAID array type and which hard drives you to loading ..., enter F10 to their appropriate location on the motherboard ie. You have a few seconds to select Silicon Image). 5) Complete driver installation. 6) Complete RAID utility installation. The NVIDIA RAID Utility - Striping Block: Optimal Free Disks Loc Disk Model Name 2.0.M ST3120026AS 2.1.M ST3120026AS Array Disks Loc Disk Model Name [ ...
...refer to the section on our website at http:\\www.gigabyte.com.tw to read or download the information you need.) Configuring the Nvidia RAID BIOS The NVRAID BIOS setup lets you choose the RAID array type and which hard drives you to loading ..., enter F10 to their appropriate location on the motherboard ie. You have a few seconds to select Silicon Image). 5) Complete driver installation. 6) Complete RAID utility installation. The NVIDIA RAID Utility - Striping Block: Optimal Free Disks Loc Disk Model Name 2.0.M ST3120026AS 2.1.M ST3120026AS Array Disks Loc Disk Model Name [ ...
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The Array Detail screen shows various information about the array that the RAID setup has been configured from the RAID BIOS, the next step is to configure and load drivers under Windows. RAID Mode: Mirroring Striping Width : 1 Array 2 : NVIDIA MIRROR 111.79G - Press Enter again to ... Ctrl + X to view and verify details. English Press Enter to exit the RAID setup. At the prompt, press Y to mark this disk as Striping Block used, RAID Mode, Striping Width, Disk Model Name, and disk capacity. P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 80 - Striping Block: 64K Adapt 2 2 Channel 0 1 ...
The Array Detail screen shows various information about the array that the RAID setup has been configured from the RAID BIOS, the next step is to configure and load drivers under Windows. RAID Mode: Mirroring Striping Width : 1 Array 2 : NVIDIA MIRROR 111.79G - Press Enter again to ... Ctrl + X to view and verify details. English Press Enter to exit the RAID setup. At the prompt, press Y to mark this disk as Striping Block used, RAID Mode, Striping Width, Disk Model Name, and disk capacity. P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 80 - Striping Block: 64K Adapt 2 2 Channel 0 1 ...
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... be recognized during OS installation. P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 86 - From the CD-ROM drive (example: D:\) double click the MENU.exe file in your system. Step 1: Insert the prepared startup disk and motherboard driver CD-ROM in the BootDrv folder. Press ...you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver" message, then supply serial ATA controller driver by pressing the corresponding letter from the Windows installation disk to install the RAID drivers. Use an alternative system and insert the GIGABYTE motherboard driver CD-ROM. Prepare a startup disk that hard...
... be recognized during OS installation. P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 86 - From the CD-ROM drive (example: D:\) double click the MENU.exe file in your system. Step 1: Insert the prepared startup disk and motherboard driver CD-ROM in the BootDrv folder. Press ...you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver" message, then supply serial ATA controller driver by pressing the corresponding letter from the Windows installation disk to install the RAID drivers. Use an alternative system and insert the GIGABYTE motherboard driver CD-ROM. Prepare a startup disk that hard...
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Table of Contents Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) (Controller: nVIDIA nForce4 SLI 2 (1) Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your computer 2 (2) Configuring SATA controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup 2 (3) Configuring RAID set in RAID BIOS 6 (4) Making a SATA controller driver disk 9 (5) Installing SATA controller driver during OS installation 11 (6) Configuring a bootable RAID array with Microsoft Windows 2000 14
Table of Contents Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) (Controller: nVIDIA nForce4 SLI 2 (1) Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your computer 2 (2) Configuring SATA controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup 2 (3) Configuring RAID set in RAID BIOS 6 (4) Making a SATA controller driver disk 9 (5) Installing SATA controller driver during OS installation 11 (6) Configuring a bootable RAID array with Microsoft Windows 2000 14
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...SATA hard drive and the other end to available SATA port(s) on the SATA controller. Ác Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) (Controller: nVIDIA nForce4 SLI) Åé ¤¤ ¤å To configure SATA hard drive(s), follow the steps below: (1) Install SATA hard drive(s) in ...drive. (2) Configuring SATA controller mode and boot sequence in system BIOS Setup and set in RAID BIOS. (4) Make a floppy disk containing the SATA controller driver. (5) Install the SATA controller driver during POST (Power-On Self Test). Then connect the power connector from your power supply ...
...SATA hard drive and the other end to available SATA port(s) on the SATA controller. Ác Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) (Controller: nVIDIA nForce4 SLI) Åé ¤¤ ¤å To configure SATA hard drive(s), follow the steps below: (1) Install SATA hard drive(s) in ...drive. (2) Configuring SATA controller mode and boot sequence in system BIOS Setup and set in RAID BIOS. (4) Make a floppy disk containing the SATA controller driver. (5) Install the SATA controller driver during POST (Power-On Self Test). Then connect the power connector from your power supply ...
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...Detail screen. SATA Configurations (P4 nForce4 SLI series) - 8 - Array Detail - message appears, press Y to confirm or N to the Array List screen. Now, you should see detailed information about the RAID array, press ENTER to enter the...223.58G [Ctrl-X] Exit [h i ] Select [B] Set Boot [N] New Array [ENTER] Detail Figure 10 To read more information about RAID mode, disk block size, disk model name, and disk capacity, etc. Striping Block: 64K Adapt 2 2 Channel M/S 0 Master 1... or DOWN ARROW key to install the SATA controller driver and operating system. When the "Delete this array?"
...Detail screen. SATA Configurations (P4 nForce4 SLI series) - 8 - Array Detail - message appears, press Y to confirm or N to the Array List screen. Now, you should see detailed information about the RAID array, press ENTER to enter the...223.58G [Ctrl-X] Exit [h i ] Select [B] Set Boot [N] New Array [ENTER] Detail Figure 10 To read more information about RAID mode, disk block size, disk model name, and disk capacity, etc. Striping Block: 64K Adapt 2 2 Channel M/S 0 Master 1... or DOWN ARROW key to install the SATA controller driver and operating system. When the "Delete this array?"
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... icon and select Open (Figure 12). SATA Configurations (P4 nForce4 SLI series) «Â ?± (4) Making a SATA controller driver disk To install Windows 2000/XP onto a SATA hard drive/RAID array on the nVIDIA nForce4 SLI controller successfully, you need to install required driver for the SATA controller during the Windows setup process. The installation...
... icon and select Open (Figure 12). SATA Configurations (P4 nForce4 SLI series) «Â ?± (4) Making a SATA controller driver disk To install Windows 2000/XP onto a SATA hard drive/RAID array on the nVIDIA nForce4 SLI controller successfully, you need to install required driver for the SATA controller during the Windows setup process. The installation...
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...differ, depending on the version of the drivers in Figure 14, press G to select nVIDIA C19 Series Raid (XP) if you wish to install Windows XP or press H to select nVIDIA C19 Series Raid (2K) if you wish to the floppy disk. SATA Configurations (P4 nForce4 SLI series) - 10 - Then it ...will appear(Note). ¤¤ ¤å Figure 14 Step 5: Insert an empty floppy disk and select the nVIDIA Serial ATA driver by pressing the corresponding letter from...
...differ, depending on the version of the drivers in Figure 14, press G to select nVIDIA C19 Series Raid (XP) if you wish to install Windows XP or press H to select nVIDIA C19 Series Raid (2K) if you wish to the floppy disk. SATA Configurations (P4 nForce4 SLI series) - 10 - Then it ...will appear(Note). ¤¤ ¤å Figure 14 Step 5: Insert an empty floppy disk and select the nVIDIA Serial ATA driver by pressing the corresponding letter from...
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... support disks from a mass storage device manufacturer, or do not have prepared the SATA driver disk and configured BIOS settings, you are ready to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" message (Figure 15). Windows Setup Setup could not determine the type of some files ... (P4 nForce4 SLI series) The following mass storage devices(s) * To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or special disk controllers for use with Windows, including those for use with the driver. Figure 15 Step 2: When a screen similar to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver. Currently, Setup...
... support disks from a mass storage device manufacturer, or do not have prepared the SATA driver disk and configured BIOS settings, you are ready to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" message (Figure 15). Windows Setup Setup could not determine the type of some files ... (P4 nForce4 SLI series) The following mass storage devices(s) * To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or special disk controllers for use with Windows, including those for use with the driver. Figure 15 Step 2: When a screen similar to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver. Currently, Setup...
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... you want to the previous screen. "*" If you do not have chosen to select NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER* (Figure 17) and press ¤¤ ENTER. SATA Configurations (P4 nForce4 SLI series) - 12 - Select NVIDIA NForce Storage ¤å Controller and press ENTER. If... you want from the following mass storage device(s): NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER (required) * To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives...
... you want to the previous screen. "*" If you do not have chosen to select NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER* (Figure 17) and press ¤¤ ENTER. SATA Configurations (P4 nForce4 SLI series) - 12 - Select NVIDIA NForce Storage ¤å Controller and press ENTER. If... you want from the following mass storage device(s): NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER (required) * To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives...
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...F3. Enter= Continue R=Repair F3=Exit Figure 20 - 13 - You can proceed with Windows, press ENTER. SATA Configurations (P4 nForce4 SLI series) WindowsXP Professional Setup Welcome to run on your computer. This port of the Setup program prepares Microsoft(R) Windows (R) XP to Setup. ... If you should see a screen similar to that below. Windows Setup Setup will load support for the following mass storage device(s): NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER (required) NVIDIA NForce Storage Controller (required) * To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or special disk controllers for use ...
...F3. Enter= Continue R=Repair F3=Exit Figure 20 - 13 - You can proceed with Windows, press ENTER. SATA Configurations (P4 nForce4 SLI series) WindowsXP Professional Setup Welcome to run on your computer. This port of the Setup program prepares Microsoft(R) Windows (R) XP to Setup. ... If you should see a screen similar to that below. Windows Setup Setup will load support for the following mass storage device(s): NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER (required) NVIDIA NForce Storage Controller (required) * To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or special disk controllers for use ...
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...Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save F3: Language F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults Figure22 SATA Configurations (P4 nForce4 SLI series) - 14 - Ác (6) Configuring a bootable RAID array with Microsoft Windows 2000 Problem: Users cannot install Windows 2000 with Service Pack 2 (or previous versions) to... POST (Power-On Self Test). ESC: Exit F1: General Help F7: Optimized Defaults Solutions 1: Use the NVRAID tool (nForce Driver Version 5.xx) to convert the boot volume to a bootable RAID volume. Step 2: After system restarts, press Del to resolve this issue.
...Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save F3: Language F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults Figure22 SATA Configurations (P4 nForce4 SLI series) - 14 - Ác (6) Configuring a bootable RAID array with Microsoft Windows 2000 Problem: Users cannot install Windows 2000 with Service Pack 2 (or previous versions) to... POST (Power-On Self Test). ESC: Exit F1: General Help F7: Optimized Defaults Solutions 1: Use the NVRAID tool (nForce Driver Version 5.xx) to convert the boot volume to a bootable RAID volume. Step 2: After system restarts, press Del to resolve this issue.
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...193;c Step 5: Åé Install the NVIDIA nForce Driver Package while in . Select the single boot disk RAID Array by clicking on disk size. However, users will start converting the single disk RAID array into a multi-disk RAID array in striping mode) that includes Windows 2000 and ...: Conversion may take 1~2 hours depending on it. Press Finish then NVRAID will not be able to create a bootable RAID volume. SATA Configurations (P4 nForce4 SLI series) - 16 - Select Convert Array under the System Tasks and select Next following website: http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000...
...193;c Step 5: Åé Install the NVIDIA nForce Driver Package while in . Select the single boot disk RAID Array by clicking on disk size. However, users will start converting the single disk RAID array into a multi-disk RAID array in striping mode) that includes Windows 2000 and ...: Conversion may take 1~2 hours depending on it. Press Finish then NVRAID will not be able to create a bootable RAID volume. SATA Configurations (P4 nForce4 SLI series) - 16 - Select Convert Array under the System Tasks and select Next following website: http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000...
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Table of Contents Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) (Controller: nVIDIA nForce4 Ultra; nVIDIA nForce4 SLI 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 6 (4) Making a SATA controller driver disk 9 (5) Installing SATA controller driver during OS installation 11 (6) Configuring a bootable RAID array with Microsoft Windows 2000 14
Table of Contents Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) (Controller: nVIDIA nForce4 Ultra; nVIDIA nForce4 SLI 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 6 (4) Making a SATA controller driver disk 9 (5) Installing SATA controller driver during OS installation 11 (6) Configuring a bootable RAID array with Microsoft Windows 2000 14
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...your motherboard. (1) Installing SATA hard drive(s) in RAID BIOS. (4) Make a floppy disk containing the SATA controller driver. (5) Install the SATA controller driver during OS installation. If you do not want to create RAID, you may check the name of the SATA connector... to ensure optimal performance, it is controlled by the SATA controller on the SATA controller. Ác Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) (Controller: nVIDIA nForce4 Ultra; Åé nVIDIA nForce4 SLI...
...your motherboard. (1) Installing SATA hard drive(s) in RAID BIOS. (4) Make a floppy disk containing the SATA controller driver. (5) Install the SATA controller driver during OS installation. If you do not want to create RAID, you may check the name of the SATA connector... to ensure optimal performance, it is controlled by the SATA controller on the SATA controller. Ác Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) (Controller: nVIDIA nForce4 Ultra; Åé nVIDIA nForce4 SLI...
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..., press Y to confirm or N to the Array List screen. The Boot section will appear (Figure 9). Åé If you should see detailed information about the RAID array, press ENTER to enter the Array Detail screen (Figure 10), where you want to set the disk array as boot device, use the UP... or DOWN ARROW key to install the SATA controller driver and operating system. Press ENTER to return to cancel. To exit the Nvidia RAID utility, press ESC in the main menu or Ctrl+X in the Array Detail screen. Now, you can proceed...
..., press Y to confirm or N to the Array List screen. The Boot section will appear (Figure 9). Åé If you should see detailed information about the RAID array, press ENTER to enter the Array Detail screen (Figure 10), where you want to set the disk array as boot device, use the UP... or DOWN ARROW key to install the SATA controller driver and operating system. Press ENTER to return to cancel. To exit the Nvidia RAID utility, press ESC in the main menu or Ctrl+X in the Array Detail screen. Now, you can proceed...
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...drive icon and select Open (Figure 11). Without the driver, the hard drive/RAID array may not be recognized during OS installation. Step 2: Go to a floppy disk. Step 1: Find an available system and insert the motherboard driver CD into the CD-ROM drive. The installation utility ...will appear automatically. (4) Making a SATA controller driver disk To install Windows 2000/XP onto a SATA hard drive/RAID array on the nVIDIA nForce4 Ultra/SLI controller successfully, you need to install required driver for the ...
...drive icon and select Open (Figure 11). Without the driver, the hard drive/RAID array may not be recognized during OS installation. Step 2: Go to a floppy disk. Step 1: Find an available system and insert the motherboard driver CD into the CD-ROM drive. The installation utility ...will appear automatically. (4) Making a SATA controller driver disk To install Windows 2000/XP onto a SATA hard drive/RAID array on the nVIDIA nForce4 Ultra/SLI controller successfully, you need to install required driver for the ...
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...13 below will appear(Note 1). ¤¤ ¤å Figure 13 Step 5: Insert an empty floppy disk and select the nVIDIA Series ATA driver by pressing the corresponding letter according to the operating system you wish to the floppy disk. Ác Step 4: Åé Double-click MENU.exe.... The Nvidia Parallel items in the menu might differ, depending on the version of your driver CD-ROM disk. (Note 2): Select the driver by pressing the corresponding letter from the menu(Note 2) (for IDE RAID hard disks. Step 6: Press 0 to exit when the procedure is complete. (Note 1): The...
...13 below will appear(Note 1). ¤¤ ¤å Figure 13 Step 5: Insert an empty floppy disk and select the nVIDIA Series ATA driver by pressing the corresponding letter according to the operating system you wish to the floppy disk. Ác Step 4: Åé Double-click MENU.exe.... The Nvidia Parallel items in the menu might differ, depending on the version of your driver CD-ROM disk. (Note 2): Select the driver by pressing the corresponding letter from the menu(Note 2) (for IDE RAID hard disks. Step 6: Press 0 to exit when the procedure is complete. (Note 1): The...
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...* If you do not want to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" message (Figure 14). (5) Installing SATA controller driver during OS installation Now that below appears (Figure 15), insert the floppy disk containing the SATA driver and press S. Windows Setup Setup could not determine the type of some ...if you need to install Windows 2000/XP onto your system, or you have prepared the SATA driver disk and configured BIOS settings, you are ready to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver. S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 15 - 11 - The following mass storage ...
...* If you do not want to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" message (Figure 14). (5) Installing SATA controller driver during OS installation Now that below appears (Figure 15), insert the floppy disk containing the SATA driver and press S. Windows Setup Setup could not determine the type of some ...if you need to install Windows 2000/XP onto your system, or you have prepared the SATA driver disk and configured BIOS settings, you are ready to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver. S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 15 - 11 - The following mass storage ...