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... 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 GigaRAID controller on the motherboard. (To ensure that your IDE CD-ROM drive can work properly...
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... IDE hard drive onto which you want to install
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Microsoft Windows 2000/XP and use the PLUS SIGN to move it up to the first item. In this procedure, we select 1. SCSI-0: IT8212 (Figure 2).
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Hard Disk Boot Priority
Step 3
Figure 2
Set First Boot Device to CD-ROM so...
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... may not be recognized during the Windows setup process.
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First of all, you need to copy the driver for the IDE RAID controller from the motherboard driver CD to
a floppydisk. 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...
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Now that you have prepared a floppy disk with the IDE RAID controller driver and adjusted BIOS settings, you are ready to install Windows 2000/XP onto your IDE hard drive with the driver. The following is an
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example of Windows XP installation.
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Step 1: Restart your system to boot from the Windows 2000/XP Setup disk and press F6 as soon as...
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Step 3: If Setup correctly recognizes the driver in the floppy disk, a controller menu will appear. If you want to install Windows XP, use the UP or DOWN ARROW key to select ITE IT8212 ATA RAID Controller (Windows 2000/XP)* (Figure 22) and press ENTER. Then it will begin to load the driver from the floppy disk.
Figure 22 If a message appears saying one or...
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... GigaRAID controller driver installation is completed, you should see a screen similar to Figure
23 below. It indicates that you have installed the driver successfully. You can proceed with the Windows
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2000/XP installation.
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Figure 23
(Note: Each time you add a new hard drive to a RAID array, the RAID driver will have to be installed under Windows once...
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...) ATA RAID Controller 6 Quick Start ...7 Create Your Disk Array 9 Setup Utility...15 Using the GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller Setup Utility 15 Auto Configuration 17 Define RAID...22 Delete RAID...28 Rebuild RAID 31 RAID Card Configuration 36 Driver Installation ...38 Windows XP 39 Windows 2000 45 Windows SE/ME 53 Windows NT 61 Linux ...69 Install the GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID...
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... CPU and firmware on system to handle the RAID function. It can reduce the driver's loading of system CPU and improve the system's ability. Low CPU utilization based on a local processor architecture Compatible with PCI Local bus specification v2.2. Users can easily install our systems to your PCs. Supports PCI power Management v1.0 to reduce power consumption. Supports the drivers for windows...
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... with PCI spec. v2.2. It can be easily installed into the PC system nowadays. Besides, we provide each OS a corresponding driver so that users don't have to worry that your systems and the IDE RAID system have any compatibility issue. This GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller can support IDE drivers ranging from the lowest speed of PIO mode drive to...
Manual - Page 38
... been properly setup in the system.
Windows XP Windows 2000 Windows 98/ME Windows NT 4.0 For the Windows operating system (Win NT, WinXP, Win2000 ), for IDE RAID/SCSI/Serial ATA functioning, the driver must first be transferred to a floppy disk. Please follow the steps below to complete driver transfer to a floppy disk: 1) Please insert the provided driver CD into the hard disk drive eg. Drive...
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GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller USER'S MANUAL
Windows SE/ME
Install the driver 1. Start Windows. 2. When Windows detects GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller in the system,
a dialog box named Add New Hardware Wizard will show on the screen. Select the Specify the location of the driver (Advanced) option then click "Next" to continue to setup.
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...Windows setup process. First of all, you need to copy the driver for the SATA 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...
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... 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 set up Windows XP now, press ENTER.
To repair a Windows XP installation using Recovery Console, press R.
To quit Setup without installing Windows...
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... its original settings. If you wish to upgrade to a new BIOS, either Gigabyte's Q-Flash or @BIOS utility can be used. Q-Flash allows the user to quickly and easily update or backup BIOS without entering the operating system. @BIOS is a Windows-based utility that does not require users to boot to DOS before upgrading BIOS but directly download and update BIOS from the Internet.
CONTROL KEYS Enter...
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...within BIOS setup in order to change system settings such as the CPU system bus, memory timings or to enabled Gigabyte's unique C.I.A. 2 and M.I.B. 2 features. M.I.T.'s integration of all platform performance settings into a single mode now gives any user the ability to control and enhance their computer system to the desired level.
C.I.A.2 (CPU Intelligent Accelerator 2)
GIGABYTE CPU Intelligent...
Manual - Page 60
... entered Xpress Recovery by booting from the CD-ROM, you can enter Xpress Recovery in the future by pressing the F9 key.
2. System storage capacity as well as drive reading/writing speed will affect backup speed. 3. It is recommended that Xpress Recovery be immediately installed after OS and all
required driver and software installations are complete.
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... Processor : Intel Pentium(R) 4 1.6GHz (133x12) Memory Testing : 131072K OK
Memory Frequency 266 MHz in Single Channel Primary Master : FUJITSU MPE3170AT ED-03-08 Primary Slave : None Secondary Master : CREATIVEDVD-RM DVD1242E BC101 Secondary Slave : None
Press DEL to enter SETUP / Dual BIOS / Q-Flash / F9 For
Xpress Recovery 08/07/2003-i875P-6A79BG03C-00
GA-8I945P Dual Graphic(-R) Motherboard...
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... disk, we recommend that you use the new @BIOS utility. @BIOS allows users to update their BIOS under Windows. Just select the desired @BIOS server to download the latest version of BIOS.
Fig 1. Installing the @BIOS utility
Fig 2. Installation Complete and Run @BIOS
Click Sart/ Programs/ GIGABYTE/@BIOS
Select @BIOS item than click Install
Fig 3. The @BIOS Utility
Click " "
Click "Update...
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1. Create RAID Volume 2. Delete RAID Volume 3. Reset Disks to Non-RAID 4. Exit
RAID Volumes : None Defined.
[ DISK/VOLUME INFORMATION ]
Physical Disks :
Port Driver Model
0
ST3120026AS
1
ST3120026AS
Serial # 3JT329JX
3JT354CP
Size
Type/Status(Vol ID)
111.7GB Non-RAIDDisk
111.7GB Non-RAIDDisk
[ ]-Select
[ESC]-Exit
[ENTER]-Select Menu
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Manual - Page 80
... stereo output is applied.
STEP 1 : After installation of the audio driver, you should find
an Audio Manager icon in your system tray (you can also find the icon in Control Panel). Double-click the icon to open the Audio Control Panel.
STEP 2: In the Audio Control Panel, click the Audio I/O tab. In the upper left list, click 2CH Speaker.
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