Intel D845PEBT2 Product Guide - Page 39

Configuring BIOS for Serial ATA, Configuring BIOS for Serial ATA RAID - serial ata driver

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Installing and Replacing Desktop Board Components Configuring BIOS for Serial ATA If the SATA drive(s) in the system is/are configured as secondary drive(s), then skip to the heading Loading the SATA RAID or SATA Driver on page 45. To boot from an SATA drive, the Serial ATA Boot option (disabled by default) must be enabled in the BIOS Setup program. Follow the steps below to enable the Serial ATA Boot option in the BIOS Setup program: 1. Press the key during Power-On Self-Test (POST) to enter the BIOS Setup program. 2. After entering the BIOS Setup program, go to the Boot Menu. 3. Enable the Serial ATA Boot option and press to save the BIOS settings and exit the BIOS Setup program. Configuring BIOS for Serial ATA RAID ✏ NOTE To use the SATA RAID option, two SATA hard disk drives are required. The Serial ATA RAID option is disabled by default in the BIOS Setup program. To boot from the SATA RAID array, the Serial ATA Boot option must be enabled in the BIOS Setup program. To access the RAID Configuration Utility, the Serial ATA RAID option must be enabled in BIOS. Follow the steps below to enable the Serial ATA RAID option in the BIOS Setup program: 1. Press the key during Power-On Self-Test (POST) to enter the BIOS Setup program. 2. After entering the BIOS Setup program, move to the Boot menu. 3. Enable the Serial ATA RAID option. 4. Disable the Silent Boot option. The "splash" screen will not be displayed during POST and will allow the user to see the option to enter the RAID Utility during POST. 5. After selecting the option, press to save the BIOS settings and exit the BIOS Setup program. 39

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Installing and Replacing Desktop Board Components
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Configuring BIOS for Serial ATA
If the SATA drive(s) in the system is/are configured as secondary drive(s), then skip to the heading
Loading the SATA RAID or SATA Driver on page 45.
To boot from an SATA drive, the
Serial
ATA Boot
option (disabled by default) must be enabled in the BIOS Setup program.
Follow the
steps below to enable the
Serial ATA Boot
option in the BIOS Setup program:
1.
Press the <F2> key during Power-On Self-Test (POST) to enter the BIOS Setup program.
2.
After entering the BIOS Setup program, go to the Boot Menu.
3. Enable the
Serial ATA Boot
option and press <F10> to save the BIOS settings and exit the
BIOS Setup program.
Configuring BIOS for Serial ATA RAID
NOTE
To use the SATA RAID option, two SATA hard disk drives are required.
The
Serial ATA RAID
option is disabled by default in the BIOS Setup program.
To boot from the
SATA RAID array, the
Serial ATA Boot
option must be enabled in the BIOS Setup program.
To
access the RAID Configuration Utility, the
Serial ATA RAID
option must be enabled in BIOS.
Follow the steps below to enable the
Serial ATA RAID
option in the BIOS Setup program:
1.
Press the <F2> key during Power-On Self-Test (POST) to enter the BIOS Setup program.
2.
After entering the BIOS Setup program, move to the Boot menu.
3. Enable the
Serial ATA RAID
option.
4. Disable the
Silent Boot
option.
The
splash
screen will not be displayed during POST and
will allow the user to see the option to enter the RAID Utility during POST.
5.
After selecting the option, press <F10> to save the BIOS settings and exit the BIOS Setup
program.