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VIA VT8237 Serial ATA RAID & Promise FastTrak 579 Parallel ATA / Serial ATA RAID Introduction System BIOS Setup Before you configure the RAID, power on the computer and the system will start POST (Power On Self Test) process. When the message below appears on the screen, press key to enter Setup. For AMI BIOS: DEL: Setup F11: Boot Menu F12: Network boot TAB: Logo Once you enter BIOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu will appear on the screen. Use arrow keys to move among the configurable functions on the Main Menu and press to enter Integrated Peripherals. As to VIA VT8237 Serial ATA RAID, Under Integrated Peripherals, select OnChip SATA IDE Controller, and select [Enabled] or [Disabled]. For Promise FastTrak 579 Serial ATA/Serial ATA RAID, under Integrated Peripherals, select OnBoard PCI Controller, and set the P20579 S.ATA Controller to [SATA] or [RAID] or [Disabled]. Select this option and [Enabled] or [Disabled] it. Go to Creating Your Disk Array if you set the controller [SATA] or [RAID] proceed to Installing Software Drivers. 5-3

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VIA VT8237 Serial ATA RAID &
Promise FastTrak 579 Parallel ATA / Serial ATA RAID Introduction
5-3
System BIOS Setup
Before you configure the RAID, power on the computer and the system will start POST
(Power On Self Test) process.
When the message below appears on the screen,
press <DEL> key to enter Setup.
For AMI BIOS:
DEL: Setup
F11: Boot Menu
F12: Network boot
TAB: Logo
Once you enter BIOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu will appear on the screen. Use arrow
keys to move among the configurable functions on the Main Menu and press <Enter> to
enter
Integrated Peripherals
.
As to VIA VT8237 Serial ATA RAID, Under
Integrated
Peripherals
, select OnChip SATA IDE Controller, and select
[Enabled]
or
[Disabled].
For Promise FastTrak 579 Serial ATA/Serial ATA RAID, under
Integrated Peripherals
,
select OnBoard PCI Controller, and set the
P20579 S.ATA Controller
to
[SATA]
or
[RAID]
or
[Disabled].
Select this option and [Enabled] or [Disabled] it.
Go to
Creating Your Disk Array
if you set the controller
[SATA]
or
[RAID]
proceed to
Installing Software Drivers
.