Asus P4C800-E Deluxe P4C800-E Deluxe User's manual english version E1347 - Page 143

5.5 Intel® RAID for Serial ATA The Intel® ICH5R chipset supports Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) configuration. Using two Serial ATA hard disks on SATA1 and SATA2 connectors onboard, you may set up a RAID 0 level storage configuration. RAID 0 (called data striping) optimizes two identical hard disk drives to read and write data in parallel, interleaved stacks. Two hard disks perform the same work as a single drive but at a sustained data transfer rate, double that of a single disk alone, thus improving data access and storage. 5.5.1 BIOS configuration Follow these steps to set the BIOS items related to the RAID function. 1. Enter the BIOS Setup utility by pressing during the Power-On Self Test (POST). See section "4.2 BIOS Setup program" for more information on entering the Setup utility. 2. From the Main menu, select IDE Configuration to display the sub-menu items. 3. Set the IDE Configuration items as follows: Onboard IDE Operate Mode Enhanced Mode Support On Configure S-ATA as RAID Serial ATA BOOTROM [Enhanced Mode] [S-ATA] [Yes] [Enabled] When creating a RAID, make sure that the item Configure S-ATA as RAID is set to Yes, and the item Serial ATA BOOTROM enabled, to load the Intel RAID Option ROM upon boot up. The Intel RAID Option ROM provides the pre-operating system user interface for the Intel RAID implementation. 4. Press to save your changes and exit the Setup utility. For more information on the Intel RAID for Serial ATA , refer to the Intel Application Accelerator (RAID Edition) User's Manual in the motherboard support CD. See path \Manual\IAA RAID Manual.doc. ASUS P4C800-E Deluxe motherboard user guide 5-33