Gigabyte GA-8I915P Dual Graphic Manual
Gigabyte GA-8I915P Dual Graphic Manual
 |
View all Gigabyte GA-8I915P Dual Graphic manuals
Add to My Manuals
Save this manual to your list of manuals |
Gigabyte GA-8I915P Dual Graphic manual content summary:
- Gigabyte GA-8I915P Dual Graphic | Manual - Page 1
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 5 (4) Making a SATA Driver Disk ...9 (5) Installing SATA controller driver during OS installation 11 - Gigabyte GA-8I915P Dual Graphic | Manual - Page 2
RAID with the SATA controller, you may prepare only one hard drive. (b) An empty formatted floppy disk. (c) Windows XP/2000 setup disk. (d) Driver CD for your motherboard. (1) Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your computer Attach one end of the SATA signal cable to the rear of the SATA hard drive - Gigabyte GA-8I915P Dual Graphic | Manual - Page 3
RAID (Disabled by default). Then, set On-Chip SATA Mode to Manual or Auto (default) based on your own requirements. CMOS Setup Utility- show the exact settings for your motherboard. The actual BIOS Setup menu options you will see shall depend on the motherboard you have and the BIOS version - Gigabyte GA-8I915P Dual Graphic | Manual - Page 4
Ác Step 2: Later, select Hard Disk Boot Priority under the Advanced BIOS Features menu. In the Hard Disk Åé Boot Priority submenu, select the model of the SATA hard drive onto which you intent to install Microsoft ¤¤ Windows 2000/XP (Figure 2). CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award - Gigabyte GA-8I915P Dual Graphic | Manual - Page 5
(3) Configuring RAID set in RAID BIOS Enter the RAID BIOS setup utility to configure a RAID array. Skip this step and proceed to Section 4 if you do not want to create RAID. Step 1: After the POST memory test begins and before the operating system boot begins, look for a message which says "Press < - Gigabyte GA-8I915P Dual Graphic | Manual - Page 6
Ác Step 3: After entering the Create Volume Menu screen, name the disk array with 1~16 letters (letters cannot be Åé special characters) under the Name item. When finished, press ENTER to select a RAID level (Figure ¤¤ 6). There are two RAID levels: RAID0(Stripe) and RAID1(Mirror). Select a - Gigabyte GA-8I915P Dual Graphic | Manual - Page 7
Step 5: After setting all the items above, select Create Volume and press ENTER (Figure 8) to begin the creation of the RAID array. KL Figure 8 Step 6: When prompted to confirm whether to create this volume, press Y to create or N to cancel. KL Figure 9 - 7 - SATA Hard Drives Configurations (Intel - Gigabyte GA-8I915P Dual Graphic | Manual - Page 8
Delete RAID Volume If you want to delete a RAID volume, select the Delete RAID Volume option in Main Menu. Press ENTER and follow on-screen instructions. KL To exit the ICH6R RAID BIOS utility, press ESC in Main Menu. Now, you can proceed to the installation of the SATA - Gigabyte GA-8I915P Dual Graphic | Manual - Page 9
. ¤å 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 - Gigabyte GA-8I915P Dual Graphic | Manual - Page 10
13 Step 5: Insert an empty floppy disk and press 1 to select 1)Intel Application Accelerator 4.0. Then it will take about one minute to copy the SATA driver from the motherboard driver CD to the floppy disk. Step 6: Press 0 to exit when the procedure is complete (Figure 14). You have copied the SATA - Gigabyte GA-8I915P Dual Graphic | Manual - Page 11
to install Windows 2000/XP onto your SATA hard drive with the SATA driver. The following is an example of ¤¤ Windows XP installation. ¤å Step see the "Press F6 if you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" message (Figure 15). After pressing F6, there will be a few moments of some - Gigabyte GA-8I915P Dual Graphic | Manual - Page 12
found, please check the floppy disk or copy the correct SATA driver again from the motherboard driver CD. Step 4: When the screen as shown below appears, press ENTER to continue the SATA driver installation from the floppy disk. The driver installation will be finished in about one minute. Figure 18 - Gigabyte GA-8I915P Dual Graphic | Manual - Page 13
Åé 2000/XP installation. ¤¤ ¤å Figure 19 (Note: Each time you add a new hard drive to a RAID array, the RAID driver will have to be installed under Windows once for that hard drive. After that, the driver will not have to be installed.) SATA Hard Drives Configurations (Intel ICH6R) - 13 -
-
1 -
2 -
3 -
4 -
5 -
6 -
7 -
8
-
9
-
10
-
11
-
12
-
13
 |
 |
Table of Contents
Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s)
(Controller
Intel ICH6R)
.........................................................
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
.............................................................................................
5
(4)
Making a SATA Driver Disk
...........................................................................................................
9
(5)
Installing SATA controller driver during OS installation
.............................................................
11