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C-1. UEFI RAID Configuration, BootDrv\UEFI RAID Utility, BIOS Features, OS Type, Windows 8

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C-1. UEFI RAID Configuration This mode supports Windows 8 64-bit installation only. To configure UEFI RAID, you need to prepare a USB flash drive using FAT 32 file format and copy all files (including the UEFI RAID utility rcadm.efi) in the \BootDrv\UEFI RAID Utility folder in your motherboard driver disk to the flash drive. Then follow the steps below. Step 1: In BIOS Setup, go to BIOS Features and set OS Type to Windows 8 and CSM Support to Never. (Figure 2) Save the changes and exit BIOS Setup. Figure 2 Running the UEFI RAID Utility Restart your computer and press to enter the boot device configuration menu. Use the up or down arrow key to select your USB flash drive which is prefixed with "UEFI:" string. Then press to access the screen as shown in Figure 3. To run the UEFI RAID utility, enter the following commands. You can enter the commands at Shell or fsx: level (x represents the disk number for your USB flash drive). EFI Shell version 2.31 [4.653] Current running mode 1.1.2 Device mapping table fs0 : Removable HardDisk Alias hd15c0b blk0 PciRoot (0x0)/Pci (0x12, 0x2)/USB (0x2, 0x0)/HD (1.MBR,0xc3072e18, 0x1f80, 0xeea080) blk0 : Removable CDRom Alias hd15c0b fs0 PciRoot (0x0)/Pci (0x12, 0x2)/USB (0x2, 0x0)/HD (1.MBR,0xc3072e18, 0x1f80, 0xeea080) blk1 : BlockDevice - Alias (null) PciRoot (0x0)/Pci (0x11, 0x0)/Unit (0x1) blk2 : Removable BlockDevice - Alias (null) PciRoot (0x0)/Pci (0x12, 0x2)/USB (0x2, 0x0) Press ESC in 1 seconds to skip startup.nsh, any other key to continue. Shell> Figure 3 - 57 - Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s)

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Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s)
C-1. UEFI RAID Configuration
This mode supports Windows 8 64-bit installation only.
To configure UEFI RAID, you need to prepare a USB flash drive using FAT32 file format and copy all files
(including the UEFI RAID utility rcadm.efi) in the
\BootDrv\UEFI RAID Utility
folder in your motherboard driver
disk to the flash drive. Then follow the steps below.
Step 1:
In BIOS Setup, go to
BIOS Features
and set
OS Type
to
Windows 8
and
CSM Support
to
Never
. (Figure 2)
Save the changes and exit BIOS Setup.
Running the UEFI RAID Utility
Restart your computer and press <F12> to enter the boot device configuration menu. Use the up or down arrow
key to select your USB flash drive which is prefixed with "UEFI:" string. Then press <Enter> to access the screen
as shown in Figure 3. To run the UEFI RAID utility, enter the following commands.
You can enter the commands at
Shell
or
fsx:
level (
x
represents the disk number for your USB flash drive).
Figure 2
Figure 3
EFI Shell version 2.31 [4.653]
Current running mode 1.1.2
Device mapping table
fs0
: Removable HardDisk
Alias
hd15c0b blk0
PciRoot (0x0)/Pci (0x12, 0x2)/USB (0x2, 0x0)/HD (1.MBR,0xc3072e18, 0x1f80, 0xeea080)
blk0
: Removable CDRom
Alias
hd15c0b fs0
PciRoot (0x0)/Pci (0x12, 0x2)/USB (0x2, 0x0)/HD (1.MBR,0xc3072e18, 0x1f80, 0xeea080)
blk1
: BlockDevice -
Alias
(null)
PciRoot (0x0)/Pci (0x11, 0x0)/Unit (0x1)
blk2
: Removable BlockDevice -
Alias
(null)
PciRoot (0x0)/Pci (0x12, 0x2)/USB (0x2, 0x0)
Press
ESC
in 1 seconds to skip
startup.nsh
, any other key to continue.
Shell>