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BIOS Configuration - chipset driver

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MS-7246 Mainboard BIOS Configuration The Intel Matrix Storage Manager Option ROM should be integrated with the system BIOS on all motherboards with a supported Intel chipset. The Intel Matrix Stroage Manager Option ROM is the Intel RAID implementation and provides BIOS and DOS disk services. Please use + keys to enter the "Intel® RAID for Serial ATA" status screen, which should appear early in system boot-up, during the POST (Power-On Self Test). Also, you need to enable the RAID function in BIOS (please refer to "Chapter 3" SATA Mode for details) to create, delete and reset RAID vol um es . Using the Intel Matrix Stroage Manager Option ROM 1. Creating, Deleting and Resetting RAID Volumes: The Serial ATA RAID volume may be configured using the RAID Configuration utility stored within the Intel RAID Option ROM. During the Power-On Self Test (POST), the following message will appear for a few seconds: Important The "Driver Model", "Serial #" and "Size" in the following example might be different from your system. After the above message shows, press and keys simultaneously to enter the RAID Configuration Utility. Important The following procedure is only available with a newly-built system or if you are reinstalling your OS. It should not be used to migrate an existing system to RAID. B-2

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MS-7246 Mainboard
B-2
The Intel Matrix Storage Manager Option ROM should be integrated with the system
BIOS on all motherboards with a supported Intel chipset. The Intel Matrix Stroage
Manager Option ROM is the Intel RAID implementation and provides BIOS and DOS
disk services. Please use <Ctrl> + <I> keys to enter the
“
Intel
®
RAID for Serial ATA
”
status screen, which should appear early in system boot-up, during the POST
(Power-On Self Test). Also, you need to enable the RAID function in BIOS (please
refer to
“
Chapter 3
”
SATA Mode <RAID>
for details) to create, delete and reset RAID
volumes.
After the above message shows, press <Ctrl> and <I> keys simultaneously
to enter the RAID Configuration Utility.
Using the Intel Matrix Stroage Manager Option ROM
1. Creating, Deleting and Resetting RAID Volumes:
The Serial ATA RAID volume may be configured using the RAID Configuration utility
stored within the Intel RAID Option ROM. During the Power-On Self Test (POST), the
following message will appear for a few seconds:
BIOS Configuration
Important
The
“
Driver Model
”
,
“
Serial #
”
and
“
Size
”
in the following example might be
different from your system.
Important
The following procedure is only available with a newly-built system or if you are
reinstalling your OS. It should not be used to migrate an existing system to
RAID.