ASROCK ALIVEXFIRE-ESATA2 R3.0 - Raid Functions

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ASRock ALiveXFire-eSATA2 Motherboard
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Before installing Windows
®
2000 to your system, your Windows
®
2000 optical
disk is supposed to include SP4. If there is no SP4 included in your disk, please
visit the below website for proper procedures of making a SP4 disk:
http://www.microsoft.com/Windows2000/downloads/servicepacks/sp4/spdeploy.
htm#the_integrated_installation_fmay
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If you want to install Windows
®
2000, Windows
®
XP or Windows
®
XP 64-bit on your
SATA / SATAII HDDs without RAID functions, please follow below steps.
NOTE1. If you install single or multiple SATA / SATAII HDDs on this motherboard and plan
to install Windows
®
2000 / XP / XP 64-bit on SATA / SATAII HDDs, it is still
suggested to use RAID mode even you don’t plan to use RAID functions. Please
follow the steps of “Using SATA / SATAII HDDs with NCQ and Hot Plug functions”
below.
NOTE2. AHCI mode is only recommended for Windows
®
Vista
TM
/ Vista
TM
64-bit users. If
you install Windows
®
2000 / XP / XP 64-bit, it is not suggested to use AHCI
mode.
1. JBOD function on this motherboard is only supported with single SATA / SATAII
HDD.
2. If you want to enable Hot Plug function on eSATAII ports but you install OS on
IDE HDD, please skip step 2 and step 3.
STEP 4: Install Windows
®
2000 / Windows
®
XP / Windows
®
XP 64-bit OS on
your system.
After step 1, 2, 3, you can start to install Windows
®
2000 / Windows
®
XP / Windows
®
XP
64-bit OS on your system. At the beginning of Windows
®
setup, press F6 to install a
Using SATA / SATAII HDDs and eSATAII devices with NCQ and Hot Plug functions
STEP 1: Set Up BIOS.
A. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen IDE Configuration.
B. Set the “SATA Operation Mode” option to [RAID].
STEP 2: Make a SATA / SATAII driver diskette.
Make a SATA / SATAII driver diskette by following section 2.16.1 step 2 on page
33.
STEP 3: Enter BIOS RAID utility (FastBuild Utility) to create JBOD on SATA /
SATAII HDD.
Restart your system. Press <Ctrl+F> to enter BIOS RAID utility (FastBuild Utility) to
create JBOD on SATA / SATAII HDD. For the proper operating procedures of
creating JBOD, please refer to the BIOS RAID installation guide part of the
document in the following path in the Support CD:
.. \ RAID Installation Guide