Asus M4A89TD PRO/USB3 - Installing Serial ATA Hard Disks; Setting the RAID Item in BIOS

ASUS M4A89TD PRO Series
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Chapter 4
4.5.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks
The motherboard supports Serial ATA hard disk drives. For optimal performance, install
identical drives of the same model and capacity when creating a disk array.
To install the SATA hard disks for a RAID conguration:
1. Install the SATA hard disks into the drive bays.
2. Connect the SATA signal cables.
3. Connect a SATA power cable to the power connector on each drive.
4.5.3 Setting the RAID item in BIOS
You must enable the RAID function in the BIOS Setup before creating RAID volume(s) using
SATA HDDs. To do this:
1. Enter the BIOS Setup during POST.
2. Go to the
Main menu > Storage Conguration, and then press <Enter>.
3. Set the
OnChip SATA Type item to [RAID].
4. Save your changes, and then exit the BIOS Setup.
Refer to Chapter 3 for details on entering and navigating through the BIOS Setup.
When setting the SATA Port1-Port4 item to [RAID], all SATA ports run at RAID mode.
However, you can set the SATA ports 5 and 6 to [IDE] or [AHCI] modes. See section 3.4.2
Storage Conguration for details.