Asus P5K64 WS - Installing Serial ATA Hard Disks; Intel RAID Configurations

ASUS P5K64 WS 5-29
5.4.1 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.
5.4.2 Intel
®
RAID congurations
This motherboard supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10 and Intel
®
Matrix
Storage congurations for Serial ATA hard disks drives through the Intel
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ICH9R
Southbridge chip.
See Chapter 4 for details on entering and navigating through the BIOS Setup.
Setting the RAID item in BIOS
You must set the RAID item in the BIOS Setup before you can create a RAID set(s).
To do this:
1. Enter the BIOS Setup during POST.
2. Go to the Main Menu, select
SATA Conguration, then press <Enter>.
3. Select the item
Configure SATA as, then press <Enter> to display the
conguration options.
4. Select
RAID from the Congure SATA as item options, then press <Enter>.
5. Select the item Onboard Serial-ATA BOOTROM, press <Enter>, then select
Enabled from the options.
6. Save your changes, then exit the BIOS Setup.