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NVIDIA RAID Configuration
b Select “NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER (required)” and then press Enter.
c Press S again at the Specify Devices screen, then press Enter.
d Select “NVIDIA NForce Storage Controller (required)” and then press
Enter.
The following Windows Setup screen appears listing both drivers:.
Figure 2.15 Windows Setup—NVIDIA drives listed
Press Enter to continue with Windows XP Installation.
Be sure to leave the floppy disk inserted in the floppy drive until the blue
screen portion of Windows XP installation is completed, then take out the
floppy.
Follow the instructions on how to install Windows XP.
After Windows XP is completely installed, it is recommended that you
install the ForceWare software in order to access the MediaShield RAID
Management tool.
Note:
Each time you add a new hard drive to a RAID array, the RAID driver
will have to be installed under Windows once for that hard drive. After
that, the driver will not have to be installed.
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This concludes chapter 5.

ECS GF8100VM-M5 Specifications

General

Number of memory slots	2
Maximum internal memory	16 GB
Processor socket	Socket AM2
Processor manufacturer	AMD
USB 2.0 connectors	4
Power fan connector	Yes
Number of SATA connectors	6
Controller interface type	NVIDIA MCP78V
PS/2 ports quantity	1
USB 2.0 ports quantity	USB 2.0 ports have a data transmission speed of 480 Mbps, and are backwards compatible with USB 1.1 ports. You can connect all kinds of peripheral devices to them.
Firewire (IEEE 1394) ports	0
Audio chip	VIA VT1708B
Power source type	ATX
Audio output channels	6.1 channels
Motherboard form factor	micro ATX
BIOS type	AMI
Maximum graphics card memory	512 MB
RAID levels	0, 1