Installing and Replacing Desktop Board Components
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Configuring BIOS for Serial ATA
If the SATA drive(s) in the system is/are configured as secondary drive(s), then skip to the heading
Loading the SATA RAID or SATA Driver on page 45. To boot from an SATA drive, the Serial
ATA Boot option (disabled by default) must be enabled in the BIOS Setup program. Follow the
steps below to enable the Serial ATA Boot option in the BIOS Setup program:
1. Press the <F2> key during Power-On Self-Test (POST) to enter the BIOS Setup program.
2. After entering the BIOS Setup program, go to the Boot Menu.
3. Enable the Serial ATA Boot option and press <F10> to save the BIOS settings and exit the
BIOS Setup program.
Configuring BIOS for Serial ATA RAID
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NOTE
To use the SATA RAID option, two SATA hard disk drives are required.
The Serial ATA RAID option is disabled by default in the BIOS Setup program. To boot from the
SATA RAID array, the Serial ATA Boot option must be enabled in the BIOS Setup program. To
access the RAID Configuration Utility, the Serial ATA RAID option must be enabled in BIOS.
Follow the steps below to enable the Serial ATA RAID option in the BIOS Setup program:
1. Press the <F2> key during Power-On Self-Test (POST) to enter the BIOS Setup program.
2. After entering the BIOS Setup program, move to the Boot menu.
3. Enable the Serial ATA RAID option.
4. Disable the Silent Boot option. The “splash” screen will not be displayed during POST and
will allow the user to see the option to enter the RAID Utility during POST.
5. After selecting the option, press <F10> to save the BIOS settings and exit the BIOS Setup
program.
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