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Configuring IDE RAID Hard Drive(s) (Controller: VIA VT6410) .................................................... 2

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Installing IDE hard drive(s) in your system ................................................................................ 2 Configuring VT6410 IDE controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup ....................... 3 Configuring RAID set in RAID BIOS ............................................................................................. 5 Making a IDE RAID controller driver disk .................................................................................. 10 Installing IDE RAID controller driver during OS installation ..................................................... 12

Configuring IDE RAID Hard Drive(s) (Controller: VIA VT6410)

To set up IDE RAID hard drive(s), you have to follow the steps below:
(1) Install IDE hard drive(s) in your computer. (2) Configure VT6410 IDE controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup. (3)* Configure RAID set in RAID BIOS. (4) Make a floppy disk containing the IDE RAID controller driver (5) Install the IDE RAID controller driver during OS installation.

Before you begin

Please prepare: (a) Two IDE hard drives (to ensure optimal performance, it is recommended that you use two hard drives with identical model and capacity). If you do not plan to create RAID with the VT6410 controller, you may prepare only one hard drive. (b) An empty formatted floppy disk. (c) Windows XP/2000 setup disk. (d) Driver CD for your motherboard.

(1) Installing IDE hard drive(s) in your system

Attach one end of the IDE cable to the rear of the IDE hard drive and the other end to IDE port(s) controlled by the VT6410 RAID controller on the motherboard. (To ensure that your IDE CD-ROM can work properly, please connect it to the IDE1 port (controlled by the Southbridge) and connect your hard drives to IDE2/IDE3 ports ). Then connect the power connector from your power supply to the hard drive(s).

"*" Skip this step if you do not want to create RAID.array on the IDE controller VIA VT6410 IDE RAID Drives Configuration -2-

(2) Configuring VT6410 IDE controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup
You have to make sure whether the VT6410 IDE controller are configured correctly in system BIOS Setup and set BIOS boot sequence for the IDE RAID hard drive(s). Step 1: Turn on your computer and press the Del key to enter BIOS Setup during POST (Power-On Self Test). To enable the VT6410 IDE controller, please select Onboard H/W RAID under the Integrated Peripherals menu and then press ENTER. Make sure the Onboard H/W RAID item is set to Enabled (Enabled by default) (Figure 1). If you set this option to Disabled, the VT6410 IDE controller will be disabled and will not support any devices.

CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software Integrated Peripherals On-Chip Primary PCI IDE SATA RAID/AHCI Mode x On-Chip SATA Mode x PATA IDE Set to SATA Port 0/2 Set to SATA Port 1/3 Set to USB Controller USB 2.0 Controller USB Keyboard Support USB Mouse Support Azalia Codec Onboard H/W RAID Onboard H/W 1394 Onboard H/W LAN1 Onboard H/W LAN2 Onboard LAN1 Boot ROM Onboard LAN2 Boot ROM Onboard Serial Port 1 Onboard IrDA Port : Move Enter: Select F5: Previous Values [Enabled] [RAID] Auto Ch.1 Master/Slave Ch.2 Master/Slave Ch.3 Master/Slave [Enabled] [Enabled] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Auto] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Disabled] [Disabled] [3F8/IRQ4] [2F8/IRQ] +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save F6: Fail-Safe Defaults Item Help Menu Level

ESC: Exit F1: General Help F7: Optimized Defaults

Figure 1

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Step 2: Select Hard Disk Boot Priority under the Advanced BIOS Features menu and then choose the model of the IDE hard drive onto which you want to install Microsoft Windows 2000/XP (Figure 2).
CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software Hard Disk Boot Priority 1. SCSI-0 : Maxtor 6E030L0 2. SCSI-1 : Maxtor 6E030L0 3. Bootable Add-in Cards Item Help Menu Level Use < > or < > to select a device, then press <+> to move it up, or <-> to move it down the list. Press <ESC> to exit this menu.

: Move

PU/PD/+/-: Change Priority

F10: Save

ESC: Exit

Figure 2 Step 3: Set First Boot Device under the Advanced BIOS Features menu to CD-ROM to boot from CD-ROM after system restarts (Figure 3).
CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features Hard Disk Boot Priority First Boot Device Second Boot Device Third Boot Device Password Check CPU Hyper-Threading Limit CPUID Max. to 3 [Press Enter] [CDROM] [Hard Disk] [CDROM] [Setup] [Enabled] [Enabled] Item Help Menu Level Select Hard Disk Boot Device Priority

: Move Enter: Select F5: Previous Values

+/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save F6: Fail-Safe Defaults

ESC: Exit F1: General Help F7: Optimized Defaults

Figure 3 Step 4: Save and exit BIOS Setup.

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(3) Configuring RAID set in RAID BIOS

To create RAID on the VT6410 controller, you have to enter the RAID setup utility. Skip this step and proceed with Section 4 on page 10 if you do not want to create RAID. Step 1: After the Power-On Self-Test (POST) memory test begins and before the operating system boot begins, look for a message which says "Press <Tab> key into User Window"(Figure 4). Hit the TAB key to enter the RAID setup utility.
VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA VT6410 RAID BIOS Setting Utility V2.11 Copyright (C) VIA Technologies, Inc. All Right reserved. Press <Tab> key into User Window! Scan Devices, Please wait... Primary Master : Maxtor 6E030L0 Primary Master : No Device Secondary Master : Maxtor 6E030L0 Secondary Master : No Device

Figure 4

Step 2: After you press the TAB key, a screen similar to that below will appear (Figure 5). You can press the UP and DOWN ARROW keys to highlight the option you need.
VIA Tech. RAID BIOS Ver 2.11 Create Array Delete Array Create/Delete Spare Select Boot Array Serial Number View Create a RAID array with the hard disks attached to VIA RAID controller F1 , Enter ESC Array Name : : : : View Array/disk Status Move to next item Confirm the selection Exit Mode ATA133 ATA133 Size(GB) 28.63 27.24 Status Hdd Hdd

Channel Channel0 Master Channel0 Slave Channel1 Master Channel1 Slave

Drive Name Maxtor 6E030L0 No Drive Maxtor 6E030L0 No Drive

Figure 5

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A.Create Array: Use the UP and DOWN ARROW keys to highlight the Create Array command and press ENTER to call out the list of creation steps as shown in Figure 6 below.
VIA Tech. RAID BIOS Ver 2.11 Auto Setup For Performance Array Mode RAID 0 (Striping) Select Disk Drives Block Size 64K Start Create Process Create a RAID array with the hard disks attached to VIA RAID controller F1 , Enter ESC Array Name : : : : View Array/disk Status Move to next item Confirm the selection Exit Mode Size(GB) Status Hdd Hdd

Channel Channel0 Master Channel0 Slave Channel1 Master Channel1 Slave

Drive Name Maxtor 6E030L0 No Drive Maxtor 6E030L0 No Drive

ATA 133 28.63 ATA 133 27.24

Figure 6 The first step is to set the RAID mode. Highlight the Array Mode option and press ENTER and a list of RAID modes will appear (Figure 7), including RAID 0 for performance, RAID 1 for data protection, RAID 0/1, and RAID SPAN for capacity. Use the UP and DOWN ARROW keys to highlight the RAID mode you want to create and press ENTER to confirm the selection.
VIA Tech. RAID BIOS Ver 2.11 Auto Setup For Data Security RAID 0 for performance Array Mode RAID 0 (Striping) RAID 1 Drives Select Diskfor data protection RAID 0/1 Block Size 64K RAID SPAN for capacity Start Create Process Create a RAID array with the hard disks attached to VIA RAID controller F1 , Enter ESC Array Name : : : : View Array/disk Status Move to next item Confirm the selection Exit Mode Size(GB) Status Hdd Hdd

Channel Channel0 Master Channel0 Slave Channel1 Master Channel1 Slave

Drive Name Maxtor 6E030L0 No Drive Maxtor 6E030L0 No Drive

ATA 133 28.63 ATA 133 27.24

Figure 7

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After selecting an array mode, you have to decide the way to create the array. There are two methods to create a disk array. One method is Auto Setup and the other is Select Disk Drives. Auto Setup lets BIOS select the disk drives and create array automatically but it does not duplicate the mirroring drives even user selects Create and duplicate for RAID 1 and 0+1. It is suitable when the disk drives with which you want to create an array are new ones. Select Disk Drives lets user select the array drives as required. When using the Select Disk Drives method, the channel column will be activated. Just highlight the target drives that you want to use and press ENTER to select them respectively. The selected hard drives will be marked with an asterisk (see Figure 8).
VIA Tech. RAID BIOS Ver 2.11 Auto Setup For Performance Array Mode RAID 0 (Striping) Select Disk Drives Block Size 64K Start Create Process Create a RAID array with the hard disks attached to VIA RAID controller F1 , Enter ESC Array Name : : : : View Array/disk Status Move to next item Confirm the selection Exit Mode Size(GB) Status Stripe0 Stripe1

Channel [*] Channel0 Master Channel0 Slave [*] Channel1 Master Channel1 Slave

Drive Name Maxtor 6E030L0 No Drive Maxtor 6E030L0 No Drive

ATA 133 28.63 ATA 133 27.24

Figure 8 Use the arrow keys to highlight the Block Size item and press ENTER , then a list of block size options will appear. The block size can be selected from 4K to 64K Bytes (Figure 9). Use the arrow keys to highlight the block size you need and press ENTER.
VIA Tech. RAID BIOS Ver 2.11 Auto Setup For Performance 4K Array Mode RAID 0 (Striping) 8K Select Disk Drives 16K Block Size 64K 32K Start Create Process 64K Create a RAID array with the hard disks attached to VIA RAID controller F1 , Enter ESC Array Name : : : : View Array/disk Status Move to next item Confirm the selection Exit Mode Size(GB) Status Stripe0 Stripe1

Channel [*] Channel0 Master Channel0 Slave [*] Channel1 Master Channel1 Slave

Drive Name Maxtor 6E030L0 No Drive Maxtor 6E030L0 No Drive

ATA 133 28.63 ATA 133 27.24

Figure 9 Next, use the arrow keys to highlight Start Create Process and press ENTER to begin the creation of RAID array, then you should see a warning message which says "The data on the selected disks will be destroied. Continue? (Y/N) ]." Press Y to finish the creation, or press N to cancel the creation. The content of hard drive will be destroyed after array creation. -7VIA VT6410 IDE RAID Drives Configuration

Delete Array: If you want to delete an existing RAID array, use the arrow keys to highlight the Delete Array item in main menu interface, and press ENTER. Use the arrow keys to highlight a member of an array that you want to delete and press ENTER. A warning message will display (Figure 10). Press Y to delete a specific array or press N to cancel.
VIA Tech. RAID BIOS Ver 2.11 Create Array Delete Array Create/Delete Spare Select Boot Array Serial Number View The selected array will be destoried. Are you sure? Continue? Press Y/N Channel [*] Channel0 Master Channel0 Slave [*] Channel1 Master Channel1 Slave Drive Name Maxtor 6E030L0 No Drive Maxtor 6E030L0 No Drive Delete a RAID array contain the hard disks attached to VIA RAID controller F1 , Enter ESC Array Name ARRAY 0 ARRAY 0 : : : : View Array/disk Status Move to next item Confirm the selection Exit Mode Size(GB) Status Stripe0 Stripe1

ATA 133 28.63 ATA 133 27.24

Figure 10 Deletion of a disk array will destroy all the data on the disk array except for RAID 1. When a RAID 1 array is deleted, the data on the two hard drives will be reserved and will become two normal drives. C. Select Boot Array: User can select a disk array as boot device if user wants to boot operating system from an array. Boot disk array can be not selected if user does not boot operating system from disk array. Use the arrow keys to highlight the Select Boot Disk item then press ENTER. The channel column will be activated. Just use the arrow keys to highlight the target disk array then press ENTER. If user select a disk array that has a boot mark (an asterisk) and press ENTER, then its boot setting will be cancelled (see Figure 11).
VIA Tech. RAID BIOS Ver 2.11 Create Array Delete Array Create/Delete Spare Select Boot Array Serial Number View The selected array will be destoried. Are you sure? Continue? Press Y/N Channel [*] Channel0 Master Channel0 Slave [*] Channel1 Master Channel1 Slave Drive Name Maxtor 6E030L0 No Drive Maxtor 6E030L0 No Drive Set/Clear bootable array

F1 , Enter ESC Array Name ARRAY 0 ARRAY 0

: : : :

View Array/disk Status Move to next item Confirm the selection Exit Mode Size(GB) Status Stripe0 Stripe1

ATA 133 28.63 ATA 133 27.24

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D.Serial Number View: Highlight the Serial Number View item in main menu and press ENTER. Use the arrow key to select a hard drive. User can see the serial number of the selected drive at last column. Serial number is assigned by manufacturers of hard drives.
VIA Tech. RAID BIOS Ver 2.11 Create Array Delete Array Create/Delete Spare Select Boot Array Serial Number View View the serial number of hard disk, it is useful for identify same model disks F1 , Enter ESC Array Name ARRAY 0 ARRAY 0 : : : : View Array/disk Status Move to next item Confirm the selection Exit Mode Size(GB) Status Stripe0 Stripe1

Channel [*] Channel0 Master Channel0 Slave [*] Channel1 Master Channel1 Slave Serial Number:

Drive Name Maxtor 6E030L0 No Drive Maxtor 6E030L0 No Drive E1A6698E

ATA 133 28.63 ATA 133 27.24

Figure 12 E.View Array Status: Press the F1 key to show the array status on the lower screen. If there are no disk arrays then nothing will be displayed on the screen (Figure 13).
VIA Tech. RAID BIOS Ver 2.11 Create Array Delete Array Create/Delete Spare Select Boot Array Serial Number View Create a RAID array with the hard disks attached to VIA RAID controller F1 , Enter ESC Array Mode Stripe : : : : View Array/disk Status Move to next item Confirm the selection Exit Size(GB) 54.48

Array Name ARRAY 0

Block Size(GB) 64K

Figure 13

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(4) Making a IDE RAID controller driver disk

To install Windows 2000/XP onto a IDE hard disk on the VT6410 controller successfully, you need to install required driver for the IDE RAID controller on your motherboard during OS installation. Without the driver, the hard disk may not be recognized during the Windows setup process. First of all, you have to copy the driver for the IDE RAID controller from the motherboard driver CD to a floppy disk. The instructions below explain how to copy the driver. Step 1: Find an available system and insert the motherboard driver CD into the CD-ROM drive. The installation utility will appear automatically. Quit the installation utility first. Step 2: Go to My Computer and right-click the CD-ROM icon (this procedure assumes Drive D) and select Open (Figure 14).

Figure 14

Then you should see folders and files contained in the driver CD. Go to the BootDrv folder and look for a file named MENU.exe.

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Step 3: Double-click MENU.exe. An MS-DOS prompt screen similar to Figure 16 will appear.

Figure 16

Step 4: Insert an empty floppy disk and press H to select VIA 6410 RAID. Then it will take about one minute to copy the IDE RAID driver from the motherboard driver CD to the floppy disk. Step 5: Press 0 to exit when the procedure is completed (Figure 17). You have copied the IDE RAID driver successfully.

Figure 17

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(5) Installing IDE RAID controller driver during OS installation

Now that you have prepared a floppy disk with the IDE RAID driver and adjusted BIOS settings, you can begin to install Windows 2000/XP onto your IDE hard disk with the IDE RAID driver. This procedure assumes Windows XP installation. Step 1: Restart your system to boot from the Windows 2000/XP Setup disk and press F6 as soon as you see a message which says "Press F6 if you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver." After pressing the F6 key, there will be a few moments of some files being loaded before you see the next screen for you to specify the IDE RAID controller on your motherboard.
Windows Setup

Press F6 if you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver.

Figure 18 Step 2: When a screen similar to that below appears, insert the floppy disk containing the IDE RAID driver and press S to specify the IDE RAID controller. Then you will be asked to select the IDE RAID controller on your motherboard.
Windows Setup Setup could not determine the type of one or more mass storage devices installed in your system, or you have chosen to manually specify an adapter. Currently, Setup will load support for the following mass storage device(s) <none> * To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or special disk controllers for use with Windows, including those for which you have a device support disk from a mass storage device manufacturer, press S. * If you do not have any device support disks from a mass storage device manufacturer, or do not want to specify additional mass storage devices for use with Windows, press ENTER.

S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit

Figure 19 VIA VT6410 IDE RAID Drives Configuration - 12 -

Step 3: Use the arrow keys to select VIA RAID Controller(Windows XP)* (Figure 20) and press ENTER. Then it will begin to load the IDE RAID driver from the floppy disk.
Windows Setup

You have chosen to configure a SCSI Adapter for use with Windows, using a device support disk provided by an adapter manufacturer. Select the SCSI Adapter you want from the following list, or press ESC to return to the previous screen. VIA RAID Controller(Windows 2003 IA32) VIA RAID Controller(Windows XP) VIA RAID Controller(Windows 2000) VIA RAID Controller(Windows NT4)

ENTER=Select F3=Exit

Figure 20 Step 4: When the screen as shown below appears, press ENTER to proceed with IDE RAID controller driver installation from the floppy disk. The driver installation will be finished in about one minute.
Windows Setup Setup will load support for the following mass storage device(s): VIA RAID Controller(Windows XP) * To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or special disk controllers for use with Windows, including those for which you have a device support disk from a mass storage device manufacturer, press S. * If you do not have any device support disks from a mass storage device manufacturer, or do not want to specify additional mass storage devices for use with Windows, press ENTER.

S=Specify Additional Device Enter=Continue F3=Exit

Figure 21 If a message appears saying that one or some files cannot be found, please check the floppy disk or copy the correct IDE RAID driver again from the motherboard driver CD. "*" Please select the driver according to which of the following operating systems you want to install: Windows 2003 IA32, Windows XP, Windows 2000, or Windows NT4. - 13 VIA VT6410 IDE RAID Drives Configuration

After the IDE RAID driver installation is completed, you should see a screen similar to Figure 22 below. It indicates that you have installed the IDE RAID driver successfully. You can proceed with the Windows 2000/XP installation.

WindowsXP Professional Setup Welcome to Setup. This port of the Setup program prepares Microsoft(R) Windows (R) XP to run on your computer. To set up Windows XP now, press ENTER. To repair a Windows XP installation using Recovery Console, press R. To quit Setup without installing Windows XP, press F3.

Enter= Continue

R=Repair

F3=Exit

Figure 22

(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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