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5.4.1 Install the hard disks
The VIA
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VT6410 chipset supports UltraDMA133/100/66 hard disk drives.
For optimal performance, install identical drives of the same model and
capacity when creating a RAID set.
• If you are creating a RAID 0 (striping) array for perfomance, use two
new drives.
• If you are creating a RAID 1 (mirroring) array for protection, you can use
two new drives or use an existing drive and a new drive (the new drive
must be of the same size or larger than the existing drive). If you use two
drives of different sizes, the smaller capacity hard disk will be the base
storage size. For example, one hard disk has an 80GB storage capacity
and the other hard disk has 60GB storage capacity, the maximum
storage capacity for the RAID 1 set is 60GB.
Follow these steps to install the hard disks for RAID configuration.
1. Install the IDE hard disks into the drive bays.
2. Using Channel 0:
2.a Connect the RAID IDE cable connector (blue) to the
motherboard’s primary IDE RAID slot (PRI_RAID1);
2.b Connect other end of RAID IDE cable connector (black) to
the master hard disk;
2.c Connect the remaining IDE RAID connector (gray) to the
slave hard disk.
3. Using Channel 1:
3.a Connect the RAID IDE cable connector (blue) to the
motherboard’s secondary IDE RAID slot (SEC_RAID1);
3.b Connect other end of RAID IDE cable connector (black) to
the master hard disk;
3.c Connect the remaining IDE RAID connector (gray) to the
slave hard disk.
Before setting up your new RAID array, verify the status of your
hard disks. Make sure the Master/Slave jumpers are configured
properly.