Table of Contents Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) (Controller: VIA VT8237/VT8237R) ................................................2 (1) Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your computer ...................................................................... 2 (2) Configuring SATA controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup .................................. 3 (3) Configuring RAID set in RAID BIOS ........................................................................................
Ác Åé ¤¤ ¤å Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) (Controller: VIA VT8237/VT8237R) To configure SATA hard drive(s), follow the steps below: (1) Install SATA hard drive(s) in your system. (2) Configure SATA controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup. (3)* Configure RAID set in RAID BIOS. (4) Make a floppy disk containing the SATA controller driver. (5) Install the SATA controller driver during OS installation.
(2) Configuring SATA controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup You have to make sure whether the SATA controller is configured correctly in system BIOS Setup and set BIOS boot sequence for the SATA hard drive(s). Step 1: Turn on your computer and press Del to enter BIOS Setup during POST (Power-On Self Test). If you want to create RAID, select SATA Mode under the Integrated Peripherals menu (Figure 1) and set this item to RAID (RAID by default). Set SATA Mode to IDE if you do not want to create RAID.
Ác Åé ¤¤ ¤å Step 2: Later, select Hard Disk Boot Priority under the Advanced BIOS Features menu. In the Hard Disk Boot Priority submenu, select the model of the SATA hard drive onto which you intent to install Microsoft Windows 2000/XP (Figure 2). CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software Hard Disk Boot Priority 1. SCSI-0 : ST3120026AS 2. SCSI-1 : ST3120026AS 3.
(3) Configuring RAID set in RAID BIOS Enter the RAID BIOS setup utility to configure a RAID array. Skip this step and proceed to Section 4 if you do not want to create RAID. Step 1: After the POST memory test begins and before the operating system boot begins, the following information will appear on screen (Figure 4). Press the TAB key to enter the VT8237 Serial ATA RAID BIOS configuration utility. VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA VT8237 Serial ATA RAID BIOS Setting Utility V2.
Ác Åé ¤¤ ¤å A. Create Array: In Main Menu, select Create Array and press ENTER, a screen similar to Figure 6 below will appear. VIA Tech. VT8237 SATA RAID BIOS Ver 2.
After selecting a RAID mode, you must decide whether you want the RAID array to be configured automatically or manually. Auto Setup allows BIOS to assign the hard drives and create arrays automatically, but it does not duplicate the mirroring drives even if user selects Create and duplicate for RAID 1. It is recommended all hard drives are new ones when you want to create an array. Select Disk Drives lets users select the array drives by their requirements.
Ác Åé ¤¤ ¤å B. Delete Array: If you want to delete an existing array, select Delete Array in Main Menu and press ENTER. The channel column will be activated. Select the member of an array that is to be deleted and press ENTER. A warning message will show up, press Y to confirm or press N to cancel (Figure 10). VIA Tech. VT8237 SATA RAID BIOS Ver 2.
D. Serial Number View: Highlight Serial Number View and press ENTER. Use the ARROW keys to select a drive, and the selected drive's serial number can be viewed in the last line. The serial number is assigned by the disk drive manufacturer (Figure 12). VIA Tech. VT8237 SATA RAID BIOS Ver 2.
Ác Åé ¤¤ ¤å (4) Making a SATA Driver Disk To install Windows 2000/XP onto a SATA hard drive on the VT8237 controller successfully, you need to install required driver for the SATA controller during OS installation. Without the driver, the hard drive may not be recognized during the Windows setup process. First of all, you need to copy the driver for the SATA controller from the motherboard driver CD to a floppy disk. The instructions below explain how to copy the driver.
Step 4: Double-click MENU.exe. An MS-DOS prompt screen similar to Figure 16 below will appear. Figure 16 Step 5: Insert an empty floppy disk. Press C to select the C) VIA 8237 Series ATA item. Then it will take about one minute to copy the SATA driver from the motherboard driver CD to the floppy disk. Step 6: Press 0 to exit when the procedure is complete (Figure 17). You have copied the SATA driver successfully.
Ác Åé ¤¤ ¤å (5) Installing SATA controller driver during OS installation Now that you have prepared the SATA driver disk and configured BIOS settings, you are ready to install Windows 2000/XP onto your SATA hard drive with the SATA driver. The following is an example of 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 the "Press F6 if you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" message (Figure 18).
Step 3: If Setup correctly recognizes the driver in the floppy disk, a controller menu similar to Figure 20 below will appear. If you want to install Windows XP, use the ARROW keys to select VIA Serial ATA RAID Controller(Windows XP)* and press ENTER. Then it will begin to load the SATA 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.
Ác Åé ¤¤ ¤å After the SATA controller driver installation is completed, you should see a screen as below. It indicates that you have installed the SATA controller 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.
