Software setup, 1 installing the hard disks, 2 enter mbfasttrak133 bios and fastbuild utility – Asus A7V266-EX User Manual

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5. SOFTWARE SETUP

ASUS A7V266-EX User’s Manual

5. S/W SETUP

5.4.1 Installing the Hard Disks

The RAID 0 setting allows users to reformat two hard disks with the same new OS
simultaneously. RAID 1 arrays can use a pre-existing hard disk along with a blank
hard disk, or two new hard disks.

1. Install the first and second hard disk into the hard disk bays of your system.

Connect each hard disk drive with a separate UltraDMA/100 cable, one to the
Promise IDE1 connector, and the other to the Promise IDE2 connector onboard
the A7V266-EX. NOTE: Do not connect any other types of IDE devices to the
Promise IDE connectors; they support hard disk drive devices only.

2. Connect the power cables to the hard disks.
3. Make sure the RAID_EN jumper is reset to [1-2] and, if available, ensure the

BIOS settings in the Advanced PCI Configuration sub-menu are set to enable
RAID arrays: “SCSI/ATA100 Boot Sequence” field should be set to [ATA100/
SCSI] and the “Load Onboard ATA BIOS” field should be set to [Auto].

4. Boot-up the PC.

5.4.2 Enter MBFastTrak133 BIOS and FastBuild Utility

1. If this is the first time booting with two hard disks correctly installed, then

MBFastTrak133™ “Lite” BIOS scans the IDE drives and displays this screen:

2

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Press <Ctrl-F> keys to display the FastBuild™ Utility Main Menu:

RAID

FastBuild (tm) Utility 1.31 (c) 1996-2000 Promise Technology, Inc.

Auto Setup . . . . . . . . . .

[ 1 ]

[ 1 ]

View Drive Assignments . . . . [ 2 ]

[ 2 ]

View Array . . . . . . . . . . [ 3 ]

[ 3 ]

Delete Array . . . . . . . . . [ 4 ]

[ 4 ]

Rebuild Array. . . . . . . . . [ 5 ]

[ 5 ]

Controller Configuration . . . [ 6 ]

[ 6 ]

Press 1..6 to select Option [ESC] Exit

[ Main Menu ]

[ Keys Available ]

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