Gigabyte GA-8I915G Duo User manual

Brand: Gigabyte

Model: GA-8I915G Duo

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The Gigabyte GA-8I915G Duo is a high-performance motherboard designed for the latest Intel Pentium 4 processors, featuring the Intel 915G chipset with ICH6 Southbridge for optimal system performance and stability. It supports dual-channel DDR2 533/667/800 MHz memory, providing increased memory bandwidth and faster data transfer speeds. Additionally, the motherboard includes integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900, delivering exceptional graphics capabilities for everyday use and basic gaming. With its rich connectivity options, including USB 2.

Table of Contents

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

(1) Installing IDE hard drive(s) in your system ................................................................................ 2

(2) Configuring VT6410 IDE controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup ....................... 3

(3) Configuring RAID set in RAID BIOS ............................................................................................. 5

(4) Making a IDE RAID controller driver disk .................................................................................. 10

(5) Installing IDE RAID controller driver during OS installation ..................................................... 12

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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.

(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

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(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.

Figure 1

Integrated Peripherals

On-Chip Primary PCI IDE [Enabled]

SATA RAID/AHCI Mode [RAID]

x On-Chip SATA Mode Auto

x PATA IDE Set to Ch.1 Master/Slave

SATA Port 0/2 Set to Ch.2 Master/Slave

SATA Port 1/3 Set to Ch.3 Master/Slave

USB Controller [Enabled]

USB 2.0 Controller [Enabled]

USB Keyboard Support [Disabled]

USB Mouse Support [Disabled]

Azalia Codec [Auto]

Onboard H/W RAID [Enabled]

Onboard H/W 1394 [Enabled]

Onboard H/W LAN1 [Enabled]

Onboard H/W LAN2 [Enabled]

Onboard LAN1 Boot ROM [Disabled]

Onboard LAN2 Boot ROM [Disabled]

Onboard Serial Port 1 [3F8/IRQ4]

Onboard IrDA Port [2F8/IRQ]

KLJI: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help

F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults

Item Help

Menu Level`

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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).

Step 4:

Save and exit BIOS Setup.

Figure 3

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).

Figure 2

Hard Disk Boot Priority

1. SCSI-0 : Maxtor 6E030L0

2. SCSI-1 : Maxtor 6E030L0

3. Bootable Add-in Cards

KL: Move PU/PD/+/-: Change Priority F10: Save ESC: Exit

Item Help

Menu Level ``

Use <K> or <L> to

select a device, then

press <+> to move it

up, or <-> to move it

down the list. Press

<ESC> to exit this

menu.

Advanced BIOS Features

` Hard Disk Boot Priority [Press Enter]

First Boot Device [CDROM]

Second Boot Device [Hard Disk]

Third Boot Device [CDROM]

Password Check [Setup]

CPU Hyper-Threading [Enabled]

Limit CPUID Max. to 3 [Enabled]

KLJI: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help

F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults

Item Help

Menu Level`

Select Hard Disk Boot

Device Priority

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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.

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.

Figure 5

VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA VT6410 RAID BIOS Setting Utility V2.11

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

X Create Array

X Delete Array

X Create/Delete Spare

X Select Boot Array

X Serial Number View

VIA Tech. RAID BIOS Ver 2.11

Channel Drive Name Array Name Mode Size(GB) Status

Channel0 Master Maxtor 6E030L0 ATA133 28.63 Hdd

Channel0 Slave No Drive

Channel1 Master Maxtor 6E030L0 ATA133 27.24 Hdd

Channel1 Slave No Drive

Create a RAID array with

the hard disks attached to

VIA RAID controller

F1 : View Array/disk Status

K ,

L : Move to next item

Enter : Confirm the selection

ESC : Exit

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Figure 6

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.

Figure 7

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

Channel Drive Name Array Name Mode Size(GB) Status

Channel0 Master Maxtor 6E030L0 ATA 133 28.63 Hdd

Channel0 Slave No Drive

Channel1 Master Maxtor 6E030L0 ATA 133 27.24 Hdd

Channel1 Slave No Drive

Create a RAID array with

the hard disks attached to

VIA RAID controller

F1 : View Array/disk Status

K ,

L : Move to next item

Enter : Confirm the selection

ESC : Exit

X Auto Setup For Performance

X Array Mode RAID 0 (Striping)

X Select Disk Drives

X Block Size 64K

X Start Create Process

VIA Tech. RAID BIOS Ver 2.11

Channel Drive Name Array Name Mode Size(GB) Status

Channel0 Master Maxtor 6E030L0 ATA 133 28.63 Hdd

Channel0 Slave No Drive

Channel1 Master Maxtor 6E030L0 ATA 133 27.24 Hdd

Channel1 Slave No Drive

Create a RAID array with

the hard disks attached to

VIA RAID controller

F1 : View Array/disk Status

K ,

L : Move to next item

Enter : Confirm the selection

ESC : Exit

X Auto Setup For Data Security

X Array Mode RAID 0 (Striping)

X Select Disk Drives

X Block Size 64K

X Start Create Process

RAID 0 for performance

RAID 1 for data protection

RAID 0/1

RAID SPAN for capacity

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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).

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.

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.

Figure 9

VIA Tech. RAID BIOS Ver 2.11

Create a RAID array with

the hard disks attached to

VIA RAID controller

F1 : View Array/disk Status

K ,

L : Move to next item

Enter : Confirm the selection

ESC : Exit

X Auto Setup For Performance

X Array Mode RAID 0 (Striping)

X Select Disk Drives

X Block Size 64K

X Start Create Process

Channel Drive Name Array Name Mode Size(GB) Status

[*] Channel0 Master Maxtor 6E030L0 ATA 133 28.63 Stripe0

Channel0 Slave No Drive

[*] Channel1 Master Maxtor 6E030L0 ATA 133 27.24 Stripe1

Channel1 Slave No Drive

VIA Tech. RAID BIOS Ver 2.11

Create a RAID array with

the hard disks attached to

VIA RAID controller

F1 : View Array/disk Status

K ,

L : Move to next item

Enter : Confirm the selection

ESC : Exit

X Auto Setup For Performance

X Array Mode RAID 0 (Striping)

X Select Disk Drives

X Block Size 64K

X Start Create Process

16K

32K

64K

Channel Drive Name Array Name Mode Size(GB) Status

[*] Channel0 Master Maxtor 6E030L0 ATA 133 28.63 Stripe0

Channel0 Slave No Drive

[*] Channel1 Master Maxtor 6E030L0 ATA 133 27.24 Stripe1

Channel1 Slave No Drive

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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.

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).

Figure 11

VIA Tech. RAID BIOS Ver 2.11

Delete a RAID array contain

the hard disks attached to

VIA RAID controller

F1 : View Array/disk Status

K ,

L : Move to next item

Enter : Confirm the selection

ESC : Exit

X Create Array

X Delete Array

X Create/Delete Spare

X Select Boot Array

X Serial Number View

The selected array will be destoried.

Are you sure? Continue? Press Y/N

Channel Drive Name Array Name Mode Size(GB) Status

[*] Channel0 Master Maxtor 6E030L0 ARRAY 0 ATA 133 28.63 Stripe0

Channel0 Slave No Drive

[*] Channel1 Master Maxtor 6E030L0 ARRAY 0 ATA 133 27.24 Stripe1

Channel1 Slave No Drive

VIA Tech. RAID BIOS Ver 2.11

Set/Clear bootable array

F1 : View Array/disk Status

K ,

L : Move to next item

Enter : Confirm the selection

ESC : Exit

X Create Array

X Delete Array

X Create/Delete Spare

X Select Boot Array

X Serial Number View

The selected array will be destoried.

Are you sure? Continue? Press Y/N

Channel Drive Name Array Name Mode Size(GB) Status

[*] Channel0 Master Maxtor 6E030L0 ARRAY 0 ATA 133 28.63 Stripe0

Channel0 Slave No Drive

[*] Channel1 Master Maxtor 6E030L0 ARRAY 0 ATA 133 27.24 Stripe1

Channel1 Slave No Drive

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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.

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).

Figure 13

VIA Tech. RAID BIOS Ver 2.11

View the serial number of

hard disk, it is useful for

identify same model disks

F1 : View Array/disk Status

K ,

L : Move to next item

Enter : Confirm the selection

ESC : Exit

X Create Array

X Delete Array

X Create/Delete Spare

X Select Boot Array

X Serial Number View

Channel Drive Name Array Name Mode Size(GB) Status

[*] Channel0 Master Maxtor 6E030L0 ARRAY 0 ATA 133 28.63 Stripe0

Channel0 Slave No Drive

[*] Channel1 Master Maxtor 6E030L0 ARRAY 0 ATA 133 27.24 Stripe1

Channel1 Slave No Drive

Serial Number: E1A6698E

VIA Tech. RAID BIOS Ver 2.11

Create a RAID array with

the hard disks attached to

VIA RAID controller

F1 : View Array/disk Status

K ,

L : Move to next item

Enter : Confirm the selection

ESC : Exit

Array Name Array Mode Block Size(GB) Size(GB)

ARRAY 0 Stripe 64K 54.48

X Create Array

X Delete Array

X Create/Delete Spare

X Select Boot Array

X Serial Number View

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Figure 14

(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 15

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 17

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.

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Figure 18

Windows Setup

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

(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.

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.

Figure 19

Windows Setup

S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit

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.

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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.

Figure 20

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.

Figure 21

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

ENTER=Select F3=Exit

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)

Windows Setup

S=Specify Additional Device Enter=Continue F3=Exit

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.

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Figure 22

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

(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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