Gigabyte B650M GAMING X AX Installation guide

Brand: Gigabyte

Model: B650M GAMING X AX

Type: Installation guide

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Conguring a RAID Set

(AMD X670/B650 Series)

RAID Levels .....................................................................................................................2

1-1ConguringSATAControllers .................................................................................... 2

A.InstallingSATAharddrive(s)inyourcomputer ....................................................... 2

B.ConguringSATAcontrollermodeinBIOSSetup .................................................. 3

C.UEFIRAIDConguration ....................................................................................... 3

1-2InstallingtheRAIDDriverandOperatingSystem .....................................................7

A.InstallingtheOperatingSystem .............................................................................. 7

B.RebuildinganArray ................................................................................................ 8

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To congure SATA hard drive(s), follow the steps below:

A. Installharddrive(s)inyourcomputer.

B. CongureSATAcontrollermodeinBIOSSetup.

C. CongureaRAIDarrayinRAIDBIOS(Note1)

D. InstalltheRAIDdriverandoperatingsystem

Before you begin

•SATAharddrivesorSSDs.(Note2)Toensureoptimalperformance,itisrecommendedthatyouusetwohard

driveswithidenticalmodelandcapacity.(Note3)

•AWindowssetupdisc.

•AnInternetconnectedcomputer.

•AUSBthumbdrive.

1-1 Conguring SATA Controllers

A. Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your computer

Installtheharddrives/SSDsintheSATA/M.2 connectors on the motherboard. Then connect the power

connectorsfromyourpowersupplytotheharddrives.

RAID Levels

(Note1) SkipthisstepifyoudonotwanttocreateRAIDarrayontheSATAcontroller.

(Note2) AnM.2PCIeSSDcannotbeusedtosetupaRAIDseteitherwithanM.2SATASSDoraSATAharddrive.

(Note3) Refertothe"InternalConnectors"sectionoftheuser'smanualfortheinstallationnoticesfortheM.2,

andSATAconnectors.

RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 10

Minimum

NumberofHard

Drives

≥2 2 4

ArrayCapacity

Numberofhard

drives*Sizeofthe

smallestdrive

Sizeofthesmallest

drive

(Numberofhard

drives/2)*Sizeofthe

smallestdrive

FaultTolerance No Yes Yes

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Figure1

B. Conguring SATA controller mode in BIOS Setup

MakesuretoconguretheSATAcontrollermodecorrectlyinsystemBIOSSetup.

Step:

Turnonyourcomputerandpress<Delete>toenterBIOSSetupduringthePOST(Power-OnSelf-Test).Under

Settings\IO Ports, set SATA Conguration\SATA ModetoRAID(Figure1).Then savethesettings and

restartyourcomputer.(IfyouwanttouseNVMePCIeSSDstocongureRAID,makesuretosetNVMe RAID

modetoEnabled.)

C. UEFI RAID Conguration

Step1:

InBIOSSetup,gotoBoot andsetCSM SupporttoDisabled(Figure2).SavethechangesandexitBIOSSetup.

Figure2

TheBIOSSetupmenusdescribedinthissectionmaydifferfromtheexactsettingsforyourmotherboard.

TheactualBIOSSetupmenuoptionsyouwillseeshalldependonthemotherboardyouhaveand

theBIOSversion.

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Step2:

Afterthesystemreboot,enterBIOSSetupagain.ThenentertheSettings\IO Ports\RAIDXpert2 Conguration

Utility sub-menu(Figure3).

Figure3

Step3:

OntheRAIDXpert2CongurationUtilityscreen,press<Enter>onArray ManagementtoentertheCreate Array

screen.Then,selectaRAIDlevel(Figure4).OptionsincludeRAIDABLE(Note),RAID0,RAID1,andRAID10(the

selectionsavailabledependonthenumberoftheharddrivesbeinginstalled).Next,press<Enter>onSelect

Physical DiskstoentertheSelect Physical Disksscreen.

Figure4

(Note) If you want to install the operating system onto a single drive/SSD rst, select RAIDABLE mode.

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Step4:

OntheSelect Physical Disksscreen,selecttheharddrivestobeincludedintheRAIDarrayandsetthemto

Enabled.Next,usethedownarrowkeytomovetoApply Changesandpress<Enter>(Figure5).Thenreturn

tothepreviousscreenandsettheArray Size,Array Size Unit,Read Cache PolicyandWrite Cache Policy.

Figure5

Step5:

Aftersettingthecapacity,movetoCreate Arrayandpress<Enter>tobegin.(Figure6)

Figure6

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Aftercompleting,you'llbebroughtbacktotheArray Managementscreen.UnderManage Array Properties

youcanseethenewRAIDvolumeandinformationonRAIDlevel,arrayname,arraycapacity,etc.(Figure7)

Figure7

Delete RAID Volume

To delete a RAID array, select thearraytobedeletedon the RAIDXpert2 Conguration Utility\Array

Management\Delete Array screen.Press<Enter>onDelete Array(s)toentertheDeletescreen.Thenset

Conrm toEnabledandpress<Enter>onYes(Figure8).

Figure8

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1-2 Installing the RAID Driver and Operating System

WiththecorrectBIOSsettings,youarereadytoinstalltheoperatingsystem.

A. Installing the Operating System

AssomeoperatingsystemsalreadyincludeRAIDdriver,youdonotneedtoinstallseparateRAIDdriverduring

theWindowsinstallationprocess.Aftertheoperatingsystemisinstalled,werecommendthatyouinstallall

requireddriversfromtheGIGABYTEControlCentertoensuresystemperformanceandcompatibility.Ifthe

operatingsystemtobeinstalledrequiresthatyouprovideadditionalRAIDdriverduringtheOSinstallation

process,pleaserefertothestepsbelow:

Step1:

GotoGIGABYTE'swebsite,browsetothemotherboardmodel'swebpage,downloadtheAMD RAID Preinstall

DriverleontheSupport\Download\SATA RAID/AHCIpage,unziptheleandcopythelestoyourUSB

thumbdrive.

Step2:

BootfromtheWindowssetupdiscandperformstandardOSinstallationsteps.Whenthescreenrequestingyou

toloadthedriverappears,selectBrowse.

Step3:

InserttheUSBthumbdriveandthenbrowsetothelocationofthedrivers.Followtheon-screeninstructionsto

installthefollowingthreedriversinorder.

j AMD-RAID Bottom Device

k AMD-RAID Controller

l AMD-RAID Cong Device

Finally,continuetheOSinstallation.

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B. Rebuilding an Array

Rebuildingistheprocessofrestoringdatatoaharddrivefromotherdrivesinthearray.Rebuildingapplies

onlytofault-tolerantarrayssuchasRAID1andRAID10arrays.Toreplacetheolddrive,makesuretousea

newdriveofequalorgreatercapacity.Theproceduresbelowassumeanewdriveisaddedtoreplaceafailed

drivetorebuildaRAID1array.

Whileintheoperatingsystem,makesuretheChipsetandRAIDdrivershavebeeninstalled.

Step2:

IntheDisk Devicessection,left-click yourmouse

twiceonthenewly-addedharddrive.

Step3:

Onthenextscreen,selectAssign as Global Spare

andclickOK.

Step4:

You cancheckthecurrentprogressin the Active

Volumessectiononthebottomorleftofthescreen.

Step5:

Thenrebuild is complete when the Task State

columnshows"COMPLETED."

Step1:

Right-clickontheRAIDXpert2icononthedesktop

andthenselectRun as administratortolaunchthe

AMD RAIDXpert2utility.

Gigabyte B650M GAMING X AX Installation guide

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