MSI 945gm2 H Manual
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Introduction to DigiCell4-17Auto Login Since the Power On function allows the system to power on automatically, you may have to enable this Auto Login function in the following situations: 1.If you are using a computer belonging to a domain in office, and you need to enter your user name & password everytime when you boot up your computer. 2.If there are multi users using the same computer and you’d like to power on the computer automatically with one specific user. Enable Auto Login Enable this setting...
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5-1Introduction to Intel ICH7R SATA RAID Chapter 5. Intel ICH7R SATA RAIDThe optional southbridge ICH7R provides a hybrid solution that com- bines four independent SATAII ports for support of up to four Serial ATAII (Serial ATAII RAID) drives. Serial ATAII (SATAII) is the latest generation of the ATA interface. SATA hard drives deliver blistering transfer speeds up to 300MB/sec. Serial ATA uses long, thin cables, making it easier to connect your drive and improving the airflow inside your PC. The most...
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5-2MS-7210 Micro-ATX MainboardBIOS Configuration The Intel Matrix Storage Manager Option ROM should be integrated with the system BIOS on all motherboards with a supported Intel chipset. The Intel Matrix Stroage Manager Option ROM is the Intel RAID implementation and provides BIOS and DOS disk services. Please use + keys to enter the “Intel(R) RAID for Serial ATA” status screen, which should appear early in system boot-up, during the POST (Power-On Self Test). Also, you need to enable the RAID...
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5-3Introduction to Intel ICH7R SATA RAID After pressing the and keys simultaneously, the following window will appear: (1) Create RAID Volume 1.Select option 1 “Create RAID Volume” and press key. The following screen appears. Then in the Name field, specify a RAID Volume name and then press the or key to go to the next field. 2.Use the arrow keys to select the RAID level best suited to your usage model in RAID Level.
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5-4MS-7210 Micro-ATX Mainboard 3.In the Disk field, press key and the following screen appears. Use key to select the disks you want to create for the RAID volume, then click key to finish selection. 4.Then select the strip value for the RAID array by using the “upper arrow” or “down arrow” keys to scroll through the available values, and pressing the key to select and advance to the next field. The available values range from 4KB to 128 KB in power of 2 increments. The strip value should be chosen...
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5-5Introduction to Intel ICH7R SATA RAID 6.Then the following screen appears for you to confirm if you are sure to create the RAID volume. Press to continue. 7.Then the following screen appears to indicate that the creation is finished.MSI Reminds You... Since you want to create two volumes (Intel Matrix RAID Technology), this default size (maximum) needs to be reduced. Type in a new size for the first volume. As an example: if you want the first volume to span the first half of the two disks, re-type...
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5-6MS-7210 Micro-ATX Mainboard (2) Delete RAID Volume Here you can delete the RAID volume, but please be noted that all data on RAID drives will be lost. Select option 2 Delete RAID Volume from the main menu window and press key to select a RAID volume for deletion. Then press key to delete the selected RAID volume. The following screen appears. Press key to accept the volume deletion.MSI Reminds You... If your system currently boots to RAID and you delete the RAID volume in the Intel RAID Option ROM,...
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5-7Introduction to Intel ICH7R SATA RAID (3) Reset Disks to Non-RAID Select option 3 Reset Disks to Non-RAID and press to delete the RAID volume and remove any RAID structures from the drives. The following screen appears: Press key to accept the selection.MSI Reminds You... 1. You will lose all data on the RAID drives and any internal RAID structures when you perform this operation. 2. Possible reasons to ‘Reset Disks to Non-RAID’ could include issues such as incompatible RAID configurations or a...
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5-8MS-7210 Micro-ATX Mainboard Install Driver in Windows XP / 2000 † New Windows XP / 2000 Installation The following details the installation of the drivers while installing Windows XP / 2000. 1.Start the installation: Boot from the CD-ROM. Press F6 when the message Press F6 if you need to install third party SCSI or RAID driver appears. 2.When the Windows XP Setup window is generated, press S to specify an Additional Device(s). 3.Insert the driver diskette Intel IAA RAID XP Driver For ICH7R...
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5-9Introduction to Intel ICH7R SATA RAIDInstallation of Intel Matrix Stroage Console The Intel Application Accelerator RAID Edition driver may be used to operate the hard drive from which the system is booting or a hard drive that contains impor- tant data. For this reason, you cannot remove or un-install this driver from the system after installation; however, you will have the ability to un-install all other non-driver components. Insert the MSI CD and click on the Intel IAA RAID Edition to install the...