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BIOS Configuraton
The  Intel  Matrx  Storage  Manager  Opton  ROM  should  be ntegrated  wth  the  system 
BIOS on all motherboards wth a supported Intel chpset. The Intel Matrx Storage Man-
ager  Opton  ROM  s  the  Intel  RAID mplementaton  and  provdes  BIOS  and  DOS  dsk 
servces. Please use  +  keys to enter the “Intel
® RAID for Seral ATA” status 
screen, whch should  appear early  n system boot-up, durng the POST (Power-On Self 
Test). Also, you need to enable the RAID functon  n BIOS to create, delete and reset 
RAID volumes.
Usng the Intel Matrx Storage Manager Opton ROM
Creatng, Deletng and Resettng RAID Volumes:
The  Seral  ATA  RAID  volume  may  be  configured  usng  the  RAID  Configuraton  utlty 
stored wthn the Intel RAID Opton ROM. Durng the Power-On Self Test (POST), the 
followng message wll appear for a few seconds:
Important
The  “Devce  Model”,  “Seral  #”  and  “Sze” n  the  followng  example  mght  be  dfferent from your system.
After the above message shows, press  and  keys smultaneously to enter the 
RAID Configuraton Utlty.
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After  pressng  the    and    keys  smultaneously,  the  followng  wndow  wll  ap-pear:
Create RAID Volume Select opton 1 “Create RAID Volume” and press  key. The follow ng screen 
appears. Then  n the Name field, specfy a RAID Volume name and then press the 
 or  key to go to the next field.
Use  the  arrow  keys  to  select  the  RAID  level  best  suted  to  your  usage  model  n 
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In the Dsk field, press  key and the followng screen appears. Use  
key to select the dsks you want to create for the RAID volume, then clck  
key to finsh selecton.3.
Then  select  the  strp  value  for  the  RAID  array  by  usng  the  “upper  arrow”  or 
“down  arrow”  keys  to  scroll  through  the  avalable  values,  and  pressng  the 
  key  to  select  and  advance  to  the  next  field.  The  avalable  values 
range  from  4KB  to  128  KB n  power  of  2 ncrements.  The  strp  value  should 
be  chosen  based  on  the  planned  drve  usage.  Here  are  some  typcal  values: 
 RAID0 -128KB / RAID10 - 64KB / RAID5 - 64KB.
Then select the capacty of the volume  n the Capacty field. The default value s the 
maxmum volume capacty of the selected dsks.
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Important
Snce you want to create two volumes (Intel Matrx RAID Technology), ths default sze (maxmum)  needs  to  be  reduced.  Type  n  a  new  sze  for  the  first  volume.  As  an  ex-
ample:  f you want the first volume to span the first half of the two dsks, re-type the sze 
to be half of what  s shown by default. The second volume, when created, wll automat
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Then the followng  screen  appears  for you to confirm  f you are sure to create the 
RAID volume. Press  to contnue.6.
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Delete RAID Volume 
Here  you  can  delete  the  RAID  volume,  but  please  be  noted  that  all  data  on  RAID 
drves wll be lost. 
Important 
If your system currently boots to RAID and you delete the RAID volume n the Intel RAID 
Opton ROM, your system wll become un-bootable.
Select opton 2 Delete RAID Volume  from the man menu wndow and press  
key  to  select  a  RAID  volume  for  deleton.  Then  press    key  to  delete  the 
selected RAID volume. The followng screen appears.
Press  key to accept the volume deleton.
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Reset Dsks to Non-RAID 
Select  opton  3  Reset  Dsks  to  Non-RAID  and  press    to  delete  the  RAID 
volume and remove any RAID structures from the drves. The followng screen  
appears:
Press  key to accept the selecton.
Important
You wll lose all data on the RAID drves and any nternal RAID structures when you 
perform ths operaton.
Possble reasons to “Reset Dsks to Non-RAID” could  nclude ssues such as  ncom
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Recovery Volume Optons 
Select  opton  4  Recovery  Volume  Optons  and  press    to  change  recovery 
volume mode. The followng screen appears:
Recovery  mode  wll  change  from  Contnuous  Update  to  On-Request  after  you  en-
able “Only Recovery Dsk” or “Only Master Dsk”.
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Important
Please follow the nstructon below to make an “Intel® RAID Drver” for yourself.
Insert the MSI DVD nto the DVD-ROM drve. Clck the “Browse CD” on the Setup screen.Copy  all  the  contents  n  \\Storage\Intel\PCH\f6flpy-x86  or  f6flpy-x64  to  a  formatted 
floppy dskette. 
The drver dskette for Intel
® RAID Controller s done.
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Installng Drver
New Wndows 7/ Wndows Vsta / Wndows XP Installaton 
The followng detals the nstallaton of the drvers whle nstallng operatng system. When  you  start  nstallng  Wndows  XP,  you  may  encounter  a  message  statng, 
“Setup could not determne the type of one or more mass storage devces  nstalled 
n your system”. If ths  s the case, then you are already  n the rght place and are 
ready to supply the drver. If ths  s not the case, then press F6 when prompted at 
the begnnng of Wndows setup.
Press the “S” key to select “Specfy Addtonal Devce”.
You  should  be  prompted  to  nsert  a  floppy  dsk  contanng  the  Intel
® RAID  drver 
nto the A: drve.              
Note:   For Wndows XP, you can use the USB floppy drve only.     
  For Wndows Vsta/ Wndows 7 you can use CD/ DVD/ USB drve.
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Durng the Operatng system  nstallaton, after selectng the locaton to  nstall Vsta 
/  Wndows  7  clck  on  “Load  Drver”  button  to  nstall  a  thrd  party  SCSI  or  RAID 
drver.
When  prompted,  nsert  the  floppy  dsk  or  meda  (CD/DVD  or  USB)  you  created  n 
step 3 and press Enter.
You should be shown a lst of avalable SCSI Adapters.
Select the approprate Intel RAID controller and press ENTER. 
The  next  screen  should  confirm  that  you  have  selected  the  Intel® RAID  controller. 
Press ENTER agan to contnue. 
You have successfully  nstalled the Intel
® Matrx Storage Manager drver, and Wn-
dows setup should contnue. 
Leave the dsk  n the floppy drve untl the system reboots  tself. Wndows setup wll 
need to copy the files from the floppy agan after the RAID volume  s formatted, and 
Wndows setup starts copyng files.
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Exstng Wndows Drver InstallatonInsert the MSI DVD nto the DVD-ROM drve.
The DVD wll auto-run and the setup screen wll appear.
Under the Drver tab, clck on Intel RAID Drvers.
The drvers wll be automatcally nstalled.
Confirmng Wndows Drver Installaton From Wndows, open the Control Panel from My Computer followed by the System 
con.
Choose the Hardware tab, then clck the Devce Manager tab.
Clck  the  “+”  n  front  of  the  SCSI  and  RAID  Controllers  hardware  type.  The  drver 
Intel(R) SATA RAID Controller should appear.
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Degraded RAID Array
A RAID 1, RAID 5 or RAID 10 volume s reported as degraded when one of ts hard drve 
members fals or  s temporarly dsconnected, and data mrrorng  s lost. As a result, the 
system  can  only  utlze  the  remanng  functonal  hard  drve  member.  To  re-establsh 
data  mrrorng  and  restore  data  redundancy,  refer  to  the  procedure  below  that  corre
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Mssng Hard Drve Member
Make sure the system s powered off. 
Reconnect the hard drve. 
Reboot the system to Wndows; the rebuld wll occur automatcally.
Faled Hard Drve Member Make sure the system s powered off. 
Replace the faled hard drve wth a new one that s of equal or greater capacty. 
Reboot the system to Intel RAID Opton ROM by press  and  keys smul
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Select the port of the destnaton dsk for rebuldng, and then press ENTER.4.