ECS X58B-A User Manual

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Intel
®
Matrix Storage Manager RAID Configurations
The Intel
®
Matrix Storage Manager allows you to configure RAID 0, and 1 sets on the
external Serial ATA hard disk drives.
Complete the following steps before you create a RAID set:
1. Install the external Serial ATA hard disk drive (HDD) on your system.
2. Set the Onboard SATA Mode item in the BIOS to .RAID..
See section “Integrated Peripherals” for details.
Before creating a RAID set
Prepare the following items:
1. One SATA HDD.
2. A write-enabled floppy disk.
3. Microsoft
®
Windows
®
OS installation disk (Windows XP/Vista).
4. Motherboard support CD with Intel
®
Matrix Storage Manager driver.
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Intel
®
Matrix Storage Manager RAID Configurations
3. Enter the Intel
®
Matrix Storage Manager option to set up your RAID
configuration.
4. Create an Intel
®
Matrix Storage Manager driver disk for Windows
®
OS
installation. See section “Creating a RAID driver disk” for details.
5. Install the Intel
®
Matrix Storage Manager driver after the Windows
®
OS
had been installed.

ECS X58B-A Specifications

General

Brand	ECS
Model	X58B-A
Category	Motherboard
Language	English