Gigabyte GA-MA790XT-UD4P User Manual

Appendix- 81 -
Figure 5
Create a RAID Array:
In the main screen, press <Enter> on the Create RAID Disk Drive item. Then the Create New RAID
screen appears (Figure 4).
GIGABYTE Technology Corp. PCIE-to-SATAII/IDE RAID Controller BIOS v1.06.59
[ Create New RAID ]
Name: GRAID_
Level: 0-Stripe
Disks: Select Disk
Block: 128 KB
Size: 240 GB
Confirm Creation
[ RAID Disk Drive List ]
[]-Move Cursor [DEL,BS]-Delete Character [ENTER]-Next [ESC]-Abort
[ Hard Disk Drive List ]
Model Name Available Type/Status
HDD0: ST3120026AS 120 GB Non-RAID
HDD1: ST3120026AS 120 GB Non-RAID
[ Help ]
Enter RAID Name
Enter a string between 1 to 16 characters
in length for the created RAID drive to be
identified by system BIOS or OS.
Figure 4
GIGABYTE Technology Corp. PCIE-to-SATAII/IDE RAID Controller BIOS v1.06.59
[ Create New RAID ]
Name: GRAID
Level: 0-Stripe
Disks: Select Disk
Block: 128 KB
Size: 240 GB
Confirm Creation
[ RAID Disk Drive List ]
[]-Switch RAID Level [ENTER]-Next [ESC]-Abort
[ Hard Disk Drive List ]
Model Name Available Type/Status
HDD0: ST3120026AS 120 GB Non-RAID
HDD1: ST3120026AS 120 GB Non-RAID
[ Help ]
Select RAID Level
RAID 0 - Data striped for performance
RAID 1 - Data mirrored for redundancy
JBOD - Data concatenated for huge
temporarily disk required
The Create New RAID block displays all the items that need to be set for creating an array (Figure 5).
Steps:
1. Enter Array Name: Under the Name item, enter an array name with 1~16 letters (letters cannot be
special characters) and press <Enter>.
2. Select RAID Mode: Under the Level item, use up or down arrow key to select RAID 0 (Stripe),
RAID 1 (Mirror), or JBOD (Figure 5). Then press <Enter> to move onto the next step.

Gigabyte GA-MA790XT-UD4P Specifications

General

Number of memory slots	4
Maximum internal memory	16 GB
Processor socket	Socket AM3
Processor manufacturer	AMD
USB 2.0 connectors	2
Power fan connector	Yes
Number of COM connectors	1
Number of SATA connectors	8
Controller interface type	SATA
Controller 2nd interface type	IDE
USB 2.0 ports quantity	USB 2.0 ports have a data transmission speed of 480 Mbps, and are backwards compatible with USB 1.1 ports. You can connect all kinds of peripheral devices to them.
VGA (D-Sub) ports quantity	0
Audio chip	Realtek ALC889
Motherboard chipset	AMD 790X
Audio output channels	7.1 channels
Motherboard form factor	ATX
Compatible operating systems	Windows Vista/ XP
PCI Express x1 slots	3
RAID levels	0, 1, 5, 10, JBOD
LAN controller	Realtek RTL8111DL
Networking features	10/100/1000 Mbit/s

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	233 mm
Width	305 mm