Product guide
Table Of Contents
- Intel® Desktop Board DP55WG Product Guide
- Revision History
- Preface
- Contents
- 1 Desktop Board Features
- Supported Operating Systems
- Desktop Board Components
- Processor
- Main Memory
- Intel® P55 Express Chipset
- Audio Subsystem
- LAN Subsystem
- USB 2.0 Support
- Serial ATA Support
- Legacy I/O
- Expandability
- BIOS
- Hardware Management
- Power Management
- Onboard Power Button
- Processor and Voltage Regulator LEDs
- Back to BIOS Button
- Speaker
- Battery
- Real-Time Clock
- 2 Installing and Replacing Desktop Board Components
- Before You Begin
- Installation Precautions
- Installing the I/O Shield
- Installing and Removing the Desktop Board
- Installing and Removing a Processor
- Installing and Removing System Memory
- Installing and Removing PCI Express x16 Graphics Cards
- Connecting the Serial ATA (SATA) Cables
- Connecting to the Internal Headers
- Connecting to the Audio System
- Connecting Chassis Fan and Power Supply Cables
- Setting the BIOS Configuration Jumper
- Clearing Passwords
- Replacing the Battery
- 3 Updating the BIOS
- 4 Configuring for RAID Using Intel® Matrix Storage Technology
- A Error Messages and Indicators
- B Regulatory Compliance

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4 Configuring for RAID Using Intel
®
Matrix Storage Technology
NOTE
Intel Matrix Storage Technology requires a Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft
Windows 7, or Microsoft Windows XP operating system and SATA hard drives.
Configuring the BIOS
1. Assemble your system and attach two or more SATA hard drives to the black SATA
connectors.
2. Enter system BIOS Setup by pressing <F2> after the Power-On-Self-Test (POST)
memory tests begin.
3. Go to Advanced Drive Configuration Configure SATA as; ensure that
RAID is selected.
4. Then save your settings by pressing <F10>.
Creating Your RAID Set
1. Upon re-boot, you will see the following Intel Matrix Storage Manager option ROM
status message on the screen: Press <Ctrl-I> to enter the RAID
Configuration Utility. Press <Ctrl-I> and enter the RAID Configuration Utility.
2. In the Intel Matrix Storage Manager option ROM Main Menu, select option #1:
Create RAID Volume. Enter a volume name (using English alphanumeric ASCII
characters) and press <Enter>.
3. Use the arrow keys to select RAID 0 or RAID 1 (if only two SATA drives are
available), RAID 5 and RAID 10 (these options will only appear if three or four
SATA drives are installed respectively). Press <Enter> once you have selected the
RAID LEVEL.
4. Select the drives to be used in the RAID array (only if there are more than two
drives available) and press <Enter>.
5. Select the strip size, if necessary, and press <Enter>.
6. Enter the size of the volume (if you enter less than the maximum volume size, you
can then create a second RAID array on the remaining portion of your volume) and
press <Enter>.
7. Finally, press <Enter> to Create Volume.
8. Exit the Option ROM user interface by pressing <Esc> or going to the EXIT option
in the MAIN MENU.