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3.1.7 Settings

To access the Settings menu, highlight the Settings command from the

toolbar, and press the Enter key. There are Select Boot Device and

Parameter Setting options in the menu.

Select Boot Device:

Select which disk or array will act as the boot disk, if the motherboard

BIOS instructs the card to act as the boot device.

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When booting up the system, press CTRL + H during the

HighPoint RocketRAID splash screen to enter the BIOS RAID

creation utility.

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Navigate to Settings using arrow keys.

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Press Enter.

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Press Enter again.

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Select the desired RAID array.

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You will return to the main screen once the boot flag is set

Staggered Spin up:

The default value of this option is disabled. Enabling this setting will

instruct the card to power up the hard disks, sequentially (one disk

approximately every 2 seconds). Not all disk support this setting –

consult the disk documentation for more information.