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B. GIGABYTE SATA2 Controller, Installing SATA hard drives in your computer, Configuring SATA

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English B. GIGABYTE SATA2 Controller (1) Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your computer Attach one end of the SATA signal cable to the rear of the SATA hard drive and the other end to available SATA port(s) on the motherboard. If there are more than one SATA controller on your motherboard, you may refer to the motherboard user's manual to identify the SATA controller for the connector. Then connect the power connector from your power supply to the hard drive. (2) Configuring SATA controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup You have to make sure whether the SATA controller is configured correctly in system BIOS Setup and set BIOS boot sequence for the SATA hard drive(s)/RAID array. Step 1: Turn on your computer and press Del to enter BIOS Setup during POST (Power-On Self Test). In BIOS Setup, go to Integrated Periperals, set Onboard SATA/IDE Ctrl Mode to RAID before configuring RAID. If you do not want to create RAID, set this item to IDE or AHCI, depending on your need (Figure 1). CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2006 Award Software Integrated Peripherals Serial-ATA RAID Config On-Chip IDE Channel0 On-Chip MAC Lan On-Chip MAC1 Lan NV Serial-ATA Controller IDE Prefetch Mode Onboard Audio Function SMART LAN Onboard 1394 Onboard LAN Boot ROM Onboard SATA/IDE Ctrl Mode 1 Onboard Serial Port 1 Onboard Parallel Port Parallel Port Mode x ECP Mode Use DMA On-Chip USB USB Keyboard Support USB Mouse Support Legacy USB Storage detect [Press Enter] [Enabled] [Auto] [Auto] [All Enabled] [Enabled] [Auto] [Press Enter] [Enabled] [Disabled] [RAID] [3F8/IRQ4] [378/IRQ7] [SPP] 3 [V1.1+V2.0] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Enabled] Item Help Menu Level : Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help F11/12: Profile F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults Figure 1 The BIOS Setup menus described in this section may not show the exact settings for your motherboard. The actual BIOS Setup menu options you will see shall depend on the motherboard you have and the BIOS version. Only for GA-M59SLI-S5. GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 92 -

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English
B. GIGABYTE SATA2 Controller
(1)
Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your computer
Attach one end of the SATA signal cable to the rear of the SATA hard drive and the other end to available
SATA port(s) on the motherboard. If there are more than one SATA controller on your motherboard, you
may refer to the motherboard user's manual to identify the SATA controller for the connector. Then
connect the power connector from your power supply to the hard drive.
Only for GA-M59SLI-S5.
Figure 1
(2)
Configuring SATA controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup
You have to make sure whether the SATA controller is configured correctly in system BIOS Setup and
set BIOS boot sequence for the SATA hard drive(s)/RAID array.
Step 1:
Turn on your computer and press Del to enter BIOS Setup during POST (Power-On Self Test). In BIOS
Setup, go to
Integrated Periperals,
set
Onboard SATA/IDE Ctrl Mode
to
RAID
before configuring
RAID. If you do not want to create RAID, set this item to
IDE
or
AHCI
, depending on your need
(Figure 1).
CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2006 Award Software
Integrated Peripherals
`
Serial-ATA RAID Config
[Press Enter]
On-Chip IDE Channel0
[Enabled]
On-Chip MAC Lan
[Auto]
On-Chip MAC1 Lan
[Auto]
NV Serial-ATA Controller
[All Enabled]
IDE Prefetch Mode
[Enabled]
Onboard Audio Function
[Auto]
`
SMART LAN
[Press Enter]
Onboard 1394
[Enabled]
Onboard LAN Boot ROM
[Disabled]
Onboard SATA/IDE Ctrl Mode
1
[RAID]
Onboard Serial Port 1
[3F8/IRQ4]
Onboard Parallel Port
[378/IRQ7]
Parallel Port Mode
[SPP]
x
ECP Mode Use DMA
3
On-Chip USB
[V1.1+V2.0]
USB Keyboard Support
[Disabled]
USB Mouse Support
[Disabled]
Legacy USB Storage detect
[Enabled]
KLJI
: Move
Enter: Select
+/-/PU/PD: Value
F10: Save
ESC: Exit
F1: General Help
F11/12: Profile
F5: Previous Values
F6: Fail-Safe Defaults
F7: Optimized Defaults
Item Help
Menu Level
`
The BIOS Setup menus described in this section may not show the exact settings for your
motherboard. The actual BIOS Setup menu options you will see shall depend on the motherboard
you have and the BIOS version.