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B. Configuring SATA controller mode in BIOS Setup

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English B. Configuring SATA controller mode in BIOS Setup Make sure to configure the SATA controller mode correctly in system BIOS Setup. Step 1: Turn on your computer and press to enter BIOS Setup during the POST (Power-On Self-Test). Under Integrated Peripherals, ensure NV Serial-ATA 1 is enabled. To configure a RAID array, set Onchip SATA Mode to RAID (Figure 1). Then go to the Serial-ATA RAID Config submenu. CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2007 Award Software Integrated Peripherals ` Serial-ATA RAID Config On-Chip IDE Channel0 IDE DMA transfer access On-Chip MAC Lan NV Serial-ATA 1 IDE Prefetch Mode Onchip SATA Mode Onboard Audio Function Onboard 1394 ` SMART LAN OnBoard LAN Boot ROM Onboard Serial Port Onboard Parallel Port Parallel Port Mode x ECP Mode Use DMA ` USB Device Setting [Press Enter] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Auto] [Enabled] [Enabled] [RAID] [Auto] [Enabled] [Press Enter] [Disabled] [2F8/IRQ3] [378/IRQ7] [SPP] 3 [Press Enter] Item Help Menu Level` KLJI: Move Enter: Select F5: Previous Values +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save F6: Fail-Safe Defaults Figure 1 ESC: Exit F1: General Help F7: Optimized Defaults Enable the SATA ports with hard drives that you want to use for RAID. For example, NV SATA Pri- Master RAID is for the SATAII0 connector and NV SATA Pri-Slave RAID for the SATAII1 connector (Figure 2). CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2007 Award Software Serial-ATA RAID Config NV SATA Pri-Master RAID NV SATA Pri-Slave RAID NV SATA Seci-Master RAID NV SATA Sec-Slave RAID [Enabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] Item Help Menu Level` KLJI: Move Enter: Select F5: Previous Values +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save F6: Fail-Safe Defaults Step 2: Save changes and exit BIOS Setup. Figure 2 ESC: Exit F1: General Help F7: Optimized Defaults The BIOS Setup menus described in this section may differ from 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. GA-M68SM-S2 Motherboard - 68 -

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English
B. Configuring SATA controller mode in BIOS Setup
Make sure to configure the SATA controller mode correctly in system BIOS Setup.
Step 1:
Turn on your computer and press <Delete> to enter BIOS Setup during the POST (Power-On Self-Test).
Under
Integrated Peripherals
, ensure
NV Serial-ATA 1
is enabled. To configure a RAID array, set
Onchip SATA Mode
to
RAID
(Figure 1). Then go to the
Serial-ATA RAID Config
submenu.
Figure 1
The BIOS Setup menus described in this section may differ from 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.
Step 2:
Save changes and exit BIOS Setup.
CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2007 Award Software
Integrated Peripherals
Serial-ATA RAID Config
[Press Enter]
On-Chip IDE Channel0
[Enabled]
IDE DMA transfer access
[Enabled]
On-Chip MAC Lan
[Auto]
NV Serial-ATA 1
[Enabled]
IDE Prefetch Mode
[Enabled]
Onchip SATA Mode
[RAID]
Onboard Audio Function
[Auto]
Onboard 1394
[Enabled]
SMART LAN
[Press Enter]
OnBoard LAN Boot ROM
[Disabled]
Onboard Serial Port
[2F8/IRQ3]
Onboard Parallel Port
[378/IRQ7]
Parallel Port Mode
[SPP]
x
ECP Mode Use DMA
3
USB Device Setting
[Press Enter]
: Move
Enter: Select
+/-/PU/PD: Value
F10: Save
ESC: Exit
F1: General Help
F5: Previous Values
F6: Fail-Safe Defaults
F7: Optimized Defaults
Item Help
Menu Level
Enable the SATA ports with hard drives that you want to use for RAID. For example,
NV SATA Pri-
Master RAID
is for the SATAII0 connector and
NV SATA Pri-Slave RAID
for the SATAII1 connector
(Figure 2).
Figure 2
CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2007 Award Software
Serial-ATA RAID Config
Item Help
Menu Level
NV SATA Pri-Master RAID
[Enabled]
NV SATA Pri-Slave RAID
[Enabled]
NV SATA Seci-Master RAID
[Enabled]
NV SATA Sec-Slave RAID
[Enabled]
: Move
Enter: Select
+/-/PU/PD: Value
F10: Save
ESC: Exit
F1: General Help
F5: Previous Values
F6: Fail-Safe Defaults
F7: Optimized Defaults