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Configuring Marvell 88SE9172 SATA Controllers, A. Installing SATA hard drives in your computer

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5-1-2 Configuring Marvell 88SE9172 SATA Controllers A. 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 on the motherboard. The Marvell 88SE9172 SATA controllers control the onboard eSATA and GSATA 6/7/8 connectors. Then connect the power connector from your power supply to the hard drive. B. Configuring SATA controller and RAID 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. To create RAID, go to Peripherals and set GSATA Controller on the Marvell ATA Controller Configuration submenu to RAID Mode (Figure 2) (AHCI mode by default). If you do not want to create RAID, set this item to IDE Mode or AHCI Mode. 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. - 93 - Appendix

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Appendix
5-1-2
Configuring Marvell 88SE9172 SATA Controllers
A. 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 on the motherboard. The Marvell 88SE9172 SATA controllers control the onboard eSATA and GSATA 6/7/8
connectors. Then connect the power connector from your power supply to the hard drive.
B. Configuring SATA controller and RAID 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. To create RAID, go to
Peripherals
and set
GSATA Controller
on the
Marvell ATA Controller Configuration
submenu to
RAID
Mode
(Figure 2) (
AHCI mode
by default). If you do not want to create RAID, set this item to
IDE Mode
or
AHCI Mode
.
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.