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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, refer to the connectors introduction section of the user's manual to identify the SATA controller for the connectors. (For example, on the GA-N680SLI-DQ6 motherboard, the GSATAII0, GSATAII1, GSATAII2 and GSATAII3 connectors are supported by the GIGABYTE SATA2 controller.) Then connect the power connector from your power supply to the hard drive. (2) Configuring SATA controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup Make sure to configure the SATA controller mode correctly in system BIOS Setup and set the first boot devce. 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, ensure that the Onboard SATA-II Ctrl1 or Onboard SATA-II Ctrl2 is enabled. Then set Onboard SATA-II Ctrl1 Mode or Onboard SATA-II Ctrl2 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) 1984-2007 Award Software Integrated Peripherals On-Chip IDE Channel0 IDE Prefetch Mode NV Serial-ATA Controller Serial-ATA RAID Config Onboard SATA-II Ctrl1 Onboard SATA-II Ctrl1 Mode Onboard SATA-II Ctrl2 Onboard SATA-II Ctrl2 Mode On-Chip MAC Lan On-Chip MAC1 Lan On-Chip SMART LAN Onboard LAN1 Controller Onboard LAN2 Controller Onboard LAN Boot ROM Onboard Audio Function On-Chip USB USB Keyboard Support USB Mouse Support Onboard 1394 [Enabled] [Enabled] [All Enabled] [Press Enter] [Enabled] [RAID] [Enabled] [RAID] [Auto] [Auto] [Press Enter] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Disabled] [Auto] [V1.1+V2.0] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Enabled] Item Help Menu Level : Move Enter: Select F5: Previous Values +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save F6: Fail-Safe Defaults ESC: Exit F1: General Help 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. - 85 - Appendix

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Appendix
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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, refer
to the connectors introduction section of the user's manual to identify the SATA controller for the
connectors. (For example, on the GA-N680SLI-DQ6 motherboard, the GSATAII0, GSATAII1, GSATAII2
and GSATAII3 connectors are supported by the GIGABYTE SATA2 controller.) Then connect the power
connector from your power supply to the hard drive.
Figure 1
(2)
Configuring SATA controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup
Make sure to configure the SATA controller mode correctly in system BIOS Setup and set the first boot
devce.
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,
ensure that the
Onboard SATA-II Ctrl1
or
Onboard SATA-II
Ctrl2
is enabled. Then set
Onboard SATA-II Ctrl1 Mode
or
Onboard SATA-II Ctrl2 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).
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.
CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2007 Award Software
Integrated Peripherals
On-Chip IDE Channel0
[Enabled]
IDE Prefetch Mode
[Enabled]
NV Serial-ATA Controller
[All Enabled]
`
Serial-ATA RAID Config
[Press Enter]
Onboard SATA-II Ctrl1
[Enabled]
Onboard SATA-II Ctrl1 Mode
[RAID]
Onboard SATA-II Ctrl2
[Enabled]
Onboard SATA-II Ctrl2 Mode
[RAID]
On-Chip MAC Lan
[Auto]
On-Chip MAC1 Lan
[Auto]
`
On-Chip SMART LAN
[Press Enter]
Onboard LAN1 Controller
[Enabled]
Onboard LAN2 Controller
[Enabled]
Onboard LAN Boot ROM
[Disabled]
Onboard Audio Function
[Auto]
On-Chip USB
[V1.1+V2.0]
USB Keyboard Support
[Disabled]
USB Mouse Support
[Disabled]
Onboard 1394
[Enabled]
KLJI
: 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
`