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Appendix- 85 -

5-1-2 Configuring GIGABYTE SATA2 SATA Controller

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. If there is more than one SATA controller on your motherboard, refer to

"Chapter 1," Hardware Installation," to identify the SATA controller for the SATA port. (For example, on

this motherboard, the GSATAIIA and GSATAIIB ports are supported by GIGABYTE SATA2.) Then

connect the power connector from your power supply to the hard drive.

B. Configuring SATA controller mode and device boot order in BIOS Setup

Make sure to configure the SATA controller mode correctly in system BIOS Setup and set the device

boot order.

Step 1:

Turn on your computer and press <Delete> to enter BIOS Setup during the POST. In BIOS Setup, go to

Integrated Peripherals, ensure that Onboard SATA/IDE Device is enabled. Then set Onboard

SATA/IDE Ctrl Mode to RAID/IDE (Figure 1). If you do not want to create RAID, set this item to IDE

or AHCI, depending on your need.

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.

Figure 1

Integrated Peripherals

SATA RAID/AHCI Mode [Disabled]

SATA Port0-3 Native Mode [Disabled]

USB Controller [Enabled]

USB 2.0 Controller [Enabled]

USB Keyboard Support [Disabled]

USB Mouse Support [Disabled]

Legacy USB storage detect [Enabled]

Azalia Codec [Auto]

Onboard H/W 1394 [Enabled]

Onboard H/W LAN1 [Enabled]

Onboard H/W LAN2 [Enabled]

` SMART LAN1 [Press Enter]

` SMART LAN2 [Press Enter]

Onboard LAN1 Boot ROM [Disabled]

Onboard LAN2 Boot ROM [Disabled]

Onboard SATA/IDE Device [Enabled]

Onboard SATA/IDE Ctrl Mode [RAID/IDE]

Onboard Serial Port 1 [3F8/IRQ4]

Onboard Parallel Port [378/IRQ7]

KLJI: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help

F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults

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