Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5 R5 - Configuring Marvell 88 SE9172 SATA Controller

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Conguring SATA Hard Drive(s)
3-2 ConguringMarvell
®
88SE9172 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. The Marvell
®
88SE9172 SATA controller controls the onboard GSATA3 6/7 connectors and
eSATA connectors on the back panel. Then connect the power connector from your power supply to the hard drive.
B.ConguringSATAcontrollerandRAIDmodeinBIOSSetup
Makesuretocongure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\MarvellSATAControllerConguration and make sure GSATA Controller is set to RAID Mode.
(Figure1).
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.
TherstGSATA Controller item controls the "GSATA3 6" and "GSATA3 7" connectors. The second
GSATA Controller item controls the eSATA connectors on the back panel.