Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5 - Page 52

BIOS Setup
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` MarvellATAControllerConguration
& GSATA Controller (Marvell 88SE9172 Chip, GSATA3 6 and GSATA3 7 connectors)
 EnablesordisablesRAIDfortheSATAcontrollersintegratedintheMarvell88SE9172chiporcongures
the SATA controllers to AHCI mode. The area below displays the current status of the two SATA ports.
IDEMode  DisablesRAIDfortheSATAcontrollersandcongurestheSATAcontrollerstoIDE
mode.
AHCIMode CongurestheSATAcontrollerstoAHCImode.AdvancedHostControllerInterface
(AHCI)isaninterfacespecicationthatallowsthestoragedrivertoenableadvanced
SerialATAfeaturessuchasNativeCommandQueuingandhotplug.(Default)
RAID Mode Enables RAID for the SATA controllers.
Disabled Disables this function.
& GSATA Controller (Marvell 88SE9172 Chip, eSATA connectors on the back panel )
 EnablesordisablesRAIDfortheSATAcontrollersintegratedintheMarvell88SE9172chiporcongures
the SATA controllers to AHCI mode. The area below displays the current status of the two SATA ports.
IDEMode  DisablesRAIDfortheSATAcontrollersandcongurestheSATAcontrollerstoIDE
mode.
AHCIMode CongurestheSATAcontrollerstoAHCImode.AdvancedHostControllerInterface
(AHCI)isaninterfacespecicationthatallowsthestoragedrivertoenableadvanced
SerialATAfeaturessuchasNativeCommandQueuingandhotplug.(Default)
RAID Mode Enables RAID for the SATA controllers.
Disabled Disables this function.
` SuperIOConguration
 ThissectionprovidesinformationonthesuperI/Ochipandallowsyoutoconguretheserialport.
& Serial Port A
 Enablesordisablestheonboardserialport.(Default:Enabled)