Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5 - Chapter 5 Appendix; 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s)

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Appendix
Chapter 5 Appendix
(Note1) SkipthisstepifyoudonotwanttocreateRAIDarrayontheSATAcontroller.
(Note2) RequiredwhentheSATAcontrollerissettoAHCIorRAIDmode.
5-1 ConguringSATAHardDrive(s)
TocongureSATAharddrive(s),followthestepsbelow:
A. InstallSATAharddrive(s)inyourcomputer.
B. CongureSATAcontrollermodeinBIOSSetup.
C. CongureaRAIDarrayinRAIDBIOS.
(Note1)
D. Install the SATA RAID/AHCI driver
(Note2)
and operating system.
Before you begin
Please prepare:
• AtleasttwoSATAharddrives(toensureoptimalperformance,itisrecommendedthatyouusetwohard
driveswithidenticalmodelandcapacity).IfyoudonotwanttocreateRAID,youmayprepareonlyone
hard drive.
• Windows 7/Vista/XP setup disk.
• Motherboard driver disk.
• AUSBoppydiskdrive(neededduringWindowsXPinstallation)
• Anemptyformattedoppydisk(neededduringWindowsXPinstallation)
5-1-1 ConguringAMDSB950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. 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SATA30~SATA35portsaresupportedbytheAMDSB950SouthBridge.)Thenconnect
the power connector from your power supply to the hard drive.Then connect the power connector from your
power supply to the hard drive.
RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 10
Minimum
Number of Hard
Drives
≥2 2 ≥3 ≥4
Array Capacity Number of hard
drives*Sizeofthe
smallest drive
Sizeofthesmallest
drive
(Numberofhard
drives-1)*Sizeof
the smallest drive
(Numberofhard
drives/2)*Sizeofthe
smallest drive
Fault Tolerance No Yes Yes Yes
RAID Levels