Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD3 - 5-1-2 Configuring Marvell 9128 SATA Controller

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The BIOS Setup menus described in this section may differ from the exact settings for your moth-
erboard. The actual BIOS Setup menu options you will see shall depend on the motherboard you
have and the BIOS version.
Figure 1
5-1-2 Conguring Marvell 9128 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 9128 SATA controller controls the GSATA3_6/7 ports on the
motherboard. 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 (Power-On Self-Test).
Make sure GSATA Controller under the Integrated Peripherals menu is enabled. Then set GSATA Ctrl
Mode to IDE or AHCI, depending on your requirements (Figure 1). (In AHCI mode, installation of the SATA
AHCI driver is required during Windows XP installation. Refer to section, "5-1-3" for more information.)
Step 2:
To create a RAID array, press <Enter> on the GSATA RAID Conguration item (Figure 1) to enter the RAID
congurationmenu.SkipthisstepifyoudonotwanttocreateRAID.
CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2009 Award Software
Integrated Peripherals
higf
: 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

eXtreme Hard Drive (XHD) [Disabled]
PCH SATA Control Mode [IDE]
SATA Port0-3 Native Mode [Enabled]
USB Controllers [Enabled]
USB Legacy Function [Enabled]
USB Storage Function [Enabled]
Turbo SATA3/USB 3.0 [Disabled]
Azalia Codec [Auto]
Onboard H/W LAN [Enabled]
Green LAN [Disabled]

SMART LAN [Press Enter]
Onboard LAN Boot ROM [Disabled]
Onboard IDE Controller [Enabled]
eSATA Controller [Enabled]
eSATA Ctrl Mode [IDE]
GSATA Controller [Enabled]
GSATA Ctrl Mode [IDE]
GSATARAIDConguration  [PressEnter]
Onboard Serial Port 1 [3F8/IRQ4]