Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD4-B3 - Marvell 88 SE9128 SATA Controller Configuration

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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.
5-1-2 Conguring Marvell 88SE9128 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 88SE9128 SATA controller controls the eSATA ports 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. In BIOS Setup, go to
Integrated Peripherals. To enable RAID, make sure eSATA3 Controller is enabled. Then set eSATA3 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 details.
Figure 1
Step 2:
Then make sure eSATA3 Transaction Mode is set to Fw Mode. To create a RAID array, press <Enter> on
the eSATA3 RAID Conguration itemtoentertheRAIDcongurationmenu.Skipthisstepifyoudonotwant
to create RAID.
CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2010 Award Software
Integrated Peripherals
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]
Azalia Codec [Auto]
Onboard H/W LAN [Enabled]
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SMART LAN [Press Enter]
Onboard LAN Boot ROM [Disabled]
R_USB30 Controller [Enabled]
R_USB30 Turbo [Disabled]
F_USB30 Controller [Enabled]
eSATA3 Controller [Enabled]
eSATA3 Ctrl Mode [IDE]
eSATA3 Transaction Mode [Fw Mode]
 eSATA3RAIDConguration  [PressEnter]
SATA3 Firmware Selection [Auto]
Onboard Serial Port 1 [3F8/IRQ4]
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
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