Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD7-B3 - Configuring Marvell 88 Se9128 Sata Controllers

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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 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 avail-
able SATA port on the motherboard. One of the Marvell 88SE9128 SATA controllers controls the onboard
GSATA3_6/7 connector and the other 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 Inte-
grated Peripherals.ToenableRAID,seethetablebelowforconguringdifferentSATAcontrollersforRAID.
Set GSATA3 Ctrl Mode/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
CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2011 Award Software
Integrated Peripherals

SMART LAN1 [Press Enter]

SMART LAN2 [Press Enter]
Onboard LAN1 Boot ROM [Disabled]
Onboard LAN2 Boot ROM [Disabled
Onboard USB 3.0 Controller [Enabled]
USB3.0 Turbo [Disabled]
Onboard USB 3.0 Controller2 [Enabled]
GSATA3 Controller [Enabled]
GSATA3 Ctrl Mode [IDE]
GSATA3 Transaction Mode [Fw Mode]
 GSATA3RAIDConguration  [PressEnter]
eSATA3 Controller [Enabled]
eSATA3 Ctrl Mode [IDE]
eSATA3 Transaction Mode [Fw Mode]
 eSATA3RAIDConguration  [PressEnter]
SATA3 Firmware Selection [Auto]
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

Controller Connectors BIOS Settings
Marvell GSATA3_6/7 Set GSATA3 Controller
to
Enabled
88SE9128 Set GSATA3 Ctrl Mode
to
IDE or AHCI
Marvell eSATA Set eSATA3 Controller
to
Enabled
88SE9128 Set eSATA3 Ctrl Mode
to
IDE or AHCI
Step 2:
Then make sure GSATA3 Transaction Mode/eSATA3 Transaction Mode is set to Fw Mode. To create a
RAID array, press <Enter> on the GSATA3 RAID Conguration/eSATA3 RAID Conguration item to enter
theRAIDcongurationmenu.SkipthisstepifyoudonotwanttocreateRAID.
Step 3:
Save changes and exit BIOS Setup.