Gigabyte GA-M52S-S3P user manual Configuring Sata controller mode in Bios Setup

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B. Configuring SATA controller mode in BIOS Setup

Make sure to configure 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). Under Integrated Peripherals, ensure NV Serial-ATA 1 is enabled. To configure a RAID array, set Onchip SATA Mode to RAID (Figure 1). Then go to the Serial-ATA RAID Config submenu.

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Integrated Peripherals

`	Serial-ATA RAID Config		[Press Enter]			Item Help
	On-Chip IDE Channel0		[Enabled]		Menu Level`
	On-Chip IDE Channel0		[Enabled]		Menu Level`
	IDE DMA transfer access		[Enabled]
	NV Serial-ATA 1		[Enabled]
	IDE Prefetch Mode		[Enabled]
	IDE Prefetch Mode		[Enabled]
	USB Memory Type		[SHADOW]
	Onchip SATA Mode		[RAID]
	Onboard Audio Function		[Auto]
	Onboard Audio Function		[Auto]
	Onboard LAN Control		[Enabled]
`	SMART LAN		[Press Enter]
	OnBoard LAN Boot ROM		[Disabled]
	Onboard Serial Port 1		[3F8/IRQ4]
	Onboard Parallel Port		[378/IRQ7]
	Parallel Port Mode		[SPP]
x ECP Mode Use DMA			3
	On-Chip USB		[V1.1+V2.0]
	USB Keyboard Support		[Disabled]
	USB Mouse Support		[Disabled]
	Legacy USB storage detect		[Enabled]
KLJI: Move		Enter: Select	+/-/PU/PD: Value	F10: Save	ESC: Exit	F1: General Help
	F5: Previous Values		F6: Fail-Safe Defaults		F7: Optimized Defaults

Figure 1

Enable the SATA ports with hard drives that you want to use for RAID. For example, NV SATA Pri- Master RAID is for the SATAII0 connector and NV SATA Pri-Slave RAID for the SATAII1 connector) (Figure 2).

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Serial-ATA RAID Config

NV SATA Pri-Master RAID		[Enabled]			Item Help
NV SATA Pri-Slave RAID		[Enabled]		Menu Level`
NV SATA Seci-Master RAID		[Enabled]
NV SATA Sec-Slave RAID		[Enabled]
KLJI: Move	Enter: Select	+/-/PU/PD: Value	F10: Save	ESC: Exit	F1: General Help
F5: Previous Values		F6: Fail-Safe Defaults		F7: Optimized Defaults

Figure 2

Step 2:

Save changes and exit BIOS Setup.

The BIOS Setup menus described in this section may differ from the exact settings for your motherboard. The actual BIOS Setup menu options you will see shall depend on the motherboard you have and the BIOS version.

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