Gigabyte How to Configure SATA Controller Mode and BIOS Boot Order for GA-K8NF-9

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(2) Configuring SATA controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup

You have to make sure whether the SATA controller is configured correctly in system BIOS Setup and set BIOS boot sequence for the SATA hard drive(s).

Step 1:

Turn on your computer and press Del to enter BIOS Setup during POST (Power-On Self Test). In the example in Figure 1, make sure that NV Serial-ATA 1 or NV Serial-ATA 2 under the Integrated Peripherals menu is enabled (NV Serial-ATA 1 controls the SATAII0_1 connectors and NV Serial-ATA 2 controls the SATAII2_3 connectors). If you want to create RAID, set the NV IDE/SATA RAID function item to Enabled (Disabled by default) (Figure 1). Set the NV IDE/SATA RAID function item to Disabled if you do not want to create RAID.

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Integrated Peripherals

	On-Chip IDE Channel0			[Enabled]		Item Help
	On-Chip IDE Channel1			[Enabled]		Menu Level
	IDE DMA transfer access			[Enabled]
	On-Chip MAC Lan			[Auto]
	On-Chip LAN BOOT ROM			[Enabled]
	NV IDE/SATA RAID function			[Disabled]
	NV Serial-ATA 1			[Enabled]
x	NV SATA 1 Primary		RAID	Disabled
x	NV SATA 1 Secondary		RAID	Disabled
	NV Serial-ATA 2			[Enabled]
x	NV SATA 2 Primary		RAID	Disabled
x	NV SATA 2 Secondary		RAID	Disabled
	IDE Prefetch Mode			[Enabled]
	USB Memory Type			[SHADOW]
	AC97 Audio			[Auto]
	Onboard 1394			[Enabled]
	Onboard Serial Port 1			[3F8/IRQ4]
	Onboard Parallel Port			[378/IRQ7]
	Parallel Port Mode			[SPP]
	: 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

The BIOS Setup menus described in this section may not show 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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