(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)/RAID array.

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 under the Integrated Peripherals menu is enabled. If you wish to create RAID array, press ENTER on the Serial-ATA RAID Config item to enter the submenu .

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Integrated Peripherals

` Serial-ATA RAID Config

[Press Enter]

 

Item Help

On-Chip IDE Channel0

[Enabled]

 

 

Menu Level`

On-Chip MAC Lan

[Auto]

 

 

 

 

NV Serial-ATA 1

[Enabled]

 

 

 

 

IDE Prefetch Mode

[Enabled]

 

 

 

 

USB Memory Type

[SHADOW]

 

 

Onboard Audio Function

[Auto]

 

 

 

 

Onboard LAN Boot ROM

[Disabled]

 

 

 

 

Onboard Serial Port 1

[3F8/IRQ4]

 

 

Onboard Serial Port 2

[2F8/IRQ3]

 

 

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

In the Serial-ATA RAID Config submenu, enable NV SATA RAID function. Then enable the SATA ports with hard disks that you want to use for RAID. In the example in Figure 2, enable NV SATA 1 Primary/Secondary RAID.

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Serial-ATA RAID Config

NV SATA RAID function

[Enabled]

 

Item Help

NV SATA 1 Primary RAID

[Enabled]

 

Menu Level`

NV SATA 1 Secondary 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

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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