Gigabyte GA-M55SLI-S4 user manual Shadow

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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)/RAID array.

Step 1:

Turn on your computer and press Del to enter BIOS Setup during POST (Power-On Self Test). If you want to create RAID, make sure that NV SATA RAID function under the Integrated Peripherals menu is enabled (Figure 1). Also make sure that the NV Serial-ATA1/Serial-ATA 2 are enabled (including NV SATA 1 Primary/Secondary RAID/SATA 2 Primary/Secondary RAID), depending on which SATA ports you connect. For example, if you wish to create RAID with the hard disks on connectors S_ATA0 and S_ATA1, assure that the Serial-ATA 1 is enabled and SATA 1 Primary/ Secondary RAID are enabled. Serial-ATA 2 is for S_ATA2 and S_ATA3 connectors.

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Integrated Peripherals

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

Item Help

Menu Level

: Move	Enter: Select	+/-/PU/PD: Value	F10: Save	ESC: Exit	F1: General Help
	F5: Previous Values		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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