Gigabyte GA-M59SLI-S5, GA-M59SLI-S4 user manual B. GIGABYTE SATA2 Controller, English

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B. GIGABYTE SATA2 Controller

(1) 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 available SATA port(s) on the motherboard. If there are more than one SATA controller on your motherboard, you may refer to the motherboard user's manual to identify the SATA controller for the connector. Then connect the power connector from your power supply to the hard drive.

(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 BIOS Setup, go to Integrated Periperals, set Onboard SATA/IDE Ctrl Mode to RAID before configuring RAID. If you do not want to create RAID, set this item to IDE or AHCI, depending on your need (Figure 1).

CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2006 Award Software

Integrated Peripherals

Serial-ATA RAID Config		[Press Enter]			Item Help
On-Chip IDE Channel0		[Enabled]			Menu Level
On-Chip MAC Lan		[Auto]
On-Chip MAC1 Lan		[Auto]
NV Serial-ATA Controller		[All Enabled]
IDE Prefetch Mode		[Enabled]
Onboard Audio Function		[Auto]
SMART LAN		[Press Enter]
Onboard 1394		[Enabled]
Onboard LAN Boot ROM		[Disabled]
Onboard SATA/IDE Ctrl Mode 1		[RAID]
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]
: Move	Enter: Select	+/-/PU/PD: Value	F10: Save	ESC: Exit	F1: General Help
F11/12: Profile	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.

Only for GA-M59SLI-S5.

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