Intel GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Configuring SATA controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup, English

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

Make sure to configure the SATA controller mode correctly in system BIOS Setup and set the first boot device.

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 Controller 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

On-Chip IDE Channel0	[Enabled]	Item Help
IDE Prefetch Mode	[Enabled]	Menu Level
NV Serial-ATA Controller	[All Enabled]
Serial-ATA RAID Config	[Press Enter]
Onboard SATA-II Ctrl1	[Enabled]
Onboard SATA-II Ctrl1 Mode	[IDE]
Onboard SATA-II Ctrl2	[Enabled]
Onboard SATA-II Ctrl2 Mode	[IDE]
On-Chip MAC Lan	[Auto]
On-Chip MAC1 Lan	[Auto]
On-Chip SMART LAN	[Press Enter]
Onboard LAN1 Controller	[Enabled]
Onboard LAN2 Controller	[Enabled]
Onboard LAN Boot ROM	[Disabled]
Onboard Audio Function	[Auto]
On-Chip USB	[V1.1+V2.0]
USB Keyboard Support	[Disabled]
USB Mouse Support	[Disabled]
Onboard 1394	[Enabled]

: 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

To set up a RAID array, ensure that NV SATA RAID function is enabled (Figure 2), otherwise leave it disabled. Then enable the SATA channels with hard disks that you want to use for RAID (for example, NV SATA1 Primary RAID controls the SATAII0 connector and NV SATA 1 Secondary RAID controls the SATAII1 connector) (Figure 2).

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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]
NV SATA 2 Primary RAID		[Disabled]
NV SATA 2 Secondary RAID		[Disabled]
NV SATA 3 Primary RAID		[Disabled]
NV SATA 3 Secondary RAID		[Disabled]
: 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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