Configuring Sata Controller Mode And Boot Sequence In Bios Setup - Gigabyte nForce series Configuration

(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). If you want
to create RAID, select IDE Function Setup under the Integrated Peripherals menu and then press
ENTER (Figure 1). Change the SATA Primary Master RAID and SATA Secondary Master RAID items
to Enabled (Disabled by default) (Figure 2). Skip this step and leave the two items to Disabled by default
if you do not want to create RAID.
IDE Function Setup
On-Chip Primary PCI IDE
On-Chip Secondary PCI IDE
USB Host Controller
USB Keyboard Support
USB Mouse Support
Serial-ATA 2(Intern al PHY)
AC97 Audio
On-Chip LAN(nVIDIA)
Onboard Serial ATA
Serial ATA Function
Onboard 1394
Onboard LAN Control
Onboard LAN Boot ROM
Onboard Serial Port 1
Onboard Serial Port 2
Onboard Parallel Port
Parallel Port Mode
x ECP Mode Use DMA
higf: Move
Enter: Select
F5: Previous Values
Figure 1 (This BIOS setup screen is captured from GA-K8NSNXP-939, BIOS ver.: D24)
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.
IDE RAID
IDE Channel 0 Master RAID
IDE Channel 0 Slave RAID
IDE Channel 1 Master RAID
IDE Channel 1 Slave RAID
SATA Primary Master RAID
SATA Secndry Master RAID
higf: Move
Enter: Select
F5: Previous Values
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Integrated Peripherals
+/-/PU/PD: Value
F6: Fail-Safe Defaults
CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software
IDE Function Setup
+/-/PU/PD: Value
F6: Fail-Safe Defaults
[Press Enter]
[Enabled]
[Enabled]
[V1.1+V2.0]
[Disabled]
[Disabled]
[Enabled]
[Auto]
[Auto]
[Enabled]
[RAID]
[Enabled]
[Enabled]
[Disabled]
[3F8/IRQ4]
[2F8/IRQ3]
[378/IRQ7]
[SPP]
3
F10: Save
[Enabled]
[Disabled]
[Disabled]
[Disabled]
[Disabled]
[Enabled]
[Enabled]
F10: Save
Figure 2
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