Configuring Sata Hard Drive(S) (Controller: Silicon Image Sil3112); Installing Sata Hard Drive(S) In Your System - Gigabyte Sil3112 Configuration

Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) (Controller: Silicon Image Sil3112)

To configure SATA hard drive(s), follow the steps below:
(1) Install SATA hard drive(s) in your system.
(2) Configure SATA controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup.
(3)* Configure RAID set in RAID BIOS.
(4) Make a floppy disk containing the SATA controller driver.
(5) Install the SATA controller driver during OS installation.
Before you begin
Please prepare:
(a) Two SATA hard drives (to ensure optimal performance, it is recommended that you use two hard
drives with identical model and capacity). If you do not want to create RAID with the SATA
controller, you may prepare only one hard drive.
(b) An empty formatted floppy disk.
(c) Windows XP/2000 setup disk.
(d) Driver CD for your motherboard.

(1) Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your system

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 check the name of the SATA connnector to identify the SATA controlller for the connector. For
example, SATA0_SII/SATA1_SII is controlled by the Sil3112 controller). Then connect the power
connector from your power supply to the hard drive.
"*" Skip this step if you do not want to create RAID array on the SATA controller
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