Configuring Gigabyte Sata2 Sata Controller - Gigabyte GA-H57M-USB3 User Manual

5-1-2 Configuring GIGABYTE SATA2 SATA Controller

A. 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 on the motherboard. On this motherboard, the GSATA2_0 and GSATA2_1 ports are supported by
the GIGABYTE SATA2 SATA controller. Then connect the power connector from your power supply to the
hard drive.
B. Configuring SATA controller mode in BIOS Setup
Make sure to configure the SATA controller mode correctly in system BIOS Setup.
Step 1:
Turn on your computer and press <Delete> to enter BIOS Setup during the POST. In BIOS Setup, go to Inte-
grated Peripherals, ensure that Onboard SATA/IDE Device is enabled. Then set Onboard SATA/IDE Ctrl
Mode to RAID/IDE (Figure 1). If you do not want to create RAID, set this item to IDE or AHCI.
CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2010 Award Software
eXtreme Hard Drive (XHD) j
PCH SATA Control Mode
SATA Port0-3 Native Mode
USB Controllers
USB Legacy Function
USB Storage Function
Azalia Codec
Onboard H/W 1394
Onboard H/W LAN
Green LAN
 SMART LAN
Onboard LAN Boot ROM
Onboard USB 3.0 Controller
Onboard SATA/IDE Device
Onboard SATA/IDE Ctrl Mode
Onboard Serial Port 1
higf: Move Enter: Select
F5: Previous Values
Step 2:
Save changes and exit BIOS Setup.
j Only for GA-H57M-USB3.
The BIOS Setup menus described in this section may differ from the exact settings for your moth-
erboard. The actual BIOS Setup menu options you will see shall depend on the motherboard you
have and the BIOS version.
Integrated Peripherals
[Disabled]
[RAID(XHD)]
[Enabled]
[Enabled]
[Enabled]
[Enabled]
[Auto]
[Enabled]
[Enabled]
[Disabled]
[Press Enter]
[Disabled]
[Enabled]
[Enabled]
[RAID/IDE]
[3F8/IRQ4]
+/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save
F6: Fail-Safe Defaults
Figure 1
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Item Help
Menu Level 
ESC: Exit F1: General Help
F7: Optimized Defaults
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