Configuring Marvell 88Se9128 Sata Controllers - Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD7 User Manual

5-1-2 Configuring Marvell 88SE9128 SATA Controllers

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 avail-
able SATA port on the motherboard. One of the Marvell 88SE9128 SATA controllers controls the onboard
GSATA3_6/7 connector and the other controls the eSATA ports on the back panel. Then connect the power
connector from your power supply to the hard drive.
B. Configuring SATA controller and RAID 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. To enable RAID, see the table below for configuring different SATA controllers for RAID.
Set GSATA3 Ctrl Mode/eSATA3 Ctrl Mode to IDE or AHCI, depending on your requirements (Figure 1). (In
AHCI mode, installation of the SATA AHCI driver is required during Windows XP installation.) Refer to section,
"5-1-3," for more details.
Controller
Marvell
88SE9128
Marvell
88SE9128
 SMART LAN1
 SMART LAN2
Onboard LAN1 Boot ROM
Onboard LAN2 Boot ROM
Onboard USB 3.0 Controller
USB3.0 Turbo
Onboard USB 3.0 Controller2
GSATA3 Controller
GSATA3 Ctrl Mode
GSATA3 Transaction Mode
GSATA3 RAID Configuration
eSATA3 Controller
eSATA3 Ctrl Mode
eSATA3 Transaction Mode
eSATA3 RAID Configuration
SATA3 Firmware Selection
higf : Move Enter: Select
F5: Previous Values
Step 2:
Then make sure GSATA3 Transaction Mode/eSATA3 Transaction Mode is set to Fw Mode. To create a
RAID array, press <Enter> on the GSATA3 RAID Configuration/eSATA3 RAID Configuration item to enter
the RAID configuration menu. Skip this step if you do not want to create RAID.
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.
Connectors BIOS Settings
Set GSATA3 Controller
GSATA3_6/7
Set GSATA3 Ctrl Mode
Set eSATA3 Controller
eSATA
Set eSATA3 Ctrl Mode
CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2010 Award Software
Integrated Peripherals
+/-/PU/PD: Value
F6: Fail-Safe Defaults
to
Enabled
to
IDE or AHCI
to
Enabled
to
IDE or AHCI
[Press Enter]
[Press Enter]
[Disabled]
[Disabled
[Enabled]
[Disabled]
[Enabled]
[Enabled]
[IDE]
[Fw Mode]
[Press Enter]
[Enabled]
[IDE]
[Fw Mode]
[Press Enter]
[Auto]
F10: Save
Figure 1
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Item Help
Menu Level 
ESC: Exit F1: General Help
F7: Optimized Defaults
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