Configuring Marvell 88Se9172 Sata Controllers - Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5 User Manual

5-1-2 Configuring Marvell 88SE9172 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 88SE9172 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.
Controller Connectors
Marvell eSATA
88SE9172
Marvell GSATA3_6/7
88SE9172
CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2011 Award Software
OnChip SATA Controller
OnChip SATA Type
x OnChip SATA Port4/5 Type
x OnChip SATA RAID5 Support
OnChip SATA3.0 Suuport
x OnChip SATA Port as ESP
F_USB3.0 Controller
eSATA3 Controller
eSATA3 Ctrl Mode
GSATA3 Controller
GSATA3 Ctrl Mode
Onboard LAN Function
Onboard LAN Boot ROM
 SMART LAN
Onboard Audio Function
Onboard 1394 Function
R_USB3.0 Controller
USB Controllers
USB Legacy Function
higf: Move Enter: Select
F5: Previous Values
Step 2:
Save changes and exit BIOS Setup.
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.
BIOS Settings
to
Set eSATA3 Controller Enabled
to
Set eSATA3 Ctrl Mode RAID
to
Set GSATA3 Controller Enabled
to
Set GSATA3 Ctrl Mode RAID
Integrated Peripherals
[Enabled]
[Native IDE]
IDE
Enabled
[Enabled]
Press Enter
[Enabled]
[Enabled]
[RAID]
[Enabled]
[RAID]
[Enabled]
[Disabled]
[Press Enter]
[Enabled]
[Enabled]
[Enabled]
[Enabled]
[Enabled]
+/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save
F6: Fail-Safe Defaults
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Item Help
Menu Level 
ESC: Exit F1: General Help
F7: Optimized Defaults
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