Configuring Marvell 88Se9172 Sata Controllers - Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3P 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 available
SATA port on the motherboard. The Marvell 88SE9172 SATA controller controls the onboard GSATA3_6 and
GSATA3_7 connectors. 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 In-
tegrated Peripherals. To enable RAID, set GSATA3 Controller to Enabled and set GSATA3 Ctrl Mode to
RAID.
CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2011 Award Software
eXtreme Hard Drive (XHD)
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
 SMART LAN
Onboard LAN Boot ROM
R_USB3.0 Controller
F_USB3.0 Controller
GSATA3 Controller
GSATA3 Ctrl Mode
Onboard Serial Port 1
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.
Integrated Peripherals
[Disabled]
[IDE]
[Enabled]
[Enabled]
[Enabled]
[Enabled]
[Auto]
[Enabled]
[Enabled]
[Press Enter]
[Disabled]
[Enabled]
[Enabled]
[Enabled]
[RAID]
[3F8/IRQ4]
+/-/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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