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B. GIGABYTE SATA2 Controller
(1) 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(s) on the motherboard. If there are more than one SATA controller on your motherboard, refer
to the connectors introduction section of the user's manual to identify the SATA controller for the
connectors. (For example, on the GA-N680SLI-DQ6 motherboard, the GSATAII0, GSATAII1, GSATAII2
and GSATAII3 connectors are supported by the GIGABYTE SATA2 controller.) Then connect the power
connector from your power supply to the hard drive.
Figure 1
(2) Configuring SATA controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup
Make sure to configure the SATA controller mode correctly in system BIOS Setup and set the first boot
devce.
Step 1:
Turn on your computer and press Del to enter BIOS Setup during POST (Power-On Self Test). In BIOS
Setup, go to Integrated Periperals, ensure that the Onboard SATA-II Ctrl1 or Onboard SATA-II
Ctrl2 is enabled. Then set Onboard SATA-II Ctrl1 Mode or Onboard SATA-II Ctrl2 Mode to RAID
before configuring RAID. If you do not want to create RAID, set this item to IDE or AHCI, depending on
your need (Figure 1).
The BIOS Setup menus described in this section may not show the exact settings for your
motherboard. The actual BIOS Setup menu options you will see shall depend on the motherboard
you have and the BIOS version.
CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2007 Award Software
Integrated Peripherals
On-Chip IDE Channel0 [Enabled]
IDE Prefetch Mode [Enabled]
NV Serial-ATA Controller [All Enabled]
Serial-ATA RAID Config [Press Enter]
Onboard SATA-II Ctrl1 [Enabled]
Onboard SATA-II Ctrl1 Mode [RAID]
Onboard SATA-II Ctrl2 [Enabled]
Onboard SATA-II Ctrl2 Mode [RAID]
On-Chip MAC Lan [Auto]
On-Chip MAC1 Lan [Auto]
On-Chip SMART LAN [Press Enter]
Onboard LAN1 Controller [Enabled]
Onboard LAN2 Controller [Enabled]
Onboard LAN Boot ROM [Disabled]
Onboard Audio Function [Auto]
On-Chip USB [V1.1+V2.0]
USB Keyboard Support [Disabled]
USB Mouse Support [Disabled]
Onboard 1394 [Enabled]
: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help
F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults
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