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Conguring SATA Hard Drive(s)
3-2 Conguring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 controllers control the onboard GSATA3 6/7/8/9 connectors.
B.ConguringSATAcontrollerandRAIDmodeinBIOSSetup
Makesuretocongure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. To create RAID, go to
Peripherals\MarvellATAControllerConguration and make sure GSATA Controller is set to RAID Mode.
If you do not want to create RAID, set this item to IDE Mode or AHCI Mode.(TherstGSATA Controller controls
GSATA38,9connectorsandthesecondonecontrolsGSATA36,7connectors.(Figure1).
Figure 1
The BIOS Setup menus described in this section may differ from 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.
Step 2:
Save changes and exit BIOS Setup.