User`s manual
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5-1-2 Conguring 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. Conguring SATA controller and RAID mode in BIOS Setup
MakesuretoconguretheSATAcontrollermodecorrectlyinsystemBIOSSetup.
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.
Figure 1
CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2011 Award Software
Integrated Peripherals
eXtreme Hard Drive (XHD) [Disabled]
PCH SATA Control Mode [IDE]
SATA Port0-3 Native Mode [Enabled]
USB Controllers [Enabled]
USB Legacy Function [Enabled]
USB Storage Function [Enabled]
Azalia Codec [Auto]
Onboard H/W 1394 [Enabled]
Onboard H/W LAN [Enabled]
SMART LAN [Press Enter]
Onboard LAN Boot ROM [Disabled]
R_USB3.0 Controller [Enabled]
R_USB3.0 Turbo [Disabled]
F_USB3.0 Controller [Enabled]
GSATA3 Controller [Enabled]
GSATA3 Ctrl Mode [RAID]
Onboard Serial Port 1 [3F8/IRQ4]
higf
: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help
F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults
Item Help
Menu Level
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.
Step 2:
Save changes and exit BIOS Setup.