GA-965P-DS3P Motherboard
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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-965P-DS3P motherboard, the GSATAII0 and GSATAII1 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/IDE Device
is enabled. Then set
Onboard SATA/IDE Ctrl Mode
to
RAID/IDE
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) 1984-2006 Award Software
Integrated Peripherals
SATA RAID/AHCI Mode
[Disabled]
SATA Port0-3 Native Mode
[Disabled]
USB Controller
[Enabled]
USB 2.0 Controller
[Enabled]
USB Keyboard Support
[Disabled]
USB Mouse Support
[Disabled]
Legacy USB storage detect
[Enabled]
Azalia Codec
[Auto]
Onboard H/W 1394
[Enabled]
Onboard H/W LAN
[Enabled]
SMART LAN
[Press Enter]
OnBoard LAN Boot ROM
[Disabled]
Onboard SATA/IDE Device
[Enabled]
Onboard SATA/IDE Ctrl Mode
[RAID/IDE]
Onboard Serial Port 1
[3F8/IRQ4]
Onboard Parallel Port
[378/IRQ7]
Parallel Port Mode
[SPP]
: 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
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