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User Manual 

 

 

5.0  Launching SATA Card BIOS 

When PC booting, system will detect Marvell PCI Express SATA card and connected 

Serial ATA hard disk status. Press <Ctrl>+<M> to launch card’s BIOS utility. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BIOS Post Message

 

 

 

According to above screen shot, there are two SATA drives connected to Marvell PCI 
Express SATA card. 

 

 

 

                   

                               Launch the Marvell BIOS Utility 

                                          Press the key combination during the controller’s 

POST. 

 

                                          

NOTE: After press Ctrl+M, you may have to wait a few 

second before BIOS appears. 

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Страница 1: ...Version 1 0 Serial ATA 6G PCI E Host Card...

Страница 2: ...e P 1 2 0 Features P 2 3 0 Specifications P 2 4 0 Hardware Guide P 3 5 0 Launching SATA Card BIOS P 4 6 0 Virtual Disk Settings P 6 7 0 Driver Installation P 15 8 0 Windows RAID Management Utility P 2...

Страница 3: ...kward compatibility to legacy SATA 1 5Gb s or 3Gb s drives It uses the same cable and connectors as previous SATA generations to ease integration Besides PCI Express 2 0 double the bandwidth of the ex...

Страница 4: ...drives Hardware RAID design reduces the system resource loading Low profile design fitting for kinds of computer chassis Optional Certified by CE FCC RoHS approval Support Microsoft Windows and Linux...

Страница 5: ...User Manual 4 4 0 Hardware Guide Two internal SATA channels One internal SATA one external eSATA channels eSATA Port Ch2 SATA Port Ch 1 SATA Port Ch 1 SATA Port Ch 2...

Страница 6: ...disk status Press Ctrl M to launch card s BIOS utility BIOS Post Message According to above screen shot there are two SATA drives connected to Marvell PCI Express SATA card Launch the Marvell BIOS Uti...

Страница 7: ...d Description Function Up Down Scrolls menu list items Enter Selects an item and shows a pop up menu with options Space Toggles between Enable Disable states and Select Unselect states as applicable E...

Страница 8: ...the Topology pane scroll HBA 0 Marvell 0 and press Enter to select A menu pops up as show below picture Select Configuration Wizard and press Enter to begin creating virtual RAID disk Press Space to s...

Страница 9: ...tripe Size Quick Init features 1 RAID Level RAID0 or RAID1 Default RAID0 2 Stripe Size 32K or 64K Default 64K 3 Gigabyte Rounding None 1G 10G Default 1G 4 Quick Init Yes No Default Yes 5 VD Name User...

Страница 10: ...User Manual 9 After virtual disk create successfully you can read Virtual Disk in Topology Pane WARING Be sure to press F10 to save BIOS configuration settings before quitting from BIOS utility...

Страница 11: ...the example and press Enter A menu pops up as shown in below picture 2 Select Erase RAID Config Data to erase the RAID configuration data 3 Select Yes when prompted to confirm the operation WARING If...

Страница 12: ...BIOS supports manual rebuilding of RAID 1 virtual disks The rebuild process is both initiated and completed in the BIOS The Marvell RAID Utility MRU which runs in an OS environment cannot be used to e...

Страница 13: ...y smaller size as determined the Gigabyte Rounding setting for the virtual disk The SATA board detects the new physical disk and lists the device under Free Physical Disks in the Topology pane as show...

Страница 14: ...the list of free disks and press Space to select or unselect a replacement physical disk There is an asterisk marks on the selected disk Press Enter to continue 5 Press Y to select Yes when prompted...

Страница 15: ...rebuild procedures are paused upon exiting the BIOS The rebuild procedure s can be resumed manually upon re entering the BIOS To resume the rebuild process 1 In the Topology pane scroll to the partial...

Страница 16: ...lt and press Enter A menu pops up as shown in picture 2 Select Delete to delete the virtual disk as shown in picture 3 Press Y to select Yes when prompted Do you want to delete this virtual disk 4 Pre...

Страница 17: ...being a booting primary HDD interface you should re install whole operation system You can refer to next chapter for driver installation steps 1 Power off the system Insert the SATA host card into an...

Страница 18: ...n status Start Controller Panel Device Manager In the Device Manager window you should see this board Marvell 91xx SATA 6G Controller under Storage controllers item Note Please run Update Driver Softw...

Страница 19: ...User Manual 18 4 Please initialize your HDD which connect to SATA card at the first time...

Страница 20: ...traditional 3 5 inch floppy disk Driver located in the attached CD driver SATA PCI Express 2Ch Marvell 6G Driver Floppy 2 Power off the system Insert the SATA host card into an available PCI Express...

Страница 21: ...Press Enter and select Marvell 91xx SATA 6G Controller 4 4 Press Enter again when prompted to continue on with text mode setup 5 Follow the setup instructions to select your choice for partition and...

Страница 22: ...ntroduction to MRU and an overview of its user interface 1 Please run MRUSetup exe located in the attached CD driver SATA PCI Express 2Ch Marvell 6G Utility MRUSetup exe Please finish RAID management...

Страница 23: ...als Users with administrator privileges are granted full read modify permission in MRU Users without administrator privileges are granted view only permission in MRU Please enter Windows Username and...

Страница 24: ...User Manual 23 THIS PAGE LEFT INTENTIONALLY BLANK...

Страница 25: ...users authority to operate this device This equipment meets the requirements of EC Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive 2004 108 EC This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limi...

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