Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H Ficha De Dados

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Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s)

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. If there is more than one SATA controller on your motherboard, refer to "Chapter 1," 
"Hardware Installation," to identify the SATA controller for the SATA port. (For example, on this motherboard,
the SATA3 0/1/2/3/4/5 ports are supported by the Intel

®

Z97 Chipset.) Then connect the power connector from

your power supply to the hard drive.

(Note 1)  Skip this step if you do not want to create RAID array on the SATA controller.
(Note 2)  Required when the SATA controller is set to AHCI or RAID mode.

A.  Install SATA hard drive(s) in your computer.
B.  Configure SATA controller mode in BIOS Setup.
C.  Configure a RAID array in RAID BIOS.

(Note 1)

D.  Install the SATA RAID/AHCI driver and operating system. 

(Note 2)

Please prepare:

 • At least two SATA hard drives (to ensure optimal performance, it is recommended that you use two hard drives

with identical model and capacity). If you do not want to create RAID, you may prepare only one hard drive.

 • Windows setup disk.
 • Motherboard driver disk.
 • A USB thumb drive.

Minimum 

Number of Hard 

Drives

≥2

2

≥3

≥4

Array Capacity Number of hard 

drives * Size of the

smallest drive 

Size of the smallest

drive

(Number of hard

drives -1) * Size of

the smallest drive

(Number of hard

drives/2) * Size of the

smallest drive

Fault Tolerance

No

Yes

Yes

Yes