Gigabyte G1.Sniper 3 User Manual

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5-1-2 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 6~9 connectors.
Then connect the power connector from your power supply to the hard drive.
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 and set GSATAController on the MarvellATAControllerConguration submenu to RAIDMode
(Figure 2). If you do not want to create RAID, set this item to IDEModeor AHCIMode.
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.

Gigabyte G1.Sniper 3 Specifications

General

ECC	No
Non-ECC	Yes
Memory voltage	1.5 V
Memory channels	Dual-channel
Number of memory slots	4
Supported memory types	DDR3-SDRAM
Maximum internal memory	32 GB
Supported memory clock speeds	1066, 1333, 1600 MHz
Supported memory module capacities	16GB, 1GB, 2GB, 4GB, 8GB
System bus rate	5 GT/s
Processor socket	LGA 1155 (Socket H2)
Processor manufacturer	Intel
Compatible processor series	Intel Core i3, Intel Core i5, Intel Core i7
Maximum number of SMP processors	1
USB 2.0 connectors	2
Number of SATA III connectors	6
Number of Parallel ATA connectors	0
Headphone outputs	5
USB 2.0 ports quantity	USB 2.0 ports have a data transmission speed of 480 Mbps, and are backwards compatible with USB 1.1 ports. You can connect all kinds of peripheral devices to them.
Audio chip	Creative CA0132
Cooling type	Passive
Component for	PC
Power source type	ATX
Motherboard chipset	-
PC health monitoring	CPU, FAN, Temperature
Audio output channels	7.1 channels
Motherboard form factor	XL-ATX
RAID levels	0, 1, 5, 10
Supported storage drive interfaces	SATA II, SATA III
Cables included	SATA
Graphics card	HD Graphics
OpenGL version	3.2
DirectX version	11
Maximum graphics card memory	1696 MB
Parallel processing technology support	2-Way SLI, 3-Way SLI, 4-Way SLI, Hybrid CrossFireX
PCI Express slots version	3.0
Controller interface type	Intel Z77
Controller 2nd interface type	2 x Marvell 88SE9172
Wi-Fi standards	802.11b, 802.11g, Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n)
Bluetooth version	4.0
Networking features	10/100/1000 Mbit/sec
Ethernet interface type	Gigabit Ethernet
BIOS type	EFI AMI
ACPI version	2.0a
BIOS memory size	64 Mbit

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	264 mm
Width	305 mm