Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD3 User Manual

Appendix - 94 -
5-1-3 Making a SATA RAID/AHCI Driver Diskette
(Required for AHCI and RAID Mode)
TosuccessfullyinstalloperatingsystemontoSATAharddrive(s)thatis/areconguredtoRAID/AHCImode,
you need to install the SATA controller driver during the OS installation. Without the driver, the hard drive may
not be recognized during the Windows setup process. First of all, copy the driver for the SATA controller from
themotherboarddriverdisktoaoppydisk.ForinstallingWindowsVista,youalsocancopytheSATAcon-
trollerdriverfromthemotherboarddriverdisktoaUSBashdrive.Seetheinstructionsbelowabouthowto
copy the driver in MS-DOS and Windows mode.
In MS-DOS mode:
PrepareastartupdiskthathasCD-ROMsupportandablankformattedoppydisk.
Steps:
1: Boot from the startup disk.
2: Removethestartupdiskandinsertthepreparedoppydiskandthemotherboarddriverdisk(hereweas-
sume that the drive letter for your optical drive is D:\).
3: At the A:\> prompt, type the following command. Press <Enter> after the command:
• For the Intel P55, type (Figure 1):
(Note)
A:\>copy d:\bootdrv\imsm\32bit\*.*
• For the Marvell 9128, type (Figure 2):
(Note)
A:\>copy d:\bootdrv\Marvell\32bit\*.*
Figure 1 Figure 2
Figure 4
Figure 3
In Windows mode:
Steps:
1: Use an alternative system and insert the motherboard driver disk.
2: From your optical drive folder, double click the Menu.exeleintheBootDrv folder (Figure 3). A Command
Prompt window will open similar to that in Figure 4.
3: Insert the blank formatted disk. Select the controller driver by pressing the corresponding letter from the
menu and press <Enter>. For example, from the menu in Figure 4,
• For the Intel P55, select 1) Intel Matrix Storage driver for 32bit system for Windows 32-bit operating
system or 2) Intel Matrix Storage driver for 64bit system for Windows 64-bit.
• For the Marvell 9128 , select 5) Marvell AHCI driver for 32bit system for Windows 32-bit operating
system or 6) Marvell AHCI driver for 64bit system for Windows 64-bit.
Yoursystemwillthenautomaticallycopythedriverlestotheoppydisk.Pressanykeytoexitwhennished.
(Note) Change the directory from \32bit to \64bit if you wish to copy the Windows 64-bit driver.

Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD3 Specifications

General

Non-ECC	Yes
Memory voltage	1.5 V
Number of memory slots	4
Maximum internal memory	16 GB
Processor socket	LGA 1156 (Socket H)
Processor manufacturer	Intel
USB 2.0 connectors	2
Number of SATA connectors	8
Number of EATX power connectors	0
Special features	@BIOS Q-Flash Xpress BIOS Rescue Download Center Xpress Install Xpress Recovery2
Controller interface type	iTE IT8720
Controller 2nd interface type	ATA-133/100/66/33
Headphone outputs	6
PS/2 ports quantity	1
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	Realtek ALC888
Motherboard chipset	Intel® P55
Audio output channels	7.1 channels
Motherboard form factor	ATX
Compatible operating systems	Win XP, Vista, 7
PCI slots	3
Bundled software	Norton Internet Security
Networking features	10/100/1000 Mbit
RAID levels	0, 1, 10
BIOS memory size	32 Mbit

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	244 mm
Width	305 mm