Gigabyte X870 GAMING X WIFI7 Motherboard user manual

Contents

1. Preparing the Hard Drives and BIOS Settingsp. 2

   A. Installing hard drives Install the hard drives/SSDs in the SATA/M.2 connectors on the motherboard. Then connect the power connectors from your power supply…

2. A. Installing hard drivesp. 2

   Install the hard drives/SSDs in the SATA/M.2 connectors on the motherboard. Then connect the power connectors from your power supply to the hard drives. RAID…

3. B. Configuring controller mode in BIOS Setupp. 3

   Step: Turn on your computer and press <Delete> to enter BIOS Setup during the POST (Power-On Self-Test). Under Settings\IO Ports, set SATA Configuration\SATA…

4. C. RAID Configurationp. 3

   Step 1: In BIOS Setup, go to Boot and set CSM Support to Disabled (Figure 2). Save the changes and exit BIOS Setup. Figure 2 The BIOS Setup menus described in…

5. Installing the RAID Driver and Operating Systemp. 7

   With the correct BIOS settings, you are ready to install the operating system

6. A. Installing the Operating Systemp. 7

   As some operating systems already include RAID driver, you do not need to install separate RAID driver during the Windows installation process. After the…

7. B. Rebuilding an Arrayp. 8

   Rebuilding is the process of restoring data to a hard drive from other drives in the array. Rebuilding applies only to fault-tolerant arrays such as RAID 1 and…