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Questions about GIGABYTE products => Motherboards with Intel processors => Topic started by: ricobelo on March 28, 2013, 03:22:43 am

Title: GA-X79S-UP5-WIFI - cannot access Marvell Raid utility after POST
Post by: ricobelo on March 28, 2013, 03:22:43 am

Hi,

I've just received my new GA-X79S-UP5-WIFI and started installation
I have 2 SSD Crucial RealSSD C300 connected to the Marvell controller.
The Marvell is configured in RAID mode in the Bios
During boot , after POST I keep typing Control + M but I cannot access to the Marvell Raid Utility to configure my disk in Raid 0.
If I connect my SSD to the Intel C606 controller, I can configure them in Raid and access the raid utility with Control + I.
I am really frustrated because I really wanted to use the Marvell 6GBs Raid 0 capability.

I there anything I missed to do ?

The picture of the POST can be seen at :
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/9/marvellraid1.jpg
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/507/marvellraid2.jpg

Thanks for your help

Title: Re: GA-X79S-UP5-WIFI - cannot access Marvell Raid utility after POST
Post by: dmdilks on March 28, 2013, 04:14:16 am

I'm just asking if you have them on the same controller. There are three controllers in the Marvell Gsata controller.

They should be on the first controller  Gsata 0 & 1. The other thing is do you really want to use Marvell controller vs Intel.

I read pro's & con's this matter. But I just read that Marvell had just updated their driver and it makes it a little faster than Intel.

I have mine set up on the Intel controller. I could try them on mine Marvell controller to see if they show up. 

Title: Re: GA-X79S-UP5-WIFI - cannot access Marvell Raid utility after POST
Post by: Scracy on March 31, 2013, 02:14:07 am

Having used both the marvell and intel raid 0  configurations the marvell on my motherboard is approx 300mb/sec slower than the intel. Given the marvell chips on the x79-up5 are the same as mine your result would be similar.