First time setting up the bios!!

[allenee2009]

I finally assembled the desktop and I have the following MOB.
I am trying to start the computer by setting up BIOS.
Gigabyte MA790x- UD4P



I first tried to set up my SATA WD 500GB drive and it kept asking for RAID and stuff. I have no idea what number I should set this RAID at. I set it at 0 and it says I need two drives to do this.
Can somebody help?

P.S WD 500gb is my only SATA drive

 

[linkin]

RAID is only for 2 or more HDD's, are there any partitions on you drive? If so you may have to delete them.
RAID 0 is for speed, RAID 1 is for reliability, im not sure about the rest.
Is your drive formatted?

 

[StrangleHold]

Where have you got this drive plugged into. Suppost to be one of the Yellow Sata slots.

 

[allenee2009]

RAID is only for 2 or more HDD's, are there any partitions on you drive? If so you may have to delete them.
RAID 0 is for speed, RAID 1 is for reliability, im not sure about the rest.
Is your drive formatted?

Oh...that's why. No the drive is brand new. I first have to load OS to format the drive, don't I?

How can I go back to reset a BIOS setting? Since I made SATA enabled under Integrated Periperals, the computer just skips the screen to RAID configuration(ctrl+F). I don't even have a chance to press 'del' to get into the BIOS setting.

 

[allenee2009]

Where have you got this drive plugged into. Suppost to be one of the Yellow Sata slots.

Yes, I got my drive plugged into SATA 0 and my dvdrw plugged into SATA 6.

 

[Bodaggit23]

Just go back into the BIOS and "Load Optimized Defaults".

Press F10 to Save and Exit. (or whichever yours says)

 

[allenee2009]

Just go back into the BIOS and "Load Optimized Defaults".

Press F10 to Save and Exit. (or whichever yours says)

When the computer starts up, I kept pressing 'del' to get into the bios setting but it just skips to RAID configuration....

I wonder if I can reset it to the factory default manually on the motherboard

 

[Bodaggit23]

When the computer starts up, I kept pressing 'del' to get into the bios setting but it just skips to RAID configuration....

I wonder if I can reset it to the factory default manually on the motherboard

Yes you can. Just remove the battery for about 5 minutes.

 

[allenee2009]

Yes you can. Just remove the battery for about 5 minutes.

Alright I will give it a try. This better not screw up anything

 

[StrangleHold]

I got the same board, there is CLR_CMOS pins right beside the battery.