2.14 Driver Installation Guide
To install the drivers to your system, please insert the support CD to your optical drive first. Then, the drivers compatible to your system can be
2.15 Installing Windows® 2000 / XP / XP
If you want to install Windows® 2000 / XP / XP
Since Windows® 2000 AHCI driver is not provided by the chipset vendor, AHCI function is not supported under Windows® 2000.
2.15.1Installing Windows® 2000 / XP / XP
Without RAID Functions
If you want to install Windows® 2000 / XP / XP
Using SATA / SATAII HDDs with NCQ function
STEP 1: Set Up BIOS.
A. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITYAdvanced screen IDE Configuration. B. Set “SATAII Configuration” to [Enhanced], and then in the option “Configure
SATAII as”, please set the option to [AHCI].
STEP 2: Make a SATA / SATAII Driver Diskette.
A. Insert the Support CD into your optical drive to boot your system.
B. During POST at the beginning of system
C. When you see the message on the screen, “Do you want to generate Serial ATA driver diskette [YN]?”, press <Y>.
D. Then you will see these messages,
Please insert a diskette into the floppy drive. WARNING! Formatting the floppy diskette will lose ALL data in it!
Start to format and copy files [YN]?
Please insert a floppy diskette into the floppy drive, and press <Y>. E. The system will start to format the floppy diskette and copy SATA / SATAII
drivers into the floppy diskette.
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