(There are two ASRock Support CD in the motherboard gift box pack, please choose the one for Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM
.. \ I386 \ AHCI_Vista (For Windows® VistaTM OS)
.. \ AMD64\ AHCI_Vista64 (For Windows® VistaTM
After that, please insert Windows® VistaTM / Windows® VistaTM
Using SATA / SATAII HDDs and eSATAII devices without NCQ and Hot Plug functions
STEP 1: Set Up BIOS. |
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A. | Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen | IDE Configuration. |
B.Set the “SATA Operation Mode” option to
STEP 2: Install Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS on your system.
2.16 Installing Windows® XP / XP
If you want to install Windows® XP, Windows® XP
2.16.1 Installing Windows® XP / XP 64-bit With RAID Functions
If you want to install Windows® XP / Windows® XP
STEP 1: Set Up BIOS. |
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A. | Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen | IDE Configuration. |
B.Set the “SATA Operation Mode” option to
STEP 2: Make a SATA / SATAII driver diskette.
Please make a SATA / SATAII driver diskette by following section 2.15.1 step 2 on page 35.
If you want to enable Hot Plug function on eSATAII ports but you install OS on IDE HDD, please skip step 1 and 2.
STEP 3: Set Up BIOS.
Please follow step 1 to set up the BIOS option “SATA Operation Mode” to [RAID].
STEP 4: Use “RAID Installation Guide” to set RAID configuration.
Before you start to configure RAID function, you need to check the RAID installation guide in the Support CD for proper configuration. Please refer to the BIOS RAID installation guide part of the document in the following path in the Support CD:
.. \ RAID Installation Guide
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