To install the RAID driver in Windows® XP:

1.During the OS installation, the system prompts you to press the F6 key to install third-party SCSI or RAID driver.

2.Press <F6> then insert the floppy disk with RAID driver into the floppy disk drive.

3.Follow the succeeding screen instructions to complete the installation.

To install the RAID driver in Windows® VistaTM:

1.Insert the motherboard support DVD or a USB device with RAID driver into the optical drive/USB port.

2.Follow the succeeding screen instructions to complete the installation.

Due to chipset limitation, the Serial ATA ports supported by the NVIDIA chipset does not support Serial Optical Disk Drives (Serial ODD).

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Chapter 3: Software support