ASRock P55 Extreme User Manual - Page 52
Installing Windows, Vista, Vista, Without RAID Functions
View all ASRock P55 Extreme manuals
Add to My Manuals
Save this manual to your list of manuals |
Page 52 highlights
2.21.2 Installing Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit Without RAID Functions If you want to install Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS on your SATA / SATAII HDDs without RAID functions, please follow below steps. Using SATA / SATAII HDDs with NCQ function STEP 1: Set Up BIOS. A. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen Storage Configuration. B. Set the option "SATAII Operation Mode" to [AHCI]. STEP 2: Install Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS on your system. Insert the Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit optical disk into the optical drive to boot your system, and follow the instruction to install Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS on your system. When you see "Where do you want to install Windows?" page, please insert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive, and click the "Load Driver" button on the left on the bottom to load the Intel® AHCI drivers. Intel® AHCI drivers are in the following path in our Support CD: .. \ I386 (For Windows® VistaTM OS) .. \ AMD64 (For Windows® VistaTM 64-bit OS) After that, please insert Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit optical disk into the optical drive again to continue the installation. Using SATA / SATAII HDDs without NCQ function STEP 1: Set up BIOS. A. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen Storage Configuration. B. Set the option "SATAII Operation Mode" to [IDE]. STEP 2: Install Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS on your system. 52