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2.13.1 Installing Windows® XP / XP 64-bit Without RAID Functions If you want to install Windows® XP or Windows® XP 64-bit on your SATA / SATAII HDDs without RAID functions, please follow below steps. Using SATA / SATAII HDDs and eSATAII devices with NCQ and Hot Plug functions STEP 1: Set Up BIOS. A. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen IDE Configuration. B. Set the "SATA Operation Mode" option to [AHCI]. STEP 2: Make a SATA / SATAII driver diskette. A. Insert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive to boot your system. (There are two ASRock Support CD in the motherboard gift box pack, please choose the one for Windows® XP / XP 64-bit.) B. During POST at the beginning of system boot-up, press key, and then a window for boot devices selection appears. Please select CD- ROM as the boot device. C. When you see the message on the screen, "Generate Serial ATA driver diskette [YN]?", press . D. Then you will see these messages, Please insert a blank formatted diskette into floppy drive A: press any key to start Please insert a floppy diskette into the floppy drive, and press any key. E. The system will start to format the floppy diskette and copy SATA / SATAII drivers into the floppy diskette. STEP 3: Install Windows® XP / Windows® XP 64-bit OS on your system. After step 1, 2, you can start to install Windows® XP / Windows® XP 64-bit OS on your system. At the beginning of Windows® setup, press F6 to install a third-party AHCI driver. When prompted, insert the SATA / SATAII driver diskette containing the AMD AHCI driver. After reading the floppy disk, the driver will be presented. Select the driver to install according to the OS you install. (Select "AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x86 platform" for Windows® XP, or "AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x64 platform" for Windows® XP 64-bit.) Using SATA / SATAII HDDs and eSATAII devices without NCQ and Hot Plug functions STEP 1: Set up BIOS. A. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen IDE Configuration. B. Set the "SATA Operation Mode" option to [non-RAID]. STEP 2: Install Windows® XP / Windows® XP 64-bit OS on your system. 30 ASRock A770CrossFire Motherboard English

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A770CrossFire
Motherboard
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2.13.1
Installing Windows
2.13.1
Installing Windows
2.13.1
Installing Windows
2.13.1
Installing Windows
2.13.1
Installing Windows
®
XP / XP 64-bit Without RAID
XP / XP 64-bit Without RAID
XP / XP 64-bit Without RAID
XP / XP 64-bit Without RAID
XP / XP 64-bit Without RAID
Functions
Functions
Functions
Functions
Functions
If you want to install Windows
®
XP or Windows
®
XP 64-bit on your SATA / SATAII
HDDs without RAID functions, please follow below steps.
STEP 1: Set Up BIOS.
A.
Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY
Advanced screen
IDE Configuration.
B.
Set the “SATA Operation Mode” option to [AHCI].
STEP 2: Make a SATA / SATAII driver diskette.
A.
Insert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive to boot your system.
(There are two ASRock Support CD in the motherboard gift box pack,
please choose the one for Windows
®
XP / XP 64-bit.)
B.
During POST at the beginning of system boot-up, press <F11> key, and
then a
window for boot devices selection appears. Please select CD-
ROM as the boot device.
C.
When you see the message on the screen, “Generate Serial ATA driver
diskette [YN]?”, press <Y>.
D.
Then you will see these messages,
Please insert a blank
formatted diskette into floppy
drive A:
press any key to start
Please insert a floppy diskette into the floppy drive, and press any key.
E.
The system will start to format the floppy diskette and copy SATA /
SATAII drivers into the floppy diskette.
STEP 3: Install Windows
®
XP / Windows
®
XP 64-bit OS on your system.
After step 1, 2, you can start to install Windows
®
XP / Windows
®
XP 64-bit OS on
your system. At the beginning of Windows
®
setup, press F6 to install a third-party
AHCI driver. When prompted, insert the SATA / SATAII driver diskette containing the
AMD AHCI driver. After reading the floppy disk, the driver will be presented. Select
the driver to install according to the OS you install. (Select “AMD AHCI Compatible
RAID Controller-x86 platform” for Windows
®
XP, or “AMD AHCI Compatible RAID
Controller-x64 platform” for Windows
®
XP 64-bit.)
Using SATA / SATAII HDDs and eSATAII devices without NCQ and Hot Plug
functions
Using SATA / SATAII HDDs and eSATAII devices with NCQ and Hot Plug
functions
STEP 1: Set up BIOS.
A.
Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY
Advanced screen
IDE Configuration.
B.
Set the “SATA Operation Mode” option to [non-RAID].
STEP 2: Install Windows
®
XP / Windows
®
XP 64-bit OS on your system.