ASRock Fatal1ty X99X Killer/3.1 Intel Rapid Storage Guide - Page 16

How to load the driver during OS installation using F6 w hen in AH CI / RAI D m ode I n order t o inst all an operat ing syst em ont o a single Serial ATA hard drive when t he syst em is in RAI D m ode or AHCI m ode, t he F6 inst allat ion m et hod m ust be used t o load t he I nt el® Rapid St orage Technology driver during operat ing syst em installat ion. You do not need t o use t he F6 inst allat ion m et hod t o inst all a RAI D N ot e driver on Microsoft Windows 7 and Microsoft Windows 8 because I nt el provided a RAI D driver as part of t he final package. Use t he following st eps t o inst all t he I nt el® Rapid St orage Technology driver using t he F6 inst allat ion m et hod. 1. Press F6 when you see a m essage in t he st at us line t hat says, Press F6 if you need t o inst all a t hird part y SCSI or RAI D driver. This m essage appears at the beginning of Windows setup ( during text- m ode phase) . Not hing will happen im m ediat ely aft er pressing F6. Set up will N ot e t em porarily cont inue loading drivers. You will t hen be prom pt ed wit h a screen asking you to load support for m ass storage device(s) . 2. Press S t o Spe cify Addit iona l D e vice . 3. When you see a prom pt t hat says, Please insert t he disk labeled Manufact urer- supplied hardware support disk int o Drive A: , insert a floppy disk cont aining t he following files: I AAHCI .I NF, I AAHCI .CAT, I ASTOR.I NF, I ASTOR.CAT, I ASTOR.SYS, and TXTSETUP.OEM. You can use t he Floppy Configurat ion Ut ilit y t o creat e a floppy disk with the necessary files. Note I f you do not have a floppy drive on your syst em , you can use a USB floppy drive or create a slipstream version of the operating system . 16