ASRock K10N7SLI Quick Installation Guide - Page 31

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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: Install Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS on your system. Insert the Windows® VistaTM / Windows® VistaTM 64-bit optical disk into the optical drive to boot your system, and follow the instruction to install Windows® VistaTM / Windows® 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 NVIDIA® AHCI drivers. NVIDIA® AHCI drivers are in the following path in our Support CD: .. \ I386 \ Vista32_AHCI (For Windows® VistaTM OS) .. \ AMD64 \ Vista64_AHCI (For Windows® VistaTM 64-bit OS) After that, please insert Windows® VistaTM / Windows® VistaTM 64-bit optical disk into the optical drive again to continue the installation. 2.11 Installing Windows® XP / XP 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit With RAID Functions If you want to install Windows® XP / XP 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit on your SATA / SATAII HDDs with RAID functions, please refer to the document at the following path in the Support CD for detailed procedures: ..\ RAID Installation Guide 2.12 Untied Overclocking Technology This motherboard supports Untied Overclocking Technology, which means during overclocking, FSB enjoys better margin due to fixed PCI / PCIE buses. Before you enable Untied Overclocking function, please enter "Overclock Mode" option of BIOS setup to set the selection from [Auto] to [CPU, PCIE, Async.]. Therefore, CPU FSB is untied during overclocking, but PCI / PCIE buses are in the fixed mode so that FSB can operate under a more stable overclocking environment. Please refer to the warning on page 7 for the possible overclocking risk before you apply Untied Overclocking Technology. English 31 ASRock K10N7SLI Motherboard

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ASRock
K10N7SLI
Motherboard
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: Install Windows
®
Vista
TM
/ Vista
TM
64-bit OS on your system.
Insert the Windows
®
Vista
TM
/ Windows
®
Vista
TM
64-bit optical disk into the optical drive
to boot your system, and follow the instruction to install Windows
®
Vista
TM
/ Windows
®
Vista
TM
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 NVIDIA
®
AHCI drivers. NVIDIA
®
AHCI
drivers are in the following path in our Support CD:
.. \ I386 \ Vista32_AHCI
(For Windows
®
Vista
TM
OS)
.. \ AMD64 \ Vista64_AHCI
(For Windows
®
Vista
TM
64-bit OS)
After that, please insert Windows
®
Vista
TM
/ Windows
®
Vista
TM
64-bit optical disk into
the optical drive again to continue the installation.
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2.11
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2.11
Installing Windows
Installing Windows
Installing Windows
Installing Windows
Installing Windows
®
XP / XP 64-bit / Vista
XP / XP 64-bit / Vista
XP / XP 64-bit / Vista
XP / XP 64-bit / Vista
XP / XP 64-bit / Vista
TM
TM
TM
TM
TM
/
Vista
Vista
Vista
Vista
Vista
TM
TM
TM
TM
TM
64-bit With RAID Functions
64-bit With RAID Functions
64-bit With RAID Functions
64-bit With RAID Functions
64-bit With RAID Functions
If you want to install Windows
®
XP / XP 64-bit / Vista
TM
/ Vista
TM
64-bit on your SATA
/ SATAII HDDs with RAID functions, please refer to the document at the following path
in the Support CD for detailed procedures:
..\ RAID Installation Guide
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Untied Overclocking T
Untied Overclocking T
Untied Overclocking T
Untied Overclocking T
Untied Overclocking Technology
echnology
echnology
echnology
echnology
This motherboard supports Untied Overclocking Technology, which means during
overclocking, FSB enjoys better margin due to fixed PCI / PCIE buses. Before you
enable Untied Overclocking function, please enter “Overclock Mode” option of BIOS setup
to set the selection from [Auto] to [CPU, PCIE, Async.]. Therefore, CPU FSB is untied
during overclocking, but PCI / PCIE buses are in the fixed mode so that FSB can operate
under a more stable overclocking environment.
Please refer to the warning on page 7 for the possible overclocking risk
before you apply Untied Overclocking Technology.