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Installing Windows, Vista, Vista, bit Without, RAID Functions

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JBOD function on this motherboard is only supported with single SATA / SATAII HDD. STEP 4: Install Windows® XP / Windows® XP 64-bit OS on your system. After step 1, 2, 3, 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 RAID driver. When prompted, insert the SATA / SATAII driver diskette containing the ATITM RAID driver. After reading the floppy disk, the driver will be presented. Select the driver to install according to the OS you install. (Select "ATI AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x86 platform" for Windows® XP, or "ATI AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x64 platform" for Windows® XP 64-bit.) Using SATA / SATAII HDDs 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 [IDE]. STEP 2: Install Windows® XP / Windows® XP 64-bit OS on your system. 2.13.2 Installing Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit Without RAID Functions If you want to install Windows® VistaTM or Windows® VistaTM 64-bit on your SATA / SATAII HDDs without RAID functions, please follow below steps. Using SATA / SATAII HDDs 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 ATITM AHCI drivers. ATITM 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 / Windows® VistaTM 64-bit optical disk into the optical drive again to continue the installation. 29

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JBOD function on this motherboard is only supported with single SATA / SATAII
HDD.
STEP 4: Install Windows
®
XP / Windows
®
XP 64-bit OS on your system.
After step 1, 2, 3, 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
RAID driver. When prompted, insert the SATA / SATAII driver diskette
containing the ATI
TM
RAID driver. After reading the floppy disk, the driver will be
presented. Select the driver to install according to the OS you install. (Select “ATI
AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x86 platform” for Windows
®
XP, or “ATI AHCI Com-
patible RAID Controller-x64 platform” for Windows
®
XP 64-bit.)
Using SATA / SATAII HDDs 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 [IDE].
STEP 2: Install Windows
®
XP / Windows
®
XP 64-bit OS on your system.
2.13.2
Installing Windows
2.13.2
Installing Windows
2.13.2
Installing Windows
2.13.2
Installing Windows
2.13.2
Installing Windows
®
Vista
Vista
Vista
Vista
Vista
TM
TM
TM
TM
TM
/ Vista
/ Vista
/ Vista
/ Vista
/ Vista
TM
TM
TM
TM
TM
64-bit Without
64-bit Without
64-bit Without
64-bit Without
64-bit Without
RAID Functions
RAID Functions
RAID Functions
RAID Functions
RAID Functions
If you want to install Windows
®
Vista
TM
or Windows
®
Vista
TM
64-bit on your SATA /
SATAII HDDs without RAID functions, please follow below steps.
Using SATA / SATAII HDDs 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 ATI
TM
AHCI
drivers.
ATI
TM
AHCI drivers are in the following path in our Support CD:
.. \ I386
(For Windows
®
Vista
TM
OS)
.. \ AMD64
(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.