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Making a SATA RAID/AHCI Driver Diskette, Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System

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Steps: 1. Under the RAID Mode section, press the key to select RAID 0. 2. Set the Stripe Block size. 64 KB is the default. 3. Under the Drives Assignments section, press the up or down arrow key to highlight a drive. 4. Press the key or to change the Assignment option to Y. This action adds the drive to the disk array. The Total Drv section will show the number of disks assigned. 5. Press + keys to save the information. The message in Figure 1 will appear. Press + to clear the MBR or press other keys to ignore this option. Fast Initialization Option has been selected It will erase the MBR data of the disk. Figure 1 6. Then, the window below will appear. Press + to set the capacity of the RAID array or press other keys to set the array to its maximum capacity. Press Ctrl-Y to Modify Array Capacity or press any other key to use maximum capacity... Figure 2 7. After the creation is complete, the screen will return to Define LD Menu where you will see the newly-created array. 8. Press to return to Main Menu and press again if you want to exit the RAID BIOS utility. Making a SATA RAID/AHCI Driver Diskette Before installing Windows XP, connect a USB floppy disk drive to your computer first because you need to install the SATA RAID/AHCI driver from a floppy disk that contains the driver during the OS installation. To copy the RAID/AHCI driver for Windows XP, copy all files in the \BootDrv\SBxxx\x86 folder in the motherboard driver disk to your floppy disk. To install Windows 64-Bit, copy the files in the x64 folder. Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System A. Installing Windows XP Restart your system to boot from the Windows XP setup disk and press as soon as you see the message "Press F6 if you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver." Insert the floppy disk containing the SATA RAID/AHCI driver. Follow the on-screen instructions to install the driver that suits your operating system. When completed, proceed with the Windows XP installation. B. Installing Windows 7 Restart your system to boot from the Windows 7 setup disk and perform standard OS installation steps. Select Load Driver. Insert the motherboard driver disk and then browse to the location of the driver.Then follow the on-screen instructions to load the driver. The locations of the drivers for Windows 7 are as follows: RAID driver for Windows 32-bit: \BootDrv\SBxxxW7\RAID\W7 RAID driver for Windows 64-bit: \BootDrv\SBxxxW7\RAID\W764A AHCI driver for Windows 32-bit: \BootDrv\SBxxxW7\AHCI\Win7x86 AHCI driver for Windows 64-bit: \BootDrv\SBxxxW7\AHCI\Win7x64 After loading the driver, continue the OS installation. - 31 -

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Steps:
1. Under the
RAID Mode
section, press the <SPACE> key to select
RAID 0
.
2. Set the
Stripe Block
size. 64 KB is the default.
3. Under the
Drives Assignments
section, press the up or down arrow key to highlight a drive.
4. Press the <SPACE> key or <Y> to change the
Assignment
option to
Y
. This action adds the drive to the
disk array. The
Total Drv
section will show the number of disks assigned.
5. Press <Ctrl>+<Y> keys to save the information. The message in Figure 1 will appear. Press <Ctrl>+<Y> to
clear the MBR or press other keys to ignore this option.
6. Then, the window below will appear. Press <Ctrl>+<Y> to set the capacity of the RAID array or press other
keys to set the array to its maximum capacity.
Figure 1
Figure 2
Fast Initialization Option has been selected
It will erase the MBR data of the disk.
<Press Ctrl-Y Key if you are sure to erase it>
<Press any other key to ignore this option>
Press Ctrl-Y to Modify Array Capacity or press any
other key to use maximum capacity...
7. After the creation is complete, the screen will return to
Define LD Menu
where you will see the newly-created
array.
8. Press <Esc> to return to
Main Menu
and press <Esc> again if you want to exit the RAID BIOS utility.
Making a SATA RAID/AHCI Driver Diskette
Before installing Windows XP, connect a USB floppy disk drive to your computer first because you need to install
the SATA RAID/AHCI driver from a floppy disk that contains the driver during the OS installation. To copy the
RAID/AHCI driver for Windows XP, copy all files in the
\BootDrv\SBxxx\x86
folder in the motherboard driver
disk to your floppy disk. To install Windows 64-Bit, copy the files in the
x64
folder.
Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System
A. Installing Windows XP
Restart your system to boot from the Windows XP setup disk and press <F6> as soon as you see the message
"Press F6 if you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver." Insert the floppy disk containing the SATA
RAID/AHCI driver. Follow the on-screen instructions to install the driver that suits your operating system. When
completed, proceed with the Windows XP installation.
B. Installing Windows 7
Restart your system to boot from the Windows 7 setup disk and perform standard OS installation steps. Select
Load Driver
. Insert the motherboard driver disk and then browse to the location of the driver.Then follow the
on-screen instructions to load the driver. The locations of the drivers for Windows 7 are as follows:
RAID driver for Windows 32-bit: \BootDrv\SBxxxW7\RAID\W7
RAID driver for Windows 64-bit: \BootDrv\SBxxxW7\RAID\W764A
AHCI driver for Windows 32-bit: \BootDrv\SBxxxW7\AHCI\Win7x86
AHCI driver for Windows 64-bit: \BootDrv\SBxxxW7\AHCI\Win7x64
After loading the driver, continue the OS installation.