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Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System

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5-1-2 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System With the correct BIOS settings, you are ready to install Windows 7/Vista/XP onto your hard drive(s). A. Installing Windows XP To install Windows XP, you need to install the SATA RAID/AHCI controller driver during the OS installation. Without the driver, the hard drive(s) may not be recognized during the Windows setup process. First, copy the driver from the motherboard driver disk to a floppy disk. Refer to the following for the location of the driver. • For the AMD SB710, copy all of the files in the \BootDrv\SBxxx\x86 folder to your floppy disk. To install Windows 64-Bit, copy the files in the x64 folder. Before installing Windows XP, connect a USB floppy disk drive to your computer. Refer to the following for installing the driver during the Windows setup process. Step 1: 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." A screen will then appear asking you to specify an additional SCSI adapter. Press . Step 2: Insert the floppy disk containing the SATA RAID/AHCI driver and press . Then a controller menu similar to that in Figure 1 will appear. Select AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x86 platform and press . Windows Setup You have chosen to configure a SCSI Adapter for use with Windows, using a device support disk provided by an adapter manufacturer. Select the SCSI Adapter you want from the following list, or press ESC to return to the previous screen. AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x86 platform AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x64 platform ENTER=Select F3=Exit Figure 1 Step 3: On the next screen, press to continue the driver installation. After the driver installation, you can proceed with the Windows XP installation. - 77 - Appendix

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Appendix
5-1-2
Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System
With the correct BIOS settings, you are ready to install Windows 7/Vista/XP onto your hard drive(s).
A. Installing Windows XP
To install Windows XP, you need to install the SATA RAID/AHCI controller driver during the OS installation.
Without the driver, the hard drive(s) may not be recognized during the Windows setup process. First, copy the
driver from the motherboard driver disk to a floppy disk. Refer to the following for the location of the driver.
•
For the AMD SB710, copy all of the files in the
\BootDrv\SBxxx\x86
folder to your floppy disk. To install
Windows 64-Bit, copy the files in the
x64
folder.
Before installing Windows XP, connect a USB floppy disk drive to your computer. Refer to the following for
installing the driver during the Windows setup process.
Step 1:
Restart your system to boot from the Windows XP setup disk and press <F6> as soon as you see the mes-
sage "Press F6 if you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver." A screen will then appear asking you to
specify an additional SCSI adapter. Press <S>.
Step 2:
Insert the floppy disk containing the SATA RAID/AHCI driver and press <Enter>. Then a controller menu simi
-
lar to that in Figure 1 will appear. Select
AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x86 platform
and press
<Enter>.
Figure 1
Step 3:
On the next screen, press <Enter> to continue the driver installation. After the driver installation, you can pro-
ceed with the Windows XP installation.
Windows Setup
You have chosen to configure a SCSI Adapter for use with Windows,
using a device support disk provided by an adapter manufacturer.
Select the SCSI Adapter you want from the following list, or press ESC
to return to the previous screen.
ENTER=Select
F3=Exit
AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x86 platform
AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x64 platform