Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 Ultra Manual - Page 34
Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System, Installing the Operating System
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C-2. Configuring Legacy RAID ROM Enter the RAID BIOS setup utility to configure a RAID array. Skip this step if you do not want to create RAID array on the SATA controller. Steps: After the POST memory test begins and before the operating system boot begins, look for a message which says "Press to enter RAID Option ROM Utility". Press + to enter the RAID BIOS setup utility. To create a new array, press to enter the LD View Menu window. To create an array, press to access the LD Define Menu. In the LD Define Menu, use the up or down arrow key to move to an item for further configuration. Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System With the correct BIOS settings, you are ready to install the operating system. Installing the Operating System (The following instructions use Windows 8.1 as the example operating system.) Step 1: You need to install the SATA RAID/AHCI driver during the OS installation. Use an alternative system to copy the SATA RAID/AHCI driver from the motherboard driver disk to a USB flash drive. Copy the Hw8 folder under BootDrv in the driver disk. Step 2: Boot from the Windows 8.1 setup disk and perform standard OS installation steps. When the screen requesting you to load the driver appears, select Browse. Step 3: Then browse to the USB flash drive and select the location of the driver. The locations of the drivers are as follows: RAID driver for Windows 8.1 32-bit: Hw8\RAID\x86 RAID driver for Windows 8.1 64-bit: Hw8\RAID\x64 AHCI driver for Windows 8.1 32-bit: Hw8\AHCI\W8 AHCI driver for Windows 8.1 64-bit: Hw8\AHCI\W864A For Windows 7, browse to the Hw7 folder. Step 4: When a screen appears, select AMD-RAID Controller and click Next to load the driver and continue the OS installation. Please visit GIGABYTE's website for details on configuring a RAID array. - 34 -