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Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System, A. Installing Windows

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3-3 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System With the correct BIOS settings, you are ready to install the operating system. A. Installing Windows (The following instructions use Windows 8.1 as the example operating system.) For the AMD SB950: 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 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 as shown in Figure 1 appears, select AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller and click Next to load the driver and continue the OS installation. Figure 1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) - 72 -

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Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s)
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3-3
Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System
With the correct BIOS settings, you are ready to install the operating system.
A. Installing Windows
(The following instructions use Windows 8.1 as the example operating system.)
For the AMD SB950:
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 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 as shown in Figure 1 appears, select
AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller
and click
Next
to load the driver and continue the OS installation.
Figure 1