Chapter 3 Drivers Installation; Chapter 4 Appendix; Configuring Sata Hard Drive(S) - Gigabyte GA-F2A55M-DS2 User Manual

Chapter 3 Drivers Installation
• Before installing the drivers, first install the operating system.
• After installing the operating system, insert the motherboard driver disk into your optical drive. The
driver Autorun screen is automatically displayed which looks like that shown in the screen shot
below. (If the driver Autorun screen does not appear automatically, go to My Computer, double-click
the optical drive and execute the Run.exe program.)
After inserting the driver disk, "Xpress Install" will automatically scan your system and then list all the drivers
that are recommended to install. You can click the Install All button and "Xpress Install" will install all the recom-
mended drivers. Or click Install Single Items to manually select the drivers you wish to install.
Chapter 4 Appendix
Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s)
Before you begin
• At least two SATA hard drives (to ensure optimal performance, it is recommended that you use two hard drives
with identical model and capacity). If you do not want to create RAID, you may prepare only one hard drive.
• Windows 7/Vista/XP setup disk.
• Motherboard driver disk.
• A USB floppy disk drive (needed during Windows XP installation)
• An empty formatted floppy disk (needed during Windows XP installation)
Configuring the Onboard SATA Controller
A. Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your computer
Attach one end of the SATA signal cable to the rear of the SATA hard drive and the other end to available SATA
port on the motherboard. Then connect the power connector from your power supply to the hard drive.
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