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Windows® 7 Installation and PCIE RAID Setup Guide Operating System(s) Support: The Vig860S motherboard is officially approved for Windows 10 for 6 and 7 gen Processors. Windows 7 is supported for 6 gen process only. Please note, there is no support of windows 7 operating system for 7th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) processor family (Codename Kaby Lake).
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Windows® 7 and USB driver installation Based on the chipset specification, the Vig860S motherboard requires USB 3.0 drivers to be preloaded in order to use USB keyboard/mouse during Windows® 7 installation. This section is a guide on preloading USB 3.0 drivers and installing Windows® 7.
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7. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the Windows® 7 installation. XMA Limited 7 Handley Page Way, Old Parkbury Lane, Colney Street, St. Albans, Hertfordshire AL2 2DQ 01727 201 850 01727 201858 technical@viglen.co.uk www.viglen.co.uk Tel: | Fax: | Email: | Web:...
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The “Setup is starting...” screen will show up if the USB driver is loaded correctly XMA Limited 7 Handley Page Way, Old Parkbury Lane, Colney Street, St. Albans, Hertfordshire AL2 2DQ 01727 201 850 01727 201858 technical@viglen.co.uk www.viglen.co.uk Tel: | Fax: | Email:...
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Figure 3 Check I agree and then click Next Figure 4 XMA Limited 7 Handley Page Way, Old Parkbury Lane, Colney Street, St. Albans, Hertfordshire AL2 2DQ 01727 201 850 01727 201858 technical@viglen.co.uk www.viglen.co.uk Tel: | Fax: | Email: | Web:...
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Burn this ISO file onto an empty DVD to create a modified Windows® 7 installation DVD. XMA Limited 7 Handley Page Way, Old Parkbury Lane, Colney Street, St. Albans, Hertfordshire AL2 2DQ 01727 201 850 01727 201858 technical@viglen.co.uk www.viglen.co.uk Tel: | Fax: | Email:...
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Select the source of the Windows® 7 installation disk then click Next. XMA Limited 7 Handley Page Way, Old Parkbury Lane, Colney Street, St. Albans, Hertfordshire AL2 2DQ 01727 201 850 01727 201858 technical@viglen.co.uk www.viglen.co.uk Tel: | Fax: | Email:...
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8. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the Windows® 7 installation. XMA Limited 7 Handley Page Way, Old Parkbury Lane, Colney Street, St. Albans, Hertfordshire AL2 2DQ 01727 201 850 01727 201858 technical@viglen.co.uk www.viglen.co.uk Tel: | Fax: | Email: | Web:...
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3. Go to Advanced > PCH Storage Configuration > SATA Mode Selection and select RAID. Figure 10 XMA Limited 7 Handley Page Way, Old Parkbury Lane, Colney Street, St. Albans, Hertfordshire AL2 2DQ 01727 201 850 01727 201858 technical@viglen.co.uk www.viglen.co.uk Tel: | Fax: | Email: | Web:...
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4. Two new PCIE RAID options appear. Select RST Controlled in both options. Figure 12 XMA Limited 7 Handley Page Way, Old Parkbury Lane, Colney Street, St. Albans, Hertfordshire AL2 2DQ 01727 201 850 01727 201858 technical@viglen.co.uk www.viglen.co.uk Tel: | Fax: | Email: | Web:...
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5. Go to Boot > CSM (Compatibility Support Module) > Boot from Storage Device and select UEFI driver first. Figure 14 XMA Limited 7 Handley Page Way, Old Parkbury Lane, Colney Street, St. Albans, Hertfordshire AL2 2DQ 01727 201 850 01727 201858 technical@viglen.co.uk www.viglen.co.uk Tel: | Fax: | Email: | Web:...
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6. Press <F10> to save the changes and reboot the system. Figure 16 XMA Limited 7 Handley Page Way, Old Parkbury Lane, Colney Street, St. Albans, Hertfordshire AL2 2DQ 01727 201 850 01727 201858 technical@viglen.co.uk www.viglen.co.uk Tel: | Fax: | Email: | Web:...
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Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology, which is a new option. Figure 17 8. Click Create RAID Volume. Figure 18 XMA Limited 7 Handley Page Way, Old Parkbury Lane, Colney Street, St. Albans, Hertfordshire AL2 2DQ 01727 201 850 01727 201858 technical@viglen.co.uk www.viglen.co.uk Tel: | Fax: | Email: | Web:...
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The “Setup is starting...” screen appears when the USB driver is loaded successfully. XMA Limited 7 Handley Page Way, Old Parkbury Lane, Colney Street, St. Albans, Hertfordshire AL2 2DQ 01727 201 850 01727 201858 technical@viglen.co.uk www.viglen.co.uk Tel: | Fax: | Email:...
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Figure 20 14. Select KabyLake_RAID and then click OK. Figure 21 XMA Limited 7 Handley Page Way, Old Parkbury Lane, Colney Street, St. Albans, Hertfordshire AL2 2DQ 01727 201 850 01727 201858 technical@viglen.co.uk www.viglen.co.uk Tel: | Fax: | Email: | Web:...
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16. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the Windows® 7 installation. XMA Limited 7 Handley Page Way, Old Parkbury Lane, Colney Street, St. Albans, Hertfordshire AL2 2DQ 01727 201 850 01727 201858 technical@viglen.co.uk www.viglen.co.uk Tel: | Fax: | Email: | Web:...
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