ASROCK ALIVEXFIRE-ESATA2 R3.0_987 Installation Manual page 36

third-party RAID driver. When prompted, insert the SATA / SATAII driver diskette
TM
containing the ATI RAID driver. After reading the floppy disk, the driver will be
presented. Select the driver to install according to the OS you install. (Select "ATI AHCI
Compatible RAID Controller-x86 platform" for Windows
AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x64 platform" for Windows
Using SATA / SATAII HDDs and eSATAII devices without NCQ and Hot Plug
functions
STEP 1: Set up BIOS.
A. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY
B. Set the "SATA Operation Mode" option to [non-RAID].
STEP 2: Install Windows
your system.
2.17.2 Installing Windows 2.17.2 Installing Windows 2.17.2 Installing Windows
2.17.2 Installing Windows 2.17.2 Installing Windows
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RAID F RAID Functions RAID F unctions unctions
If you want to install Windows
SATAII HDDs without RAID functions, please follow below steps.
Using SATA / SATAII HDDs and eSATAII devices with NCQ and Hot Plug
functions
STEP 1: Set Up BIOS.
A. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY
B. Set the "SATA Operation Mode" option to [AHCI].
STEP 2: Make a SATA / SATAII driver diskette.
Make a SATA / SATAII driver diskette by following section 2.16.1 step 2 on page
33.
STEP 3: Install Windows
®
Insert the Windows Vista
to boot your system, and follow the instruction to install Windows
Vista TM 64-bit OS on your system. When you see "Where do you want to install Windows?
" page, please insert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive,
and click the "Load Driver" button on the left on the bottom to load the ATI
TM
ATI AHCI drivers are in the following path in our Support CD:
.. \ I386 (For Windows
.. \ AMD64 (For Windows
After that, please insert Windows
the optical drive again to continue the installation.
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