Installing Windows ® 7 / 7 64-Bit / Vista; Tm Tm; Without Raid Functions - ASROCK M3N78D - V1.0 User Manual

Please insert a floppy diskette into the floppy drive. Select your required item
on the list according to the mode you choose and the OS you install. Then press
any key.
E. The system will start to format the floppy diskette and copy SATA / SATAII
drivers into the floppy diskette.
STEP 3: Install Windows
You can start to install Windows
Windows setup, press F6 to install a third-party AHCI driver. When prompted, insert the
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SATA / SATAII driver diskette containing the NVIDIA
disk, the drivers will be presented. Select the driver to install according to the OS you
install. The drivers are as below:
A. NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller (required) Windows XP
B. NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller (required) Windows XP64
Please select A for Windows
in AHCI mode.
Using SATA / SATAII HDDs without NCQ and Hot Plug functions
STEP 1: Set Up BIOS.
A. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY
B. Set the "SATA Operation Mode" option to [IDE].
STEP 2: Install Windows
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If you want to install Windows
SATAII HDDs without RAID functions, please follow below steps.
Using SATA / SATAII HDDs 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: Install Windows
system.
Insert the Windows 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista
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drive to boot your system, and follow the instruction to install Windows
/ Vista / Vista 64-bit OS on your system. When you see "Where do you want to
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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 NVIDIA
drivers. NVIDIA AHCI drivers are in the following path in our Support CD:
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XP / XP 64-bit on your system. At the beginning of
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AHCI driver. After reading the floppy
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XP in AHCI mode. Please select B for Windows
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Advanced screen
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XP / XP 64-bit OS on your system.
7 / 7 64-bit / Vista 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista
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/ Vista 64-bit optical disk into the optical
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Storage Configuration.
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7 / 7 64-bit
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AHCI
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