Driver Installation Guide - ASROCK X38TURBOTWINS Installation Manual

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Installation Installation
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This motherboard adopts Intel ICH9R south bridge chipset that supports Serial ATA
(SATA) / Serial ATAII (SATAII) hard disks and RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, RAID 5,
and Intel Matrix Storage) functions. You may install SATA / SATAII hard disks on this
motherboard for internal storage devices. This section will guide you to install the
SATA / SATAII hard disks.
STEP 1: Install the SATA / SATAII hard disks into the drive bays of your chassis.
STEP 2: Connect the SATA power cable to the SATA / SATAII hard disk.
STEP 3: Connect one end of the SATA data cable to the motherboard's SATAII
connector.
STEP 4: Connect the other end of the SATA data cable to the SATA / SATAII hard
disk.
1. If you plan to use RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10 or Intel Matrix Storage
function, you need to install at least 2 SATA / SATAII hard disks. If you
plan to use RAID 5 function, you need to install at least 3 SATA / SATAII
hard disks.
2. It is not recommended to switch the "Configure SATAII as" setting
between AHCI, RAID and IDE mode after OS installation.
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To install the drivers to your system, please insert the support CD to your optical drive
first. Then, the drivers compatible to your system can be auto-detected and listed on
the support CD driver page. Please follow the order from up to bottom side to install
those required drivers. Therefore, the drivers you install can work properly.
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64-bit W 64-bit W 64-bit W 64-bit W 64-bit With RAID F ith RAID F ith RAID F ith RAID Functions ith RAID F
If you want to install Windows ® XP / XP 64-bit / Vista
SATAII HDDs with RAID functions, please refer to the document at the following path in
the Support CD for detailed procedures:
..\ RAID Installation Guide
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Vista Vista Vista 64-bit W ithout RAID F 64-bit W 64-bit W ithout RAID Functions ithout RAID F ithout RAID F
Vista Vista TM TM TM TM TM 64-bit W 64-bit W ithout RAID F
If you want to install Windows ® 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit / Vista
SATA / SATAII HDDs without RAID functions, please follow below procedures according
to the OS you install.
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Since Windows 2000 RAID / AHCI driver is not provided by the chipset
vendor, RAID / AHCI functions are not supported under Windows
ASRock X38TurboTwins-WiFi / X38TurboTwins Motherboard
AII (SA AII (SA AII (SAT T T T T AII) Hard Disks AII) Hard Disks AII) Hard Disks
AII (SA AII) Hard Disks AII) Hard Disks
XP / XP 64-bit / Vista XP / XP 64-bit / Vista XP / XP 64-bit / Vista XP / XP 64-bit / Vista XP / XP 64-bit / Vista
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