Gigabyte GA-B75M-D3P User Manual page 44

b. Stripe Size: Select the stripe block size. Options include 32 KB, 64 KB, and 128 KB.
c. Quick Init: Select whether to quickly erase old data on the hard drives when creating the array.
d. Cache Mode: Select write-back or write-through cache.
e. VD Name: Enter an array name with 1~10 letters (letters cannot be special characters).
3. After completing the settings above, move to NEXT and press <Enter> to begin creating the array. When
prompted to confirm whether to create this volume, press <Y> to confirm or <N> to cancel.
4. When completed, the RAID tab will display the new array.
To exit the RAID BIOS utility, press <Esc> on the main screen and press <Y> to confirm.
Now, you can proceed to install the operating system.
Making a SATA RAID/AHCI Driver Diskette
Before installing Windows XP, connect a USB floppy disk drive to your computer first because you need to install
the SATA RAID/AHCI driver from a floppy disk that contains the driver during the OS installation.
For RAID mode, copy all files in the \BootDrv\Marvell\RAID\Floppy32 folder to your floppy disk. To install
Windows 64-Bit, copy the files in the Floppy64 folder.
For AHCI mode, depending on whether you want to install the 32- or 64-bit version, copy the files in the AHCI\
Floppy32 or AHCI\Floppy64 folder.
Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System
A. Installing Windows XP
Restart your system to boot from the Windows XP setup disk and press <F6> as soon as you see the message
"Press F6 if you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver." Insert the floppy disk containing the SATA
RAID/AHCI driver. Follow the on-screen instructions to install the driver that suits your operating system. After
the driver installation, you can proceed with the Windows XP installation.
B. Installing Windows 7
Restart your system to boot from the Windows 7 setup disk and perform standard OS installation steps. Select
Load Driver. Insert the motherboard driver disk and then browse to the location of the driver.Then follow the
on-screen instructions to load the driver.
RAID driver for Windows 32-bit: \BootDrv\Marvell\RAID\i386
RAID driver for Windows 64-bit: \BootDrv\Marvell\RAID\amd64
AHCI driver for Windows 32-bit: \BootDrv\Marvell\AHCI\Floppy32
AHCI driver for Windows 64-bit: \BootDrv\Marvell\AHCI\Floppy64
After loading the driver, continue the OS installation.
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