Driver Installation Guide; Installing Windows ® 7 / 7 64-Bit / Vista; 64-Bit With Raid Functions - ASROCK X79 Extreme7 User Manual

2.21 Driver Installation Guide

To install the drivers to your system, please insert the support CD to your optical
drive rst. 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.
2.22 Installing Windows
RAID Functions
RAID mode is not supported under Windows
If you want to install Windows
/ SATA2 / SATA3 HDDs with RAID functions, please follow below steps.
STEP 1: Set up UEFI.
A. Enter UEFI SETUP UTILITY
B. Set the option "SATA Mode" to [RAID] for SATA3_0 and SATA3_1 ports.
Set the option "Marvell SATA3 Operation Mode" to [RAID] for SATA3_M0 to
SATA3_M4 ports.
STEP 2: Use "RAID Installation Guide" to set RAID confi guration.
Before you start to con gure the RAID function, you need to check the installation
guide in the Support CD for proper con guration. Please refer to the document in
the Support CD, "Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation and RAID Con guration",
which is located in the folder at the following path:
.. \ RAID Installation Guide
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STEP 3: Install Windows
system.
After the installation of Windows
manage RAID functions, you are allowed to use both "RAID Installation Guide" and "Intel
Rapid Storage Information" for RAID con guration. Please refer to the document in the
Support CD, "Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation and RAID Con guration", which is lo-
cated in the folder at the following path: .. \ RAID Installation Guide and the document in
the support CD, "Guide to Intel Rapid Storage", which is located in the folder at the follow-
ing path: .. \ Intel Rapid Storage Information
If you want to use "Intel Rapid Storage" in Windows
"SATA2 driver" from the Support CD again so that "Intel Rapid Storage"
will be installed to your system as well.
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