Installing The Sata Raid/Ahci Driver And Operating System - Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3 User Manual

5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System

With the SATA RAID/AHCI driver diskette and correct BIOS settings, you are ready to install Windows Vista/
XP onto your hard drive(s). The followings are examples of Windows XP and Vista installation.
A. Installing Windows XP
Step 1:
Restart your system to boot from the Windows XP setup disk and press <F6> as soon as you see the mes-
sage "Press F6 if you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" (Figure 1). A screen will then appear
asking you to specify additional device.
Windows Setup
Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver.
Step 2:
Insert the floppy disk containing the SATA RAID/AHCI driver and press <S>. Then a controller menu similar
to Figure 2 below will appear. Select (Windows XP/2003) RAID/AHCI Driver for GIGABYTE GBB36X Con-
troller and press <Enter>.
Windows Setup
ENTER=Select
Step 3:
On the next screen, press <Enter> to continue the driver installation. After the driver installation, you can pro-
ceed with the Windows XP installation.
You have chosen to configure a SCSI Adapter for use with Windows,
using a device support disk provided by an adapter manufacturer.
Select the SCSI Adapter you want from the following list, or press ESC
to return to the previous screen.
(Windows XP/2003) RAID/AHCI Driver for GIGABYTE GBB36X Controller
(Windows 2000) RAID Driver for GIGABYTE GBB363 Controller
(Windows 2000) AHCI Driver for GIGABYTE GBB363 Controller
(Windows 2000) RAID Driver for GIGABYTE GBB360 Controller
F3=Exit
Figure 1
Figure 2
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