Asrock 4core1333-fullhd User Manual

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2.18.2 Installing Windows

Vista

/ Vista

64-bit Without

RAID Functions

If you want to install Windows

Vista

or Windows

Vista

64-bit on your SATA /

SATAII HDDs without RAID functions, please follow below steps.

Using SATA / SATAII HDDs NCQ and Hot Plug functions

STEP 1: Set Up BIOS.
A.

Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Advanced screen

IDE Configuration.

Set the “SATA Operation Mode” option to [AHCI].

STEP 2: Make a SATA / SATAII driver diskette.
Make a SATA / SATAII driver diskette by following section 2.17.1 step 2 on page
36.
STEP 3: Install Windows

Vista

/ Vista

64-bit OS on your system.

Insert the Windows

Vista

/ Windows

Vista

64-bit optical disk into the optical

drive to boot your system, and follow the instruction to install Windows

Vista

Windows

Vista

64-bit OS on your system. When you see “Where do you want to

install Windows?” page, please insert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive,

Using SATA / SATAII HDDs without NCQ and Hot Plug functions

STEP 4: Install Windows

2000 / Windows

XP / Windows

XP 64-bit OS on

your system.

After step 1, 2, 3, you can start to install Windows

2000 / Windows

XP / Windows

XP 64-bit OS on your system. At the beginning of Windows

setup, press F6 to install

a third-party RAID driver. When prompted, insert the SATA / SATAII driver diskette
containing the ATI

RAID driver. After reading the floppy disk, the driver will be

presented. Select the driver to install according to the OS you install. (Select “ATI
AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x86 platform” for Windows

2000 and Windows

XP, or “ATI AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x64 platform” for Windows

XP 64-bit.)

STEP 1: Set up BIOS.
A.

Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Advanced screen

IDE Configuration.

Set the “SATA Operation Mode” option to [non-RAID].

STEP 2: Install Windows

2000 / Windows

XP / Windows

XP 64-bit OS on

your system.

JBOD function on this motherboard is only supported with single SATA /
SATAII HDD.