Asrock 4coren73pv-hd720p r1.0 Installation Guide

     NOTE. If you install Windows

®

 Vista

TM

 / Windows

®

 Vista

TM

 64-bit on IDE HDDs and want to

manage (create, convert, delete, or rebuild) RAID functions on SATA / SATAII HDDs,

you still need to set up “SATA Operation Mode” to [RAID] in BIOS first. Then, please set

the RAID configuration by using  the Windows RAID installation guide in the following

path in the Support CD:

If you want to install Windows

®

 Vista

TM

 / Windows

®

 Vista

TM

 64-bit on your SATA / SATAII

HDDs with RAID functions, please follow below steps.

A.

   Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY

   Advanced screen

IDE Configuration.

B.

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

Before you start to configure RAID function, you need to check the RAID installation

guide in the Support CD for proper configuration. Please refer to the BIOS RAID

installation guide part of the document in the following path in the Support CD:

Insert the Windows

®

 Vista

TM

 / Windows

®

 Vista

TM

 64-bit optical disk into the optical

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

®

 Vista

TM

 /

Windows

®

 Vista

TM

 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,

and click the “Load Driver” button on the left on the bottom to load the NVIDIA

®

 RAID

drivers. NVIDIA

®

 RAID drivers are in the following path in our Support CD:

(There are two ASRock Support CD in the motherboard gift box pack, please

choose the one for Windows

®

 Vista

TM

 / Vista

TM

 64-bit.)

.. \ I386 \ RAID_Vista  (For Windows

®

 Vista

TM 

OS)

.. \ AMD64\ RAID_Vista64  (For Windows

®

 Vista

TM 

64-bit OS)

After that, please insert Windows

®

 Vista

TM

 / Windows

®

 Vista

TM

 64-bit optical disk into

the optical drive again to continue the installation.

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