Asrock a790gmh 128m User Manual

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2.13

2.13 Driver Installation Guide

Driver Installation Guide

To install the drivers to your system, please insert the support CD to your optical drive
first. 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.

2.14

2.14 Installing Windows

Installing Windows

XP / XP 64-bit / Vista

Vista

64-bit W

64-bit With RAID F

ith RAID F

ith RAID Functions

unctions

If you want to install Windows

XP, Windows

XP 64-bit, Windows

Vista

or Windows

Vista

64-bit on a RAID disk composed of 2 or more SATA / SATAII HDDs with RAID

functions, please follow below procedures according to the OS you install.

2.14.1 Installing Windows

XP / XP 64-bit With RAID

Functions

unctions

If you want to install Windows

XP or Windows

XP 64-bit on a RAID disk composed of

2 or more SATA / SATAII HDDs with RAID functions, please follow below steps.

STEP 1: Set up BIOS.
A.

Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen

IDE Configuration.

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

STEP 2: Make a SATA / SATAII Driver Diskette.
A.

Insert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive to boot your system.
(There are two ASRock Support CD in the motherboard gift box pack, please
choose the one for Windows

XP / XP 64-bit.)

During POST at the beginning of system boot-up, press <F11> key, and
then a window for boot devices selection appears. Please select CD-ROM
as the boot device.

When you see the message on the screen, “Generate Serial ATA driver
diskette [YN]?”, press <Y>.

Then you will see these messages,

Please insert a blank

formatted diskette into floppy

drive A:

press any key to start

Please insert a floppy diskette into the floppy drive, and press any key.

The system will start to format the floppy diskette and copy SATA / SATAII
drivers into the floppy diskette.

STEP 3: Use “RAID Installation Guide” to set RAID configuration.
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:
.. \ RAID Installation Guide