Asrock a780gm-le 128m User Manual
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2.15.2 Installing Windows
2.15.2 Installing Windows
2.15.2 Installing Windows
2.15.2 Installing Windows
2.15.2 Installing Windows
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®
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Vista
Vista
Vista
Vista
Vista
TM
TM
TM
TM
TM
/ Vista
/ Vista
/ Vista
/ Vista
/ Vista
TM
TM
TM
TM
TM
64-bit Without
64-bit Without
64-bit Without
64-bit Without
64-bit Without
RAID F
RAID F
RAID F
RAID F
RAID Functions
unctions
unctions
unctions
unctions
If you want to install Windows
®
Vista
TM
or Windows
®
Vista
TM
64-bit on your SATA /
SATAII HDDs without RAID functions, please follow below steps.
Using SATA / SATAII HDDs without NCQ and Hot Plug functions
STEP 1: Set up BIOS.
A.
Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY
Advanced screen
IDE Configuration.
B.
Set the “SATA Operation Mode” option to [IDE].
STEP 2: Install Windows
®
XP / Windows
®
XP 64-bit OS on your system.
STEP 4: Install Windows
®
XP / Windows
®
XP 64-bit OS on your system.
You can start to install Windows
®
XP / Windows
®
XP 64-bit OS on your system. At the
beginning of Windows
®
setup, press F6 to install a third-party AHCI driver. When
prompted, insert the SATA / SATAII driver diskette containing the AMD AHCI driver.
After reading the floppy disk, the driver will be presented. Select the driver to
install according to the OS you install. (Select “AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-
x86 platform” for Windows
®
XP, or “AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x64 plat-
form” for Windows
®
XP 64-bit.)
Using SATA / SATAII HDDs with NCQ and Hot Plug functions
STEP 1: Set Up BIOS.
A.
Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY
Advanced screen
IDE Configuration.
B.
Set the “SATA Operation Mode” option to [AHCI].
STEP 2: Install Windows
®
Vista
TM
/ Vista
TM
64-bit OS on your system.
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 AMD AHCI drivers. AMD AHCI 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 (For Windows
®
Vista
TM
OS)
.. \ AMD64 (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.