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Intel X79 SATA AHCI/RAID Mode Notice

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Due to Intel

 IRST driver specification, there are some restrictions in Intel

 X79 platform when 

loading Intel

 IRST driver for AHCI/RAID mode support during Windows

 OS installation. Please 

see below detail information:

Intel

 IRST driver for X79 platform will NOT support Windows XP 32 bit. Please set BIOS [SATA 

Mode] to [IDE Mode] for OS installation.

When BIOS [SATA Mode] is set to [AHCI Mode] or [RAID Mode], it is necessary to load IRST 
Driver from USB floppy disk drive during OS Windows

 XP 64 bit installation for the system to 

detect the storage devices. For details, please refer to the section "4.5 Create a RAID driver disk". 

1. 

During the OS installation, the system prompts you to press the F6 key to install third-party 

SCSI or RAID driver.

2. 

Press <F6>, and then insert the floppy disk with the Intel

 IRST driver into the floppy disk 

drive.

3. 

When prompted to select the SCSI adapter to install, select the AHCI/RAID Controller for 

the corresponding OS version.

4. 

Follow the succeeding screen instructions to complete the installation.

5. 

During OS Installation, the program may show error message "cannot find iAStorF.sys" error. 

Please manually direct the path to the Floppy and load iAStorF.sys driver manually.

6. 

After getting in to OS, install OS Hotfix(WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB932755*) and 

all drivers to enable S3(Suspend to RAM) and S4(Suspend to Disk) function.

1. 

BIOS -> SATA -> RAID mode

2. 

Do NOT build any RAID volume in the Intel Option ROM by <Ctrl>+<l> during POST.

3. 

Follow the “Installing AHCI driver in Windows

 XP 64 bit” instruction 1 ~ 5

4. 

After getting in to OS, install OS Hotfix(WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB932755*) and 

all drivers.

5. 

Reboot and get into IRST Application to build RAID. After finished, wait for background data 

sync.

6. 

After file re-allocation is done, RAID is finished.