ASRock H67DE3 - Manual (Page 27)

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ASRock H67DE3 Motherboard
2.8 Driver Installation Guide
To install the drivers to your system, please insert the support CD to your optical
drive fi rst. 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.
2.9 Installing Windows ® 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista TM / Vista TM
64-bit With RAID Functions
If you want to install Windows ® 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista TM / Vista TM 64-bit on your SATA
/ SATAII / SATA3 HDDs with RAID functions, please refer to the document at the
following path in the Support CD for detailed procedures:
..\ RAID Installation Guide
English
RAID mode is not supported under Windows ® XP / XP 64-bit OS.
2.10 Installing Windows ® 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista TM / Vista TM 64-bit / XP
/ XP 64-bit Without RAID Functions
If you want to install Windows ® 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista TM / Vista TM 64-bit / XP / XP 64-
bit OS on your SATA / SATAII / SATA3 HDDs without RAID functions, please follow
below procedures according to the OS you install.
2.10.1 Installing Windows ® XP / XP 64-bit Without RAID
Functions
If you want to install Windows ® XP / XP 64-bit OS on your SATA / SATAII / SATA3
HDDs without RAID functions, please follow below steps.
STEP 1: Set up BIOS.
A. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen SATA Confi guration.
B. Set the option “SATA Mode” to [IDE].
STEP 2: Install Windows
® XP / XP 64-bit OS on your system.
Using SATA / SATAII / SATA3 HDDs without NCQ function
AHCI mode is not supported under Windows ® XP / XP 64-bit OS.