ASRock X79 Extreme9 - Manual (Page 56)

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2.15 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.
2.16 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
/ SATA2 / SATA3 HDDs with RAID functions, please refer to the document at the
following path in the Support CD for detailed procedures:
..\ RAID Installation Guide
RAID mode is not supported under Windows ® XP / XP 64-bit.
2.17.1 Installing Windows ® XP / XP 64-bit Without RAID Functions
If you want to install Windows ® XP / XP 64-bit OS on your SATA / SATA2 / SATA3
HDDs without RAID functions, please follow below steps.
STEP 1: Set Up UEFI.
A. Enter UEFI SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen Storage Configuration.
B. Set the option “SATA Mode” to [IDE] for SATA3_0 and SATA3_1 ports.
Set the option “Marvell SATA3 Operation Mode” to [IDE] for SATA3_M0 to
SATA3_M5 ports.
STEP 2: Install Windows
® XP / XP 64-bit OS on your system.
Using SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 HDDs without NCQ function
AHCI mode is not supported under Windows ® XP / XP 64-bit.
2.17 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 / SATA2 / SATA3 HDDs without RAID functions, please follow
below procedures according to the OS you install.