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Using SATA / SATAII HDDs without NCQ and Hot Plug functions
STEP 1: Set up BIOS.
A. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY
B. Set the "SATA Operation Mode" option to [IDE].
STEP 2: Install Windows
®
7 / 7 64-bit / Vista
system.
Using SATA / SATAII HDDs with NCQ and Hot Plug functions
STEP 1: Set Up BIOS.
A. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY
B. Set the "SATA Operation Mode" option to [AHCI].
STEP 2: Make a SATA / SATAII driver diskette.
A. Insert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive to boot your system.
B. 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.
C. When you see the message on the screen, "Generate Serial ATA driver diskette
[YN]?", press <Y>.
D. 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.
E. The system will start to format the floppy diskette and copy SATA / SATAII
drivers into the floppy diskette.
STEP 3: Install Windows
®
7 / 7 64-bit / Vista
system.
Insert the Windows
®
7 / 7 64-bit / Vista
drive to boot your system, and follow the instruction to install Windows
TM
TM
/ Vista
/ Vista
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:
.. \ I386 (For Windows
®
7 / Vista
®
.. \ AMD64 (For Windows
7 64-bit / Vista
After that, please insert Windows
the optical drive again to continue the installation.
ASRock
Advanced screen
Storage Configuration.
TM
/ Vista
TM
64-bit OS on your
Advanced screen
Storage Configuration.
TM
/ Vista
TM
64-bit OS on your
TM
/ Vista
TM
64-bit optical disk into the optical
TM
OS)
TM
64-bit OS)
®
7 / 7 64-bit / Vista
TM
/ Vista
TM
64-bit optical disk into
k8A780LM
Motherboard
®
7 / 7 64-bit
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