Using SATA / SATAII HDDs and eSATAII devices with NCQ and Hot Plug functions
STEP 1: Set Up BIOS.
A.
Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY
B.
Set the "SATA Operation Mode" option to [non-RAID].
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 choose:
1. Generate AHCI Driver diskette for WindowsXP/XP64
2. Generate RAID Driver diskette for WindowsXP
3. Generate RAID Driver diskette for WindowsXP64
4. Exit
Reboot system now
Press any key to continue
Please insert a floppy diskette into the floppy drive. Select your required
item on the list according to the mode you choose and the OS you install.
Then press any key.
E.
The system will start to format the floppy diskette and copy SATA / SATAII
drivers into the floppy diskette.
STEP 3: Set Up BIOS.
Please follow step 1 to set up the BIOS option "SATA Operation Mode" to [AHCI].
STEP 4: Install Windows
®
You can start to install Windows
Windows
®
setup, press F6 to install a third-party AHCI driver. When prompted, insert the
SATA / SATAII driver diskette containing the NVIDIA
disk, the drivers will be presented. Select the driver to install according to the OS you
install. The drivers are as below:
A. NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller (required) Windows XP
B. NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller (required) Windows XP64
Please select A for Windows
in AHCI mode.
Using SATA / SATAII HDDs and eSATAII devices without NCQ and Hot Plug
functions
STEP 1: Set Up BIOS.
A.
Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY
B.
Set the "SATA Operation Mode" option to [non-RAID].
ASRock
Advanced screen
XP / XP 64-bit OS on your system.
®
XP / XP 64-bit on your system. At the beginning of
®
AHCI driver. After reading the floppy
®
XP in AHCI mode. Please select B for Windows
Advanced screen
K10N780SLIX3-WiFi
Motherboard
IDE Configuration.
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XP 64-bit
IDE Configuration.
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