Gigabyte G1.Sniper H6 - 3-2 Installing the SATA RAID;AHCI Driver and Operating System

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Conguring SATA Hard Drive(s)
3-2 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System
WiththecorrectBIOSsettings,youarereadytoinstalltheoperatingsystem.
A. Installing the Operating System
AsWindows7alreadyincludeIntelSATARAID/AHCIdriver,youdonotneedtoinstallseparateRAID/AHCI
driverduringtheWindowsinstallationprocess.Aftertheoperatingsystemisinstalled,werecommendthatyou
installallrequireddriversfromthemotherboarddriverdiskusing"XpressInstall"toensuresystemperformance
andcompatibility.ToinstallWindows8.1/8,refertothestepsbelow:
Step 1:
Copy the IRST folder under BootDrv in the driver disk to your USB thumb drive.
Step 2:
BootfromtheWindows8.1/8setupdiskandperformstandardOSinstallationsteps.Whenthescreenrequesting
you to load the driver appears, select Browse.
Step 3:
ThenbrowsetotheUSBashdriveandselectthelocationofthedriver.Thelocationsofthedriversareasfollows:
Windows32-bit:\iRST\32Bit
Windows64-bit:\iRST\64Bit
Step 4:
WhenascreenasshowninFigure1appears,selectIntel(R)Desktop/Workstation/ServerExpressChipset
SATA RAID Controller and click Next to load the driver and continue the OS installation.
Figure 1