Gigabyte GA-990FX - Legacy RAID ROM Configuration; SATA RAID;AHCI Driver Installation

PleasevisitGIGABYTE'swebsitefordetailsonconguringaRAIDarray.
Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System
With the correct BIOS settings, you are ready to install the operating system.
Installing the Operating System
(The following instructions use Windows 8.1 as the example operating system.)
Step 1:
YouneedtoinstalltheSATARAID/AHCIdriverduringtheOSinstallation.Useanalternativesystemtocopy
theSATARAID/AHCIdriverfromthemotherboarddriverdisktoaUSBashdrive.CopytheHw8 folder under
BootDrv in the driver disk.
Step 2:
Boot from the Windows 8.1 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:
RAIDdriverforWindows8.132-bit:Hw8\RAID\x86
RAIDdriverforWindows8.164-bit:Hw8\RAID\x64
AHCIdriverforWindows8.132-bit:Hw8\AHCI\W8
AHCIdriverforWindows8.164-bit:Hw8\AHCI\W864A
For Windows 7, browse to the Hw7 folder.
Step 4:
When a screen appears, select AMD-RAID Controller and click Next to load the driver and continue the OS
installation.
C-2.ConguringLegacyRAIDROM
EntertheRAIDBIOSsetuputilitytocongureaRAIDarray.SkipthisstepifyoudonotwanttocreateRAID
array on the SATA controller.
Steps:
After the POST memory test begins and before the operating system boot begins, look for a message which
says"Press<Ctrl-F>toenterRAIDOptionROMUtility".Press<Ctrl>+<F>toentertheRAIDBIOSsetuputility.
Tocreateanewarray,press<2>toentertheLD View Menuwindow.Tocreateanarray,press<Ctrl+C>to
access the LDDeneMenu.
In the LDDeneMenu,usetheupordownarrowkeytomovetoanitemforfurtherconguration.
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