Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5 R5 - Installing the SATA RAID;AHCI Driver and Operating System

Conguring SATA Hard Drive(s)
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3-3 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System
With the correct BIOS settings, you are ready to install the operating system.
A. Installing Windows
(ThefollowinginstructionsuseWindows8.1astheexampleoperatingsystem.)
For the AMD SB950:
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 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 as shown in Figure 1 appears, select AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller and click Next
to load the driver and continue the OS installation.
Figure 1