Gigabyte GA-H61M-USB3-B3 - SATA RAID;AHCI Driver Installation

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b. StripeSize: Select the stripe block size. Options include 32 KB, 64 KB, and 128 KB.
c. QuickInit: Select whether to quickly erase old data on the hard drives when creating the array.
d. CacheMode: Select write-back or write-through cache.
e. VDName: Enter an array name with 1~10 letters (letters cannot be special characters).
3. After completing the settings above, move to NEXT and press <Enter> to begin creating the array. When
prompted to conrm, press <Y> to conrm or <N> to cancel.
4. When completed, the RAID tab will display the new array.
To exit the RAID BIOS utility, press <Esc> on the main screen and press <Y> to conrm.
Now, you can proceed to install the operating system.
Making a SATA RAID/AHCI Driver Diskette
Before installing Windows XP, connect a USB oppy disk drive to your computer rst because you need to
install the SATA RAID/AHCI driver from a oppy disk that contains the driver during the OS installation. For
the RAID mode, copy all les in the \BootDrv\Marvell\RAID\Floppy32 folder to your oppy disk. To install
Windows 64-Bit, copy the les in the Floppy64 folder. For AHCI mode, depending on whether you want to
install the 32- or 64-bit version, copy the les in the AHCI\Floppy32 or AHCI\Floppy64 folder.
Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System
A. Installing Windows XP
Restart your system to boot from the Windows XP setup disk and press <F6> as soon as you see the mes-
sage "Press F6 if you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver." Insert the oppy disk containing the
SATA RAID/AHCI driver. Follow the on-screen instructions to install the driver that suits your operating sys-
tem. When completed, proceed with the Windows XP installation.
B. Installing Windows 7/Vista
Restart your system to boot from the Windows 7/Vista setup disk and perform standard OS installation steps.
Select Load Driver. Insert the motherboard driver disk and then browse to the location of the driver. Then fol-
low the on-screen instructions to load the driver. The locations of the drivers for Windows 7 are as follows:
RAID driver for Windows 32-bit: \BootDrv\Marvell\RAID\i386
RAID driver for Windows 64-bit: \BootDrv\Marvell\RAID\amd64
AHCI driver for Windows 32-bit: \BootDrv\Marvell\AHCI\Floppy32
AHCI driver for Windows 64-bit: \BootDrv\Marvell\AHCI\Floppy64
After loading the driver, continue the OS installation.