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Appendix

5-1-3 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7/Vista

(The following instructions use Windows 7 as the example operating system.)

Step 1:

Boot from the Windows 7/Vista setup disk and perform standard OS installation steps. When you arrive at the

"Where do you want to install Windows?" screen, selectLoad Driver.

Step 2:

Insert the motherboard driver disk and then browse to the location of the driver. The locations of the drivers

are as follows:

FortheIntelC606:

RAID/AHCI driver for Windows 32-Bit:\BootDrv\iRST\32Bit

RAID/AHCI driver for Windows 64-Bit:\BootDrv\iRST\64Bit

FortheMarvell88SE9172:

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

Step 3:

For Intel C606, select Intel(R)C600SeriesChipsetSATARAIDController(Figure 1). For Marvell 88SE9172,

select Marvell91xxSATA6GRAIDController(Figure 2). Click Nextto load the driver and continue the OS

installation.

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Gigabyte GA-X79S-UP5 User's User Manual

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