Gigabyte GA-Z87P-D3 - 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Windows8/7.
Figure 1
A. Installing Windows 8/7
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,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setupdiskandperformstandardOSinstallationsteps.Whenthescreenrequesting
you to load the driver appears, select Browse.
Step 3:
Insert the USB thumb drive and then browse to 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