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Enter the Intel
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Step:
1. After the POST memory test begins and before the operating system boot begins, look for a message which
2. After you press <Ctrl> + <I>, the MAIN MENU screen will appear. If you want to create a RAID array, select
Create RAID Volume in MAIN MENU and press <Enter>.
3. After entering the CREATE VOLUME MENU
Name item and press <Enter>. Then, select a RAID level. RAID levels
4. Under Disks item, select the hard drives to be included in the RAID array. If only two hard drives are installed,
5. Enter the array capacity and press <Enter>. Finally press <Enter> on the Create Volume item to begin
<N> to cancel.
6. When completed, you can see detailed information about the RAID array in the DISK/VOLUME INFORMATION
BIOS utility, press <Esc> or select 6. Exit in MAIN MENU.
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
As Windows 7 already include Intel
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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 8.1/8, refer to the steps below. Step:
1. Copy the IRST folder under BootDrv in the driver disk to your USB thumb drive.
2. Boot from the Windows 8.1/8 setup disk and perform standard OS installation steps. When the screen
requesting you to load the driver appears, select Browse.
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
4. When a screen as shown, select Intel(R) Desktop/Workstation/Server Express Chipset SATA RAID
Controller and click Next to load the driver and continue the OS installation
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