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Setting Up AHCI SATA Mode
Before setting up your Serial ATA hard disk in AHCI mode you will need to prepare
the following:
1. An operable computer with a floppy drive, running the Windows XP OS.
2. The Device Drivers & Utilities + User’s Manual CD-ROM.
3. An external USB floppy disk drive.
4. A prepared formatted blank 3.5" 1.44MB floppy diskette.
AHCI Setup Procedure
1. Go to the operable computer running Windows XP and insert a prepared format-
ted blank 3.5" 1.44MB floppy diskette.
2. Insert the Device Drivers & Utilities + User’s Manual CD-ROM into the CD/DVD
drive of the operable computer.
3. Click Start (menu) > Run... and navigate (Browse..) to
D:\Drivers\f6flpy\f6flpy32\F6flpy32.exe and click OK.
4. Make sure the
formatted blank 3.5" 1.44MB floppy diskette is inserted, and then click
OK.
5. A SATA AHCI driver diskette will now be created for you.
6. Remove the SATA AHCI driver diskette.
7. Start-up your notebook computer and press <F2> to enter the BIOS.
8. Enable the AHCI option from the Advanced > IDE Configuration > SATA
Configure as menu.
9. Set the CD-ROM Drive as the first device in the boot order from the Boot Device
menu.
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