Gigabyte G1.Sniper Z6 [69/80] 2 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theoperatingsystem.

A. Installing the Operating System

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8.1/8,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8.1/8setupdiskandperformstandardOSinstallationsteps.Whenthescreenrequesting

you to load the driver appears, select Browse.

Step 3:

ThenbrowsetotheUSBashdriveandselect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.

Figure 1