Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming K5 [43/48] Installing the sata raid ahci driver and operating system

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someoperatingsystems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. If the operating system to be installed requires that you provide additional SATA

RAID/AHCIdriverduringtheOSinstallationprocess,pleaserefertothestepsbelow:

1. Copy the IRST folder under \Boot in the driver disk to your USB thumb drive.

2. Boot from the Windows 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\f6py-x86

Windows64-bit:\iRST\f6py-x64

4. When a screen as shown, select Intel Chipset SATA RAID Controller and click Next to load the driver and

continue the OS installation.

PleasevisitGIGABYTE'swebsitefordetailsonconguringaRAIDarray.

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