Gigabyte GA-AX370-Gaming (rev. 1.x) [36/40] Installing the sata raid ahci driver and operating system

C-2.ConguringLegacyRAIDROM

EnterthelegacyRAIDBIOSsetuputilitytocongureaRAIDarray.Skipthisstepandproceedwiththeinstallation

ofWindowsoperatingsystemforanon-RAIDconguration.

Steps:

1. After the POST memory test begins and before the operating system boot begins, look for a message which

says"Press<Ctrl-F>toenterRAIDOptionROMUtility".Press<Ctrl>+<R>toentertheRAIDBIOSsetuputility.

2. Tocreateanewarray,press<Enter>ontheCreateArrayoption.

3. TheselectionbarwillmovetotheDiskssectionontherightofthescreen.Selecttheharddrivestobeincluded

intheRAIDarray.Usetheupordownarrowkeytoselectaharddriveandpress<Insert>.Theselectedhard

drivewillbeshowningreen.Tousealloftheharddrives,simplypress<A>toselectall.Thenpress<Enter>

and the selection bar will move to the User Input section on the left bottom of the screen.

4. First,selectaRAIDmodeandpress<Enter>.Theselectionsavailabledependonthenumberoftheharddrives

beinginstalled.Thenfollowtheon-screeninstructionstospecifythearraysize.YoucanselectAllavailable

spacetousethemaximumsizeallowedorusetheupordownarrowkeytoadjustthesizeandpress<Enter>.

5. Selectacachingmode.OptionsincludeRead/Write,ReadOnly,andNone.Thenpress<Enter>toproceed.

6. Finally,amessagewhichsays"ConrmCreationofArray"willappear.Press<C>toconrmor<Esc>to

return to the previous screen.

7. ToexittheRAIDBIOSutility,press<Esc>andthenpress<C>toconrm.

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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 Hw10 folder under the \Boot folder 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 location of the driver is as

follows:

\Hw10\RAID\x64

4. Select AMD-RAID Bottom DevicerstandclickNexttoloadthedriver.ThenselectAMD-RAID Controller

and click Next to load the driver. Finally, continue the OS installation.

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

4. On the Select Physical Disksscreen,selecttheharddrivestobeincludedintheRAIDarrayandsetthem

to Enabled. Next, use the down arrow key to move to Apply Changesandpress<Enter>.Thenreturnto

thepreviousscreenandsettheArraySize,ArraySizeUnit,ReadCachePolicyandWriteCachePolicy.

5. After setting the capacity, move to Create Arrayandpress<Enter>tobegin.

6. After completing, you'll be brought back to the Array Management screen. Under Manage Array Properties

youcanseethenewRAIDvolumeandinformationonRAIDlevel,arrayname,arraycapacity,etc.

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