Gigabyte GA-AX370-Gaming 5 (rev. 1.0) [38/48] Installing the sata raid ahci driver and operating system

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

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.

Step:

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

says"Press<Ctrl-R>toCongure".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. Whencompleted,youwillseethenewarrayonthemainscreen.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 locations of the drivers are

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.

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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