ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 - Manual (Page 42)

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ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 Motherboard
2.13 Driver Installation Guide
To install the drivers to your system, please insert the support CD to your optical
drive fi rst. Then, the drivers compatible to your system can be auto-detected and
listed on the support CD driver page. Please follow the order from up to bottom side
to install those required drivers. Therefore, the drivers you install can work properly.
2.14 Installing Windows ® 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista TM / Vista TM 64-bit
With RAID Functions
If you want to install Windows ® 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista TM / Vista TM 64-bit on your SATA
/ SATAII / SATA3 HDDs with RAID functions, please refer to the document at the
following path in the Support CD for detailed procedures:
..\ RAID Installation Guide
English
2.15 Installing Windows ® 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista TM / Vista TM 64-bit / XP
/ XP 64-bit Without RAID Functions
If you want to install Windows ® 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista TM / Vista TM 64-bit / XP / XP 64-
bit OS on your SATA / SATAII / SATA3 HDDs without RAID functions, please follow
below procedures according to the OS you install.
2.15.1 Installing Windows ® XP / XP 64-bit Without RAID
Functions
If you want to install Windows ® XP / XP 64-bit OS on your SATA / SATAII / SATA3
HDDs without RAID functions, please follow below steps.
STEP 1: Set Up UEFI.
A. Enter UEFI SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen SATA Confi guration.
B. Set the option “SATA Mode” to [IDE].
STEP 2: Install Windows
® XP / XP 64-bit OS on your system.
Using SATA / SATAII / SATA3 HDDs without NCQ function
RAID mode is not supported under Windows ® XP / XP 64-bit OS.
AHCI mode is not supported under Windows ® XP / XP 64-bit OS.