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Ahci – DFI ES121-LR User Manual

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NLITE and AHCI Installation Guide

AHCI

The installation steps below will guide you in configuring your SATA drive to AHCI
mode.

1. Enter the BIOS utility and configure the SATA controller to IDE mode.

2. Install Windows XP but do not press F6.

3. Download relevant RAID/AHCI driver files supported by the motherboard

chipset from Intel’s website.

Transfer the downloaded
driver files to C:\AHCI.

4. Open Device Manager and

right click on one of the
Intel Serial ATA Storage
Controllers, then select
Update Driver.

If the controller you se-
lected did not work, try
selecting another one.