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Appendix A NLITE and AHCI Installation Guide

Appendix A

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

selected did not work, try

selecting another one.

5. In the Hardware Update

Wizard dialog box, select

“No, not this time” then

click Next.

6. Select “Install from a

list or specific location

(Advanced)” and then

click Next.

7. Select “Don’t search. I

will choose the driver

to install” and then click

Next.