ASROCK A780FULLHD, Installation Manual

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ASRock A780FullHD Motherboard
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Please insert a blank
formatted diskette into floppy
drive A:
press any key to start
Please insert a floppy diskette into the floppy drive, and press any key.
E. The system will start to format the floppy diskette and copy SATA /
SATAII drivers into the floppy diskette.
STEP 3: Install Windows
®
XP / Windows
®
XP 64-bit OS on your system.
After step 1, 2, 3, you can start to install Windows
®
XP / Windows
®
XP 64-bit OS on
your system. At the beginning of Windows
®
setup, press F6 to install a third-party
AHCI driver. When prompted, insert the SATA / SATAII driver diskette containing the
AMD AHCI driver. After reading the floppy disk, the driver will be presented. Select
the driver to install according to the OS you install. (Select “AMD AHCI Compatible
RAID Controller-x86 platform” for Windows ® XP, or “AMD AHCI Compatible RAID
Controller-x64 platform” for Windows ® XP 64-bit.)
2.12.2 Installing Windows 2.12.2 Installing Windows
2.12.2 Installing Windows 2.12.2 Installing Windows 2.12.2 Installing Windows
®
Vista Vista
Vista Vista Vista
TM TM
TM TM TM / Vista / Vista
/ Vista / Vista / Vista
TM TM
TM TM TM 64-bit Without 64-bit Without
64-bit Without 64-bit Without 64-bit Without
RAID Functions RAID Functions
RAID Functions RAID Functions
RAID Functions
If you want to install Windows ® Vista TM or Windows ® Vista TM 64-bit on your SATA /
SATAII HDDs without RAID functions, please follow below steps.
Using SATA / SATAII HDDs with NCQ and Hot Plug functions
Using SATA / SATAII HDDs without NCQ and Hot Plug functions
STEP 1: Set up BIOS.
A. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen IDE Configuration.
B. Set the “SATA Operation Mode” option to [IDE].
STEP 2: Install Windows ® XP / Windows ® XP 64-bit OS on your system.
STEP 1: Set Up BIOS.
A. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen IDE Configuration.
B. Set the “SATA Operation Mode” option to [AHCI].
STEP 2: Make a SATA / SATAII driver diskette.
Make a SATA / SATAII driver diskette by following section 2.12.1 step 2 on page
28.
STEP 3: Install Windows
®
Vista
TM
/ Vista
TM
64-bit OS on your system.
Insert the Windows
®
Vista
TM
/ Windows
®
Vista
TM
64-bit optical disk into the optical
drive to boot your system, and follow the instruction to install Windows
®
Vista
TM
/
Windows
®
Vista
TM
64-bit OS on your system. When you see “Where do you want to
install Windows?” page, please insert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive,
and click the “Load Driver” button on the left on the bottom to load the AMD AHCI