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ASRock P45XE-WiFiN / P45XE-R / P45XE Motherboard
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Connect one end of the eSATAII
device cable to eSATAII device
3. Use the eSATAII device cable to connect eSATAII device and the eSATAII port of
the I/O shield.
Connect the other end of the eSATAII device
cable to eSATAII port of the I/O shield
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2.10 Driver Installation Guide Driver Installation Guide
Driver Installation Guide Driver Installation Guide
Driver Installation Guide
To install the drivers to your system, please insert the support CD to your optical drive
first. 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.
2.11 2.11 2.11 2.11 2.11 Installing Windows Installing Windows Installing Windows Installing Windows Installing Windows
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XP / XP 64-bit / Vista XP / XP 64-bit / Vista XP / XP 64-bit / Vista XP / XP 64-bit / Vista XP / XP 64-bit / Vista
TM TM TM TM TM
/ Vista / Vista / Vista / Vista / Vista
TM TM TM TM TM
64-bit W 64-bit W 64-bit W 64-bit W 64-bit With RAID F ith RAID F ith RAID F ith RAID F ith RAID Functions (F unctions (F unctions (F unctions (F unctions (For P45XE- or P45XE- or P45XE- or P45XE- or P45XE-W W W W WiF iF iF iF iFiN / iN / iN / iN / iN /
P45XE-R Only) P45XE-R Only)
P45XE-R Only) P45XE-R Only) P45XE-R Only)
If you want to install Windows ® XP / XP 64-bit / Vista TM / Vista TM 64-bit on your SATA /
SATAII HDDs with RAID functions, please refer to the document at the following path in
the Support CD for detailed procedures:
..\ RAID Installation Guide
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2.12 Installing Windows Installing Windows
Installing Windows Installing Windows
Installing Windows
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® ® ® 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit / Vista 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit / Vista
2000 / XP / XP 64-bit / Vista 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit / Vista
2000 / XP / XP 64-bit / Vista
TM TM
TM TM TM /////
Vista Vista
Vista Vista
Vista
TM TM TM TM TM
64-bit W 64-bit W
64-bit W 64-bit W
64-bit Without RAID F ithout RAID F
ithout RAID F ithout RAID F
ithout RAID Functions unctions
unctions unctions
unctions
If you want to install Windows ® 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit / Vista TM / Vista TM 64-bit OS on your
SATA / SATAII HDDs without RAID functions, please follow below procedures according
to the OS you install.
Since Windows ® 2000 RAID / AHCI driver is not provided by the chipset
vendor, RAID / AHCI functions are not supported under Windows ® 2000.