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ASRock E350M1/USB3 Motherboard
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2.8 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.
2.9
Installing Windows
®
8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista
TM
/
Vista
TM
64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit Without RAID Functions
If you want to install Windows
®
8 / 8 64-bit / 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.
2.9.1 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 Storage Configuration.
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
AHCI mode is not supported under Windows
®
XP / XP 64-bit OS.
2.9.2 Installing Windows
®
8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista
TM
/
Vista
TM
64-bit Without RAID Functions
If you want to install Windows
®
8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista
TM
/ Vista
TM
64-bit OS
on your SATA / SATAII / SATA3 HDDs without RAID functions, please follow below
steps.
Using SATA / SATAII / SATA3 HDDs with NCQ function
STEP 1: Set up UEFI.
A. Enter UEFI SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen Storage Configuration.
B. Set the option “SATA Mode” to [AHCI].
STEP 2: Install Windows
®
8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista
TM
/ Vista
TM
64-bit OS on
your system.
