Hi-Fi Z77S/Hi-Fi H77S
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Enable RAID / AHCI Driver when installing Windows 8/7/Vista
1. Before you start Windows installation, copy the proper files for the Windows
version to any USB storage.
Windows 7/
Vista 32
Windows 7/
Vista 64
Windows 8 32
Windows 8 64
SATA1/SATA2/
SATA3/SATA4/
SATA5/SATA6
AHCI/RAID
Driver Path
x:\Driver\Chipse
t\Intel\SATA\7\
F6flpy32\Driver\
x:\Driver\Chipse
t\Intel\SATA\7\
F6flpy64\Driver\
x:\Driver\Chipse
t\Intel\SATA\
Win8\F6flpy32\
Driver\
x:\Driver\Chipse
t\Intel\SATA\
Win8\F6flpy64\
Driver\
2. Follow Windows 7 / Vista indication to load the driver in the installation process.
4.2 R
AID
A
RRAYS
CONNECTOR
BY CHIP
SPEED
Support
SATA1/SATA2
Intel Z77/H77
6 Gb/s.
RAID 0 / 1 / 5 / 10
SATA3/SATA4/SATA5/SATA6
Intel Z77/H77
3 Gb/s.
RAID 0 / 1 / 5 / 10
RAID supports the following types of RAID arrays:
RAID 0:
RAID 0 defines a disk striping scheme that improves disk read and write
times for many applications.
RAID 1:
RAID 1 defines techniques for mirroring data.
RAID 10:
RAID 10 combines the techniques used in RAID 0 and RAID 1.
RAID 5:
RAID 5 provides fault tolerance and better utilization of disk capacity.
