Instruction Manual

BIOS Utilities

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Setting Up AHCI SATA Mode

Before setting up your Serial ATA hard disk in AHCI mode you will need to prepare

the following:

1. An operable computer with a floppy drive, running the Windows XP OS.

2. The Device Drivers & Utilities + User’s Manual CD-ROM.

3. An external USB floppy disk drive.

4. A prepared formatted blank 3.5" 1.44MB floppy diskette.

AHCI Setup Procedure

1. Go to the operable computer running Windows XP and insert a prepared format-

ted blank 3.5" 1.44MB floppy diskette.

2. Insert the Device Drivers & Utilities + User’s Manual CD-ROM into the CD/DVD

drive of the operable computer.

3. Click Start (menu) > Run... and navigate (Browse..) to

D:\Drivers\f6flpy\f6flpy32\F6flpy32.exe and click OK.

4. Make sure the

formatted blank 3.5" 1.44MB floppy diskette is inserted, and then click

OK.

5. A SATA AHCI driver diskette will now be created for you.

6. Remove the SATA AHCI driver diskette.

7. Start-up your notebook computer and press <F2> to enter the BIOS.

8. Enable the AHCI option from the Advanced > IDE Configuration > SATA

Configure as menu.

9. Set the CD-ROM Drive as the first device in the boot order from the Boot Device

menu.