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5. After setting the capacity, move to Create Arrayandpress<Enter>tobegin.
6. After completing, you'll be brought back to the Array Management screen. Under Manage Array Properties
youcanseethenewRAIDvolumeandinformationonRAIDlevel,arrayname,arraycapacity,etc.
C-2.ConguringLegacyRAIDROM
EnterthelegacyRAIDBIOSsetuputilitytocongureaRAIDarray.Skipthisstepandproceedwiththeinstallation
ofWindowsoperatingsystemforanon-RAIDconguration.
Steps:
1. After the POST memory test begins and before the operating system boot begins, look for a message which
says"Press<Ctrl-F>toenterRAIDOptionROMUtility".Press<Ctrl>+<R>toentertheRAIDBIOSsetuputility.
2. Tocreateanewarray,press<Enter>ontheCreateArrayoption.
3. TheselectionbarwillmovetotheDiskssectionontherightofthescreen.Selecttheharddrivestobeincluded
intheRAIDarray.Usetheupordownarrowkeytoselectaharddriveandpress<Insert>.Theselectedhard
drivewillbeshowningreen.Tousealloftheharddrives,simplypress<A>toselectall.Thenpress<Enter>
and the selection bar will move to the User Input section on the left bottom of the screen.
4. First,selectaRAIDmodeandpress<Enter>.Theselectionsavailabledependonthenumberoftheharddrives
beinginstalled.Thenfollowtheon-screeninstructionstospecifythearraysize.YoucanselectAllavailable
spacetousethemaximumsizeallowedorusetheupordownarrowkeytoadjustthesizeandpress<Enter>.
5. Selectacachingmode.OptionsincludeRead/Write,ReadOnly,andNone.Thenpress<Enter>toproceed.
6. Finally,amessagewhichsays"ConrmCreationofArray"willappear.Press<C>toconrmor<Esc>to
return to the previous screen.
7. Whencompleted,youwillseethenewarrayonthemainscreen.ToexittheRAIDBIOSutility,press<Esc>
andthenpress<C>toconrm.
Installing the RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System
With the correct BIOS settings, you are ready to install the operating system.
Installing the Operating System
AssomeoperatingsystemsalreadyincludeRAID/AHCIdriver,youdonotneedtoinstallseparateRAID/AHCI
driver during the Windows installation process. After the operating system is installed, we recommend that you
install all required drivers from the motherboard driver disk using "Xpress Install" to ensure system performance
andcompatibility.IftheoperatingsystemtobeinstalledrequiresthatyouprovideadditionalRAID/AHCIdriver
during the OS installation process, please refer to the steps below:
1. Copy the Hw10 folder under the \Boot folder in the driver disk to your USB thumb drive.
2. Boot from the Windows setup disk and perform standard OS installation steps. When the screen requesting
you to load the driver appears, select Browse.
3. Insert the USB thumb drive and then browse to the location of the driver. The location of the drivers is as
follows:
\Hw10\RAID\x64
4. Select AMD-RAID Bottom DevicerstandclickNexttoloadthedriver.ThenselectAMD-RAID Controller
and click Next to load the driver. Finally, continue the OS installation.
PleasevisitGIGABYTE'swebsitefordetailsonconguringaRAIDarray.
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