AHCI and RAID on HP Compaq Elite 8000, 8100, and 8200 Business PCs

Notes for operating system installation

• After creating a RAID disk volume in the option ROM, you can install the

operating system.

• HP provides a driver download for Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 at

www.hp.com.

• Customer-created images MUST account for the RAID controller.

• Failure to install and enumerate the RAID driver after enabling the RAID

controller (with or without creating a volume) will result in a Windows boot

failure (blue screen) for inaccessible boot device.

WARNING:

The PCI Device ID of the mass storage controller changes

after changing IDE mode. Changing the BIOS from IDE

mode to RAID mode is the equivalent of connecting the

hard drives to a new add-on RAID storage controller. The

installed operating system on the hard drive is unaware of

this new mass storage controller. If the drivers are not

available, enumerated, and PnP for this new controller, the

operating system blue screens in Microsoft XP and

Microsoft Vista/Windows 7.