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Fatal1ty Z68 Professional Gen3 Series Motherboard
2.12 Driver Installation Guide
To install the drivers to your system, please insert the support CD to your optical
drive
fi
rst. 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.
2.13 Installing Windows
®
7 / 7 64-bit / Vista
TM
/ Vista
TM
64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit With RAID Functions
If you want to install Windows
®
7 / 7 64-bit / Vista
TM
/ Vista
TM
64-bit / XP / XP 64-
bit on your SATA / SATAII / SATA3 HDDs with RAID functions, please refer to the
document at the following path in the Support CD for detailed procedures:
..\ RAID Installation Guide
2.14 Installing Windows
®
7 / 7 64-bit / Vista
TM
/ Vista
TM
64-bit / XP
/ XP 64-bit Without RAID Functions
If you want to install Windows
®
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.
2.14.1 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.
English
STEP 1: Set Up UEFI.
A. Enter UEFI SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen SATA Con
fi
guration.
B. Set the option “SATA Mode” to [IDE]. (For SATA3_0, SATA3_1, and SATA2_2 to
SATA2_5 ports.)
Set the option “SATA3 Mode” to [IDE]. (For SATA3_A1 to SATA3_A4 ports.)
STEP 2: Install Windows
®
XP / XP 64-bit OS on your system.
Using SATA / SATAII / SATA3 HDDs without NCQ function