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* w a r r a n t y . T h e I N T E L S O F T W A R E L I C E N S E A G R E E M E N T c o n t a i n e d
* h e r e i n c o m p l e t e l y d e f i n e s t h e l i c e n s e a n d u s e o f t h i s
* s o f t w a r e .
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T h i s d o c u m e n t c o n t a i n s t h e f o l l o w i n g s e c t i o n s :
1 . S u p p o r t e d P l a t f o r m s / C h i p s e t s
2 . S y s t e m R e q u i r e m e n t s
3 . L a n g u a g e S u p p o r t
4 . D e t e r m i n i n g t h e S y s t e m M o d e
5 . I n s t a l l i n g t h e S o f t w a r e
6 . V e r i f y i n g I n s t a l l a t i o n o f t h e S o f t w a r e
7 . A d v a n c e d I n s t a l l a t i o n I n s t r u c t i o n s
8 . I d e n t i f y i n g t h e S o f t w a r e V e r s i o n N u m b e r
9 . U n i n s t a l l i n g t h e S o f t w a r e
1 0 . E n t e r i n g t h e p r e - O S U s e r I n t e r f a c e
1 1 . P r e - O S R A I D V o l u m e M a n a g e m e n t
1 2 . O p t i o n s t o R E S E T t h e R A I D v o l u m e i n t h e P r e - O S U I ' s
1 3 . V e r i f y i n g t h e V e r s i o n o f t h e P r e - O S U E F I D r i v e r / O p t i o n R O M S O F T W A R E
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* 1 . S U P P O R T E D P L A T F O R M S / C H I P S E T S
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I n t e l ( R ) R a p i d S t o r a g e T e c h n o l o g y R e l e a s e i s d e s i g n e d t o p r o v i d e
f u n c t i o n a l i t y f o r t h e f o l l o w i n g S t o r a g e C o n t r o l l e r s :
- I n t e l ( R ) 2 0 0 S e r i e s C h i p s e t F a m i l y S A T A A H C I / R A I D C o n t r o l l e r
- I n t e l ( R ) 7 t h G e n e r a t i o n C o r e P r o c e s s o r F a m i l y P l a t f o r m I / O
S A T A A H C I / R A I D C o n t r o l l e r
- I n t e l ( R ) 1 0 0 S e r i e s / C 2 3 0 S e r i e s C h i p s e t F a m i l y
S A T A A H C I / R A I D C o n t r o l l e r
- I n t e l ( R ) 6 t h G e n e r a t i o n C o r e P r o c e s s o r F a m i l y P l a t f o r m I / O
S A T A A H C I / R A I D C o n t r o l l e r
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* 2 . S Y S T E M R E Q U I R E M E N T S
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1 . T h e s y s t e m m u s t c o n t a i n o n e o f t h e I n t e l c o n t r o l l e r s l i s t e d i n
S e c t i o n 1 S U P P O R T E D P L A T F O R M S / C H I P S E T S a b o v e a n d o n e o f t h e
f o l l o w i n g p r o c e s s o r s * * :
- I n t e l ( R ) v P r o
- I n t e l ( R ) C e l e r o n
- I n t e l ( R ) P e n t i u m
- I n t e l ( R ) C o r e "! i 3 , i 5 , o r i 7
- I n t e l ( R ) X e o n ( R ) p r o c e s s o r f a m i l y
* * * N o t e : T h e r e a r e c e r t a i n I n t e l ( R ) R a p i d S t o r a g e T e c h n o l o g y f e a t u r e s
t h a t a r e o n l y e n a b l e d b a s e d u p o n t h e s y s t e m ' s p r o c e s s o r
2 . T h e s y s t e m m u s t b e r u n n i n g o n e o f t h e f o l l o w i n g
o p e r a t i n g s y s t e m s ( n o o t h e r W i n d o w s O S v e r s i o n s a r e s u p p o r t e d ) :
- M i c r o s o f t W i n d o w s * 1 0 / T h r e s h o l d / T h r e s h o l d 2 / R e d s t o n e
- M i c r o s o f t W i n d o w s * 1 0 / T h r e s h o l d / T h r e s h o l d 2 / R e d s t o n e x 6 4 E d i t i o n * *
- M i c r o s o f t W i n d o w s * S e r v e r 2 0 1 2 R 2 x 6 4 E d i t i o n * *
- ^ ^ M i c r o s o f t W i n d o w s * 7
- ^ ^ M i c r o s o f t W i n d o w s * 7 x 6 4 E d i t i o n * *
- ^ ^ M i c r o s o f t W i n d o w s * 8 . 1
- ^ ^ M i c r o s o f t W i n d o w s * 8 . 1 x 6 4 E d i t i o n * *
^ ^ T h e s e O S v e r s i o n s a r e s u p p o r t e d O N L Y o n S k y l a k e C P U b a s e d s y s t e m s .
T h e y a r e n o t s u p p o r t e d o n s y s t e m s w i t h K a b y L a k e C P U s i n s t a l l e d .
3 . T h e f o l l o w i n g o p e r a t i n g s y s t e m s a r e n o t s u p p o r t e d :
A n y v e r s i o n o f t h e f o l l o w i n g o p e r a t i n g s y s t e m s :
- L i n u x *
- U N I X *
- B e O S *
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4 . T h e s y s t e m s h o u l d c o n t a i n a t l e a s t t h e m i n i m u m s y s t e m
m e m o r y r e q u i r e d b y t h e o p e r a t i n g s y s t e m . C o n s u l t y o u r
c o m p u t e r s y s t e m a n d O S v e n d o r .
* O t h e r n a m e s a n d b r a n d s m a y b e c l a i m e d a s t h e p r o p e r t y o f o t h e r s .
* * I f t h e s y s t e m i s r u n n i n g W i n d o w s * 6 4 - b i t v e r s i o n , t h e I n t e l ( R )
R a p i d S t o r a g e T e c h n o l o g y d r i v e r s u p p o r t i n g 6 4 - b i t m u s t b e u s e d .
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* 3 . L A N G U A G E S U P P O R T
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B e l o w i s a l i s t o f t h e l a n g u a g e s ( a n d t h e i r a b b r e v i a t i o n s )
f o r w h i c h t h e I n t e l R a p i d S t o r a g e T e c h n o l o g y s o f t w a r e h a s
b e e n l o c a l i z e d . T h e l a n g u a g e c o d e i s l i s t e d i n p a r e n t h e s e s
a f t e r e a c h l a n g u a g e .
A R A : A r a b i c ( S a u d i A r a b i a ) ( 0 4 0 1 )
C H S : C h i n e s e ( S i m p l i f i e d ) ( 0 8 0 4 )
C H T : C h i n e s e ( T r a d i t i o n a l ) ( 0 4 0 4 )
C S Y : C z e c h ( 0 4 0 5 )
D A N : D a n i s h ( 0 4 0 6 )
N L D : D u t c h ( 0 4 1 3 )
E N U : E n g l i s h ( U n i t e d S t a t e s ) ( 0 4 0 9 )
F I N : F i n n i s h ( 0 4 0 B )
F R A : F r e n c h ( I n t e r n a t i o n a l ) ( 0 4 0 C )
D E U : G e r m a n ( 0 4 0 7 )
E L L : G r e e k ( 0 4 0 8 )
H E B : H e b r e w ( 0 4 0 D )
H U N : H u n g a r i a n ( 0 4 0 E )
I T A : I t a l i a n ( 0 4 1 0 )
J P N : J a p a n e s e ( 0 4 1 1 )
K O R : K o r e a n ( 0 4 1 2 )
N O R : N o r w e g i a n ( 0 4 1 4 )
P L K : P o l i s h ( 0 4 1 5 )
P T B : P o r t u g u e s e ( B r a z i l ) ( 0 4 1 6 )
P T G : P o r t u g u e s e ( S t a n d a r d ) ( 0 8 1 6 )
R U S : R u s s i a n ( 0 4 1 9 )
E S P : S p a n i s h ( 0 C 0 A )
S V E : S w e d i s h ( 0 4 1 D )
T H A : T h a i ( 0 4 1 E )
T R K : T u r k i s h ( 0 4 1 F )
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* 4 . D E T E R M I N I N G T H E S Y S T E M M O D E
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* * * N o t e : T h e s e R e a d m e d o c u m e n t a s s u m e s t h a t y o u r s y s t e m i s r u n n i n g a
s u p p o r t e d I n t e l - b a s e d C P U a n d C h i p s e t t h a t s u p p o r t s o n l y R A I D a n d / o r A H C I
m o d e s f o r t h e P C H S A T A A H C I c o n t r o l l e r . I f n o t , t h e n t h i s d r i v e r i s n o t
s u p p o r t e d o n y o u r s y s t e m H W . P l e a s e e x i t t h i s s e t u p .
T o u s e t h i s R e a d m e e f f e c t i v e l y , y o u w i l l n e e d t o k n o w w h a t m o d e t h e P C H
S A T A A H C I c o n t r o l l e r i n y o u r s y s t e m i s i n . T h e e a s i e s t w a y t o d e t e r m i n e
t h e m o d e i s t o i d e n t i f y h o w t h e I n t e l ( R ) S A T A c o n t r o l l e r i s p r e s e n t e d
w i t h i n D e v i c e M a n a g e r . T h e f o l l o w i n g p r o c e d u r e s w i l l g u i d e y o u t h r o u g h
d e t e r m i n i n g t h e m o d e i n M i c r o s o f t W i n d o w s 1 0 * o r h i g h e r O S :
1 . I n W i n d o w s 1 0 D e s k t o p , r i g h t c l i c k t h e S t a r t b u t t o n l o c a t e d
a t t h e b o t t o m l e f t c o r n e r o f t h e D e s k t o p .
2 . T h e S t a r t m e n u w i l l l a u n c h .
3 . S c r o l l u p a n d s e l e c t ' D e v i c e M a n a g e r ' w i t h l e f t m o u s e c l i c k .
4 . I n t h e D e v i c e M a n a g e r w i n d o w , l o o k f o r a n e n t r y n a m e d
S t o r a g e C o n t r o l l e r s . L e f t c l i c k a n d e x p a n d t h e i t e m . I f t h e r e i s a n
e n t r y f o r a n I n t e l ( R ) b r a n d S A T A R A I D c o n t r o l l e r ( o r s i m i l a r e n t r y
w i t h t h e I n t e l n a m e s o m e w h e r e i n t h e e n t r y ) , t h e n t h e s y s t e m i s i n
R A I D m o d e .
5 . I f n o I n t e l & S A T A R A I D C o n t r o l l e r c o n t r o l l e r i s l i s t e d i n t h e
s t e p a b o v e , t h e n t h e s y s t e m i s n o t r u n n i n g i n R A I D m o d e a n d
i s i n A H C I m o d e ( s e e n e x t s t e p 6 ) .
6 . F r o m t h e D e v i c e M a n a g e r , l o o k f o r a n e n t r y n a m e d
' I D E A T A / A T A P I c o n t r o l l e r s ' . I n A H C I m o d e t h i s e n t r y i s p r e s e n t ,
e x p a n d i t a n d l o o k f o r a S A T A A H C I c o n t r o l l e r w h i c h
i d e n t i f i e s t h e s y s t e m i s i n A H C I m o d e .
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* 5 . I N S T A L L I N G T H E S O F T W A R E
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5 . 1 G e n e r a l I n s t a l l a t i o n N o t e s
a . I f y o u a r e i n s t a l l i n g t h e o p e r a t i n g s y s t e m o n a c o m p u t e r
c o n f i g u r e d f o r R A I D o r A H C I m o d e , y o u m a y p r e - i n s t a l l
t h e I n t e l ( R ) R a p i d S t o r a g e T e c h n o l o g y d r i v e r u s i n g t h e
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