Gigabyte GA-X79-UD5 User Manual

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5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System
With the correct BIOS settings, you are ready to install the operating system.
A. Installing Windows 7/Vista
(The following instructions use Windows 7 as the example operating system.)
Step 1:
Boot from the Windows 7/Vista setup disk and perform standard OS installation steps. When you arrive at the
"Where do you want to install Windows?" screen, select Load Driver.
Step 2:
Insert the motherboard driver disk and then browse to the location of the driver. The locations of the drivers
are as follows:
For the Intel X79:
RAID/AHCI driver for Windows 32-Bit:\BootDrv\iRST\32Bit
RAID/AHCI driver for Windows 64-Bit:\BootDrv\iRST\64Bit
For the Marvell 88SE9172:
RAID driver for Windows 32-bit: \BootDrv\Marvell\RAID\i386
RAID driver for Windows 64-bit: \BootDrv\Marvell\RAID\amd64
AHCI driver for Windows 32-bit: \BootDrv\Marvell\AHCI\Floppy32
AHCI driver for Windows 64-bit: \BootDrv\Marvell\AHCI\Floppy64
Step 3:
For Intel X79, select Intel(R) C600 Series Chipset SATA RAID Controller (Figure 1). For Marvell 88SE9172,
select Marvell 91xx SATA 6G RAID Controller (Figure 2). Click Next to load the driver and continue the OS
installation.
Figure 1
Figure 2

Gigabyte GA-X79-UD5 Specifications

General

ECC	No
Non-ECC	Yes
Memory voltage	1.5 V
Memory channels	Quad-channel
Number of memory slots	8
Supported memory types	DDR3-SDRAM
Maximum internal memory	64 GB
Supported memory clock speeds	1066, 1200, 1300, 1333, 1500, 1600, 1666, 1800, 1866, 1900, 2000, 2133 MHz
Processor socket	LGA 2011 (Socket R)
Processor manufacturer	Intel
Compatible processor series	Intel® Core™ i7
USB 2.0 connectors	3
Number of SATA II connectors	4
Number of SATA III connectors	6
Number of Parallel ATA connectors	0
BIOS type	EFI AMI
ACPI version	2.0a
BIOS memory size	64 Mbit
Headphone outputs	5
eSATA ports quantity	2
USB 2.0 ports quantity	7
Audio chip	Realtek ALC898
Component for	PC
Power source type	ATX
Audio output channels	7.1 channels
Motherboard form factor	Extended ATX
Compatible operating systems	Windows 7/Vista/XP
RAID levels	0, 1, 5, 10
Supported storage drive interfaces	SATA II, SATA III
Parallel processing technology support	2-Way SLI, 3-Way SLI, Hybrid CrossFireX
PCI Express slots version	3.0
Wi-Fi standards	Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n)
Bluetooth version	4.0
Networking features	10/100/1000 Mbit/sec
Ethernet interface type	Gigabit Ethernet

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	264 mm
Width	305 mm