Installing pci card K430

I have installed a Serial ATA II to PCI- Express NCQ Host controller card in my K430, the next stage is to make bios changes (RAID) but i don't have a clue an anybody help?

hi angleside,
In addition to what have been suggested, the RAID settings on the BIOS should enable RAID-0 on the onboard ports.
- Link to picture
If Windows was installed in AHCI mode, you may need to modify the Windows registry from AHCI to RAID and then change the BIOS settings from AHCI to RAID - check this guide.(applies to Windows 7).
If you have Windows 8, try to:
1. Press the Windows key+R and type msconfig.
2. On the msconfig window, navigate to the Boot Tab and enable Safe Boot - Minimal and restart the PC.
3. Boot into the BIOS by pressing F1, change AHCI to RAID and press F10 to save and exit
4. Upon reboot, the SATA controller should change from AHCI to RAID (see Device Manager > Storage Controllers)
5. Undo the settings in Step 2 and reboot the PC in normal mode and observe. The two HDD should now be in RAID-0.
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panic(cpu 3 caller 0xffffff800a4b8655): Kernel trap at 0xffffff7f8aa00cf8, type 14=page fault, registers:
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RSP: 0xffffff80bba3b650, RBP: 0xffffff80bba3b690, RSI: 0x0000000000000000, RDI: 0xffffff8019bba630
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0xffffff80bba3b2f0 : 0xffffff800a41d626
0xffffff80bba3b360 : 0xffffff800a4b8655
0xffffff80bba3b530 : 0xffffff800a4ce17d
0xffffff80bba3b550 : 0xffffff7f8aa00cf8
0xffffff80bba3b690 : 0xffffff7f8aa0a625
0xffffff80bba3b6c0 : 0xffffff7f8aa0a2a9
0xffffff80bba3b770 : 0xffffff7f8aa09f1a
0xffffff80bba3b7d0 : 0xffffff7f8aa036f3
0xffffff80bba3b7f0 : 0xffffff7f8a9b3591
0xffffff80bba3b850 : 0xffffff800a84907a
0xffffff80bba3b8b0 : 0xffffff7f8a9c400e
0xffffff80bba3b910 : 0xffffff7f8a9c41dd
0xffffff80bba3b970 : 0xffffff7f8a9a2eec
0xffffff80bba3b9a0 : 0xffffff7f8a9a1bbf
0xffffff80bba3b9e0 : 0xffffff800a83085b
0xffffff80bba3ba40 : 0xffffff7f8a9a1b09
0xffffff80bba3ba70 : 0xffffff800a84907a
0xffffff80bba3bad0 : 0xffffff7f8a9a1a74
0xffffff80bba3bb10 : 0xffffff7f8aeaa195
0xffffff80bba3bb40 : 0xffffff800a83194b
0xffffff80bba3bb80 : 0xffffff800a83146e
0xffffff80bba3bc10 : 0xffffff800a82d400
0xffffff80bba3bc50 : 0xffffff800a82d10f
0xffffff80bba3bc90 : 0xffffff800a82cfc4
0xffffff80bba3bcd0 : 0xffffff7f8a9ad2bd
0xffffff80bba3bd00 : 0xffffff7f8a9adb68
0xffffff80bba3bda0 : 0xffffff7f8ae08b47
0xffffff80bba3bdd0 : 0xffffff7f8ae085b9
0xffffff80bba3be40 : 0xffffff7f8ae07f6c
0xffffff80bba3be60 : 0xffffff800a83194b
0xffffff80bba3bea0 : 0xffffff800a83146e
0xffffff80bba3bf30 : 0xffffff800a82d400
0xffffff80bba3bf70 : 0xffffff800a831fc9
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BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task
Mac OS version:
Not yet set
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 12.4.0: Wed May 1 17:57:12 PDT 2013; root:xnu-2050.24.15~1/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: 896CB1E3-AB79-3DF1-B595-549DFFDF3D36
Kernel slide:     0x000000000a200000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff800a400000
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System uptime in nanoseconds: 1372235172
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com.rogueamoeba.InstantOn          6.0.2
net.osx86.kexts.VLIUSBXHCI          1.2.4
com.apple.driver.CSRHIDTransitionDriver          4.1.4f2
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBAttachedSCSI          1.0.3
com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient          3.5.5
com.apple.driver.XsanFilter          404
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage          2.3.1
com.apple.driver.AppleFileSystemDriver          3.0.1
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless          1.0.0d1
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib          1.0.0d1
com.apple.BootCache          34
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBXHCI          5.6.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub          5.5.5
com.apple.driver.AppleIntel8254XEthernet          3.1.1b1
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com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons          1.7
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com.apple.driver.AppleRTC          1.5
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS          1.9
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC          1.7
com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC          1.6
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com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall          4.0.39
com.apple.security.quarantine          2.1
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