Windows Bootable NVMe RAID 0 Tutorial on Gigabyte TRX40 Designare using Sabrent Rocket NVMe 4.0

Answering Subscriber Questions, we're installing a Windows Bootable NVMe RAID 0 on Gigabyte TRX40 Designare Motherboard, PCIe 4.0. We've installed RAID 0 on 3 different M.2 cards. The ASUS M.2 x16 Quad card version 2 - PCIe 3.0; Gigabyte Aorus M.2 Quad card - PCIe 4.0 and Glotrends Sky card - PCIe 3.0 self Bifurcated with 4 Drives in 1 x8 Slot.

Highlighting the process:
1.) Bios - Disable CSM; Note: FastBoot, CSM and SecureBoot all Disabled.
2.) Bios - Enable NVMe RAID.
3.) Reboot.
4.) Enter Bios RAIDXpert2
5.) Delete existing RAID before Creating new RAID.
6.) Create RAID array
7.) Verify settings: Controller, Disks in RAID and RAID 0 array.
8.) Install Windows from Windows Media Creation Tool - Windows 10 Pro 2004 or forward.
9.) Use 32GB or less for Windows Installation Media Thumb Drive for FAT32
10.) Create folder on USB Thumb Drive for NVMe RAID Drivers
11.) Download NVMe RAID Drivers from AMD for Chipset
12.) Unzip NVMe RAID Drivers
13.) Copy NVMe RAID Drivers onto USB Windows Installation Media
14.) Save Bios settings. Reboot with USB Thumb Drive in Computer.
15.) As Windows install process gets to, where to install on what disk.
16.) Search USB Thumb Drive for Drivers. Point to 1st folder, NVMe_DID
Required: NVMe RAID Driver.
- 1st Gen AMD Ryzen Threadripper Processors NVME_CC
- 2nd Gen AMD Ryzen Threadripper Processors NVMe_DID
- 3rd Gen AMD Ryzen Threadripper Processors NVMe_DID
17.) Repeat 3 times, in this order: rcbottom.inf, rcraid.inf, rccfg.inf
18.) Install Windows!
19.) Reboot.
20.) Download and Install, AMD RAID Installer for Windows AMD RAIDXpert2 app.
21.) Reboot
22.) Download and Install, CrystalDiskMark, Run test. Voila!

Test System:
1.) Gigabyte TRX40 Designare Motherboard - PCIe 4.0
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2.) Gigabyte Aorus M.2 Quad card
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3.) Sabrent Rocket Plus PCIe 4.0 M.2 NVMe SSDs.
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