Silicon Image SiI SATARaid Controller OS Driver Installation ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Table of Contents ----------------- 1) Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 Fresh Installation. 2) Adding the SiI SATARaid controller to an existing Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 installation. 3) Update SiI SATARaid driver on Windows XP or Windows Server 2003. 4) Verifying controller installation under Windows XP, or Windows Server 2003. -------------------------------------------------------- 1) Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 Fresh Installation -------------------------------------------------------- Follow the instructions in this section if you are performing a new installation of Windows XP or Windows Server 2003, and you wish to boot from a device attached to the SiI SATARaid controller. 1. Power off the system. Connect the hard drives to the SiI SATARaid controller and insert the controller into a PCI slot. Power up the system. 2. Put your Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 CD into the CD-ROM/DVD drive. 3. Press F6 for third party SCSI or driver installation at the beginning of text mode installation. Press 's' when setup asks if you want to specify an additional device, and insert the diskette labeled 'Silicon Image SiI SATARaid Driver Installation Disk'. Press 'Enter'. From the menu presented next, select 'Silicon Image SiI SATARaid Controller' 4. Press 'Enter' again when prompted to continue on with text mode setup. 5. Follow the setup instructions to select your choice for partition and file system. 6. After setup examines your disks, it will copy files to Windows installation folders and restart the system. The setup program will continue and finish the installation after restart. 7. Wait until Windows finishes installing devices, regional settings, networking settings, components, and final set of tasks, reboot the system if it is required. 8. See instructions in section 4 to verify controller was installed correctly. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2)Adding the SiI SATARaid controller to an existing Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 installation. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Follow the instructions in this section to install the Silicon Image SiI SATARaid driver on a system already running Windows XP or Windows Server 2003. 1. Power off the system. Connect the hard drives to the SiI SATARaid controller and insert the controller into a PCI slot. Power up the system. 2. During OS boot up, Windows will display the 'Found New Hardware Wizard'. Click 'Next'. 3. Select 'Search for a suitable driver for my device (Recommended)' and Click 'Next'. 4. Under 'Optional search locations' insure that 'Floppy disk drives' is checked. 5. Insert the diskette labeled ' Silicon Image SiI SATARaid Driver Installation Disk' into A: and click 'Next'. 6. When the wizard indicates that it found a driver for the device click 'Next'. 7. If the 'Digital Signature Not Found' dialog appears, click 'Yes' to continue installing the driver. 8. The wizard will now copy the required files to the system and start the driver. After starting the driver the wizard will display a completion dialog, click 'Finish' to exit the wizard. 9. See instructions in section 4 to verify controller was installed correctly. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3) Update SiI SATARaid driver on Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 with existing Silicon Image driver ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- With the Silicon Image controller already plugged in and the driver already installed. Follow the instructions to update SiI SATARaid driver. 1. Right click on 'My Computer' and select 'Properties'. Under the 'System Properties' section, click on 'Hardware' tab, and then on 'Device Manager' click 'SCSI and RAID Controller' and right click 'Silicon Image Ultra-133 Medley ATA SATARaid Controller'. 2. Click 'Driver' ,'Update Driver' and select 'Search for a suitable driver for my device[Recommended]'. Insert the driver diskette into floppy drive. Click 'Next' and complete the driver installation. 3. System will go through the enumeration process and install the driver. At the end of the process, click 'Yes' to reboot your system when necessary. 4. See instructions in section 4 to verify controller was installed correctly. ------------------------------------------------------------------ 4) Verifying controller installation under Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Follow the instructions in this section to verify that the controller was installed correctly. 1. Right click on 'My Computer' icon, select 'Properties', left click on 'Hardware' tab, and then on 'Device Manager' button. 2. Double click on 'SCSI and RAID Controllers', If there is no yellow '! ' or ' ? ' in front of 'Silicon Image SiI SATARaid Controller', the driver is started correctly. 3. To view information about the devices attached to the controller, use the SiICfg Utility and click on the device from the list.