Chapter 10. Maintaining Your Controller
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3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide
Updating the 3ware Driver Under Windows XP
If you prefer, you can update the 3ware driver through the Windows Device
Driver Manager, instead of using the Update Utility described above.
To update the 3ware driver under Windows XP
(Note that during this process, you will step through driver installation
wizards twice.)
1
Download and extract the driver files, as described under “Updating the
Driver and Firmware” on page 169.
2
Backup any critical data prior to updating the 3ware driver.
3
Log in to your system as system administrator.
4
From the
Start
menu, open the
Control Panel
window.
5
In the
Control Panel
window, double-click on the
System
icon.
6
Click on the
Hardware
tab and then click on the
Device Manager
tab.
7
Open the
SCSI and RAID Controllers
selection.
8
Locate and double-click on the applicable
3ware
Serial ATA RAID
Controller
. The
3ware 9000 Series ATA RAID Controller Properties
dialog box
appears.
9
Click the
Driver
tab.
Figure 77. 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller Properties Dialog
