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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 driver CD. Press 

'Enter'

 and select

 'Silicon Image SiI 3132 SATALink 

Controller'

4. Press 

'Enter' 

again, when prompted, to continue 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 from the CD to the hard drive selected 

above and restart the system. After restart, the setup process will resume to finish the 

installation. 

7.  Once the operating system installation has completed you can follow the instructions 

in section 2.4 to verify controller was installed correctly. 

 

2.2. Adding the card to an existing Windows NT installation   

 

1.  Power off the system. Insert the SATA Card into an available PCI slot. Connect serial ATA 

cable(s) between the SATA port and serial ATA device(s). Power up the system. 

2.  After the OS boots up, click 

'Start' 

3. Under 

'Settings'

, click 

'Control

 

Panel'

4. Select 

'SCSI

 

Adapters'

 from the Control Panel. 

5. Select the 

'Drivers'

 tab and click 

'Add'

6. Click 

'Have

 

Disk'

7.  Specify a location, e.g. 

E

:

\SATA Express_2Port \Sil3132 \ WinXP_2000_2003_NT

and click 

'OPEN'

 then 

'OK'

 

8. Choose 

'Silicon Image SiI 3132 SATALink Controller'

 and click 

'OK'.

 

9.  After the driver installation has completed you can follow the instructions in section 

2.4 to verify the controller was installed correctly.   

 

2.3. Adding the card to an existing Windows 2000/XP or Windows Server 
2003 installation

   

 

1.  Power off the system. Insert the SATA Card into an available PCI slot. Connect serial ATA 

cable(s) between the SATA port and serial ATA device(s). Power up the system. 

2.  During OS boot up, W indows will display the 

'Found New Hardware Wizard'

'Mass Storage controller'

3. Select 

'Install from a list or specific location (Advanced)'

, and click 

'Next'

, and 

make sure the driver CD is in your CD-ROM/DVD drive. 

4. Select 

'Search for the best driver in these locations'

, and check 

'Include this 

location in the search:'

. Uncheck the other boxes. 

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