User Manual
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eSATAII 1+1 PCIe RAID Card
RC213
5.2. Adding the controller card to an existing Windows 2000/XP/2003/VISTA Installation
1. Power off the system. Connect the hard drives to the controller card and insert the controller card into a
PCI Express 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. Insert the Driver CD in your CD-ROM/DVD drive, check
Specify a location
, uncheck the other boxes, click
Next,
type in
E:\
(If your CD-ROM/DVD is
E
:\). Click
Browse
.
5. Points specify a location, example E:\ SATA PCIe_Raid5_2Port \ SiI3132 \ Windows \ Driver
,
click
Open
then
OK
.
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 5.3 to verify controller was installed correctly.
5.3. Verifying controller installation under Windows2000/XP/2003/VISTA
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 3132 SoftRaid5 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.
5.4. Update new driver on Windows 2000/XP/2003/VISTA with existing 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 SiI
3132 SoftRaid5 Controller'.
2. Click 'Driver', 'Update Driver' and select 'Search for a suitable driver for my device [Recommended]'. Insert the
Driver CD. Press 'Enter' and select 'E:\ SATA PCIe_Raid5_2Port \SiI3132\Windows \Driver'. 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 5.3 to verify controller was installed correctly.
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