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SATA 150 RAID 2 Port PCI Host

 

RC201                                                          User Manual 

 

 

procedures to install Windows accordingly. 

2.

 

Once Windows has been installed, click 

My Computer

, then click 

Properties

. Click 

Device Manager 

tab. 

3.

 

Double click 

Other Devices 

then 

PCI RAID Controller

4.

 

Click 

Driver 

tab, then 

Update Driver

5.

 

Insert the Driver CD, check 

Specify the location of the driver (Advanced) 

and click 

Next

6.

 

Select 

Search for the better driver 

option, check 

Specify a location

, uncheck 

Removable 

Media

, type in 

E:\

 (If your CD-ROM/DVD is 

E

:\), and click 

Browse

7.

 

Points specify a location, example 

E

:\

SATA Raid_2Port\ Sil3x12\ Win98_me

 

_

2000_

xp_nt4.0 \ 

Driver

, click 

OK

 and then 

Next.

 

8.

 

Click 

Next 

and then 

Finish

9.

 

Remove the Driver diskette and click 

Yes 

to restart Windows to complete driver installation. 

 

For Existing Windows ME Systems 

 

1.

 

After the 

SATA RAID PCI Host Adapter 

and attached drives are configured, boot up Windows. 

2.

 

At the 

Add New Hardware Wizard

, check 

Specify the location of the driver (advanced), 

and 

click 

Next

3.

 

Insert the Driver CD, check 

Specify a location, 

uncheck the other boxes,

 

and click 

Browse

4.

 

Points specify a location, example 

E

:\

SATA Raid_2Port\ Sil3x12\ Win98_me

 

_

2000_

xp_nt4.0 \ 

Driver

, click 

OK

 and then 

Next

.(If your CD-ROM/DVD is 

E

:\) 

5.

 

Click 

Next 

and then 

Finish

 

Verification of the Proper Installation for Windows 98/98SE/ME 

 

1.

 

Double click 

My Computer/Control Panel/System

. Click 

Device Manager 

tab. 

2.

 

Double click 

SCSI Controllers

Silicon Image Sil-3x12 SATA Raid Controller 

should be 

listed. 

3.

 

Highlight 

Silicon Image Sil-3x12 SATA Raid Controller 

and click 

Properties

. A message 

This device is working properly

 

is displayed in the dialog box, the driver has been correctly installed. 

If any error message is displayed,  remove 

Silicon Image Sil-3x12 SATA Raid Controller 

and 

restart your system. 

4.3. Windows NT 4.0 Driver Installation 

For New Windows NT 4.0 System 

1.

 

Before installation, copy all the files under directory E:\SATA Raid_2Port\ Sil3x12\ Win98_me 
_

2000_

xp_nt4.0\ driver\ *.* to a blank floppy disk 

2.

 

After the SATA RAID PCI Host Adapter and attached drives are configured, follow Microsoft 
procedures to install Windows accordingly. 

3.

 

At the 

Windows Set-up 

screen, press 

F6 

to specify and add the driver. 

4.

 

Press 

S

, select 

Other

, then press 

Enter

5.

 

Insert the Driver diskette and press 

Enter

6.

 

Select 

Silicon Image Sil-3x12 SATA Raid Controller Driver 

and press 

Enter

7.

 

Press 

Enter 

to continue and follow on-screen instructions to complete Windows NT 4.0 

installation. 

 

Add Windows NT 4.0 Driver on Original Booting Device 

1.

 

After the 

SATA RAID PCI Host Adapter 

and attached drives are configured, boot up Windows. Double 

click My Computer/Control Panel/SCSI Adapters, then click the Drivers tab.

 

2.

 

Click 

Add… 

then 

Have Disk...

3.

 

Insert the Driver CD in your CD-ROM/DVD drive and type in 

E:\ 

(If your CD-ROM/DVD is 

E

:\), then click 

Browse

4.

 

Points specify a location, example 

E

:\

SATA Raid_2Port\ Sil3x12\ Win98_me

 

_

2000_

xp_nt4.0 \ 

 

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Summary of Contents for SATA 150 RAID 2 Port PCI Host RC201

Page 1: ...SATA150 RAID 2 Port PCI Host RC201 User Manual...

Page 2: ...SATA 150 RAID 2 Port PCI Host RC201 User Manual Contents 1 Introduction 2 2 What Is RAID 3 3 BIOS Installation RAID Setting 3 4 Software Installation 5 Quick guide 5 Detail guide 8 1...

Page 3: ...Host Adapter is a PCI to dual Serial ATA host controller board It provides a 32bit 33 66 MHz PCI interface on the host side and dual fully compliant Serial ATA ports on the device side to access SATA...

Page 4: ...ignoring the step of RAID setting and the driver setting is the same as a RAID card RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks RAID technology manages multiple disk drives to enhance I O performance a...

Page 5: ...RAIDconfigurationiscomplete Pleaseproceedtosoftwareinstallationsection For Existing Hard Drives with Data Recommended for one two original HD with data to mirror with one two fresh empty HD 1 As the B...

Page 6: ...a must be first overwritten with the new metadata To resolve this select Resolve Conflicts and the correct metadata including the correct drive connection information will be written to the replacemen...

Page 7: ...l d Press F6 at the beginning as the blue screen scanning This will let PC boot from a HD controller instead of motherboard HD e Keep the floppy in floppy drive and follow the installation Press S whe...

Page 8: ...l notice you as below if you take them off from the drive The installation of RC 201 by floppy drive will be completed and the system will detect the HD which now plug on the card After you install RC...

Page 9: ...he SATA RAID PCI Host Adapter and attached drives are configured follow Microsoft procedures to install Windows accordingly 2 Once Windows has been installed double click My Computer Control Panel Sys...

Page 10: ...System Click Device Manager tab 2 Double click SCSI Controllers Silicon Image Sil 3x12 SATA Raid Controller should be listed 3 Highlight Silicon Image Sil 3x12 SATA Raid Controller and click Propertie...

Page 11: ...t up Windows 2 At 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...

Page 12: ...xp_nt4 0 Driver click OK then Next 5 When a warning message pops up click Continue Anyway then click Finish Verification of the Proper Installation for Windows 2000 XP 1 Double click My Computer Contr...

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