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SATA 150 RAID 2 Port PCI Host

 

RC201                                                          User Manual 

 

 

Driver

, click 

Open

 then 

OK

5.

 

Highlight 

Silicon Image Sil-3x12 SATA Raid Controller 

and click 

OK

 

Verification of the Proper Installation for Windows NT 4.0 
 

1.

 

Double click 

My Computer/Control Panel/SCSI Adapters

2.

 

Highlight 

Silicon Image Sil-3x12 SATA Raid Controller 

and click 

Properties

This device is 

working properly

 

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

4.3.

 

Windows 2000 Driver Installation 

For New Windows 2000 Systems

 

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.

 

Insert the Driver diskette. Press 

S

, then press 

Enter

5.

 

Select 

Silicon Image Sil-3x12 SATA Raid Controller Driver 

and press 

Enter

6.

 

Press 

Enter 

to continue and follow on-screen instructions to complete installation. 

Add Windows 2000 Driver on Original Booting Device 

1.

 

After the 

SATA RAID PCI Host Adapter 

and attached drives are configured, boot 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 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 Raid_2Port\ Sil3x12\ Win98_me

 

_

2000_

xp_nt4.0 \ 

Driver, 

click 

Open

 then 

OK

6.

 

If the 

Digital Signature Not Found 

message appears, click 

Yes

. (

Note 

If prompted for Windows 

2000 CD-ROM, insert the CD and click 

OK

. Type in E

:\I386

, click 

OK 

and 

Finish

. (assuming E

is your 

CD-ROM drive)) 

7.

 

Click 

Finish

4.5. Windows XP Driver Installation

 

For New Windows XP Systems 
 

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 

in order to specify and add the driver. 

4.

 

Insert the Driver diskette. Press 

then press 

Enter

5.

 

Select 

Silicon Image Sil-3x12 SATA Raid Controller Driver 

and press 

Enter

6.

 

Press 

Enter 

to continue and follow on-screen instructions to complete Windows XP installation. 

Note: 

When the 

Software Installation 

warning pops up, click 

Yes

. And when the 

Hardware 

Installation 

warning pops up, click 

Yes 

again. 

 

 

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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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