SY-P4VTE
Quick Start Guide
24
VI
A 8237
Se
ri
al
A
TA
Dr
iv
er
Installa
tion
8. Win XP will prompt you that a message that the driver is newer than the default driver,
press S (use the driver on floppy) to continue.
9. The follow-on interface will list the devices to be installed, in which “
VIA 8237 SATARaid
SATARaid controller for windows XP”
item should be included. (If users want to install
other devices, press “S” at this time.) Press ENTER to continue Windows XP setup.
Install driver during Windows 2000 installation
1. Set the folder options to “show hidden files and folders”, check Microsoft help for more
info on how to set this option.
2. Go
to
“d:\raid\vt8237\driver disk”,
(assuming that your CD-ROM is drive d) copy all
the files and directory to a floppy disk. Some files are hidden, so step #1 must be done.
3. Windows 2000 will start to inspect your hardware configuration
4. Press “F6” when the message “Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or
RAID driver….” Appear.
5. Press
S
key to specify additional devices when the
Windows 2000 Setup
window
appears.
6. Insert the floppy disk of driver, then press
Enter
to continue
7. In the follow-on window of device type, please select “
VIA 8237 SATARaid controller
for Windows NT and 2000”
to continue
8. Win 2K will prompt you that a message that the driver is newer than the default driver,
press S (use the driver on floppy) to continue
9. The follow-on interface will list the devices to be installed, in which “
VIA 8237
SATARaid controller for Windows NT and 2000
” item should be included. (If users
want to install other devices, press “S” at this time.) Press ENTER to continue Windows
2000 setup
