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1.2. Package Contents
Low Profile PCIe Host Adapter
Users Manual
Driver CD
2. Software Installation
2.1. Windows 7, Vista, XP Fresh OS installation
1. Power off the system. Insert SAS/SATA Card into an available x8 or x16 PCIe slot. Connect
SATA HDD to one port of one SFF-8087 connector. Power up the system.
2. Put Windows OS Setup CD into the CD-ROM/DVD drive, and diskette including all
directories and files under “SAS\Marvell\M9485\Windows” into the floppy drive ‘A’ of
system. Go Step 3. if OS is XP, but jump to Step 5. if OS is Vista or Win7.
3. Press ‘F6’ to initiate ‘third party SCSI or RAID driver installation’ at the beginning of XP text
mode installation. Press 'S' when screen message asks and ‘Select’ & ‘Enter’ to
pick up ‘Marvell 94XX SAS/SATA Controller 32bit (or 64bit) Drive’ for twice. Then you
will see the driver files ‘Marvell 94XX SAS/SATA RAID Controller’ and ‘Marvell RAID
Virtual Device’ will be extracted and copied to the system.
4. Then continue with the XP Text Mode Setup and go to Step 7. after all the XP
installation is finished.
5. Follow the instructions to load file by browsing ‘Driver CD’ either from
“SAS\Marvell\M9485\Windows\amd64 or i386”. Then select your choices of disk
partition and other setup operations.
6. After setup examining disk, it will copy files from OS CD to the hard drive and restart the
system. Then it will resume to finish the Win7/Vista installation.
7. Once the Fresh Installation has completed, go to Section 2.3. to verify if the installation.
2.2. Adding the HBA to an existing Windows 7 / Vista / XP
installation
1.
Power off the system. Insert SAS/SATA Card into an available x8 or x16 PCIe slot.
Power up the system.
2.
During system boot-up, Windows will display the messages such as 'Found New
Hardware Wizard' (XP), ‘Windows needs to install...’ (Vista), & ‘Device driver
software was not successfully installed’ (Win7).
3.
‘Cancel’ and ‘Right’ click ‘My Computer’, select ‘Manage’, then select ‘Device
Manager’. Then go to 'SCSI and RAID Controller’(XP) or ‘Other Devices/RAID
Controller’ (Vista & Win7) to start the manual driver installation by starting with
‘Found New Hardware Wizard’ then go to ‘Hardware Update Wizard’.
4.
Depending on system OS (32bit or 64bit), with ‘Hardware Update Wizard’, ‘browse’ and
‘select’ either one directory ‘i386’ or ‘amd64’ on ‘Driver CD’ under the path
‘\SAS\Marvell\M9485\Windows’ for installation.
5.
Windows will display message to ask your “Next” or ‘Install’ “Marvell 94XX
