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1. 7 Finally switch off your system Connect the SATA hard disk to the Serial ATA host controller card and start Windows NT Installing drivers with existing Windows 2000 XP 4 While the hard drive is still connected to the mainboard s IDE controller insert the Serial ATA host controller card into a PCI slot and start Windows 2000 XP Windows 2000 XP will inform you that It has found a PCI RAID Controller Click the Next button to continue Select Search fora suitable driver for your device Recommended and click on the Next button Insert Driver CD into the CDROM drive Setect Specify a location and click the Next button to continue Browse to the following directories on the Driver CD With RAID function Silicon_imag SIL3x1 2RAID Windows Without RAID functlon Silicon_Imag SiIL3x12 Windows 6 The Update Device Driver Wizard will appear informing you that it has found With RAID function Silicon Image SiL3512 SATARaid Controlier Without RAID functlon Silicon Image iL3812 SATARald Controller 7 Click OX button and then the Nox button 8 Follow the instructions to finish up the drive Installation 9 Finally switch off your system Connect the SATA hard disk to the Serial ATA host controller card and start Windows 2000 XP ap wh2. Windows 98 98SE or Windows ME 1 Start Windows 98 98SE or Windows ME 2 The Update Device Driver Wizard will appear Informing you that It has found a PC RAID Controller click the Next button 3 For the situation below a Windows 98 98SE user Select Specify a location b Windows ME user Select Specify the location of the driver Advanced and then select Specify a location 4 Insert the Driver CD in the CDROM drive and browse to the following location With RAID function Silicon_Image SiL3x1 2RAID Windows Without RAID function Silicon_lmage SiL3x12 Windows 5 The Update Device Driver Wizard will appear informing you that it has found With RAID function Silicon image SIL 3512 SATARald Controller Without RAID function Silicon image SIL 3512 SATALink Controller 6 Click the Next button 7 Follow the instructions to finish up the drive installation Windows NT 4 0 and Windows 2000 XP Fresh Installation If you are performing a new Windows NT 4 0 2000 or XP installation to a SATAhard drive attached to the Serial ATA host controller card Make sure to copy the Windows driver from the following directories on the Driver CD to a 1 44MB floppy diskette You will nead the driver tn the 1 44MB floppy diskette during the Installation With RAID function Siticon_Image SIL3x1 2RAID Windows Without RAID function Siiicon_Image SIL3x12 Windows 2 Put your Windows NT 2000 XP CD into the
3. gt m ee a a MM 8IL3X12 EN 20030920 15 User Manual Introduction This Serlal ATA host controller card Is designad to offer a high performance cost effective and reliability solution to user who needs to accommodate sterage peripherals with the new Seria ATA Interface it can contro two independant Seria ATA channels each channa has Its own Serial ATA bus and will support one Serial ATA device This card supports the Seria ATA Generation 1 transfer rate of 1 6Gb s 150MB s Features Silicon Image SIL3512A Serlal ATA SATA host controller chipset Compllant with Serial ATA Specification Revision 1 0 Supports Serial ATA Generation 1 transfer rate of 1 6Gb s 160MB s Compliant with PCI Specification Revision 2 3 running at 88MHz with 32 bit Interfacing Compliant with PCI IDE Controller Specification Revision 1 0 Compilant with Programming interface for Bus Master IDE Controller Revision 1 0 Supporta two independent Serial ATA channels Independent 286 byte FIFOs per Seria ATA channel for host reads and writes RAID Functions Optional Supports RAID functions 0 or 1 Supports co exist RAID set and Non RAID HOD Allow HDDs with different sizes to be configured in a RAID set WARNING Before Installing and activating RAID function please make sure you have a complote backup of your existing data from hard drives Manufacturer is not responaldle for data loss dus to abuse misuse or neg
4. CDROM drive or use the Windows NT 2000 XP boot diskette if your system cannot boot from the CD to start installation 3 Press F6 for third party SCSI or driver installation at the beginning of the text mode installation Insert the 1 44MB floppy diskette Into the floppy drive and press s when setup asks if you want to specify an additional device With RAID function Select Siflcon Image SIL3512 SATARaid Controller Without RAID function Select Silicon Image SIL3512 SATALink Controller 4 Prass Enter to continue on with text mode setup S Follow the setup Instructions to complete installing Windows NT 2000 XP installing drivers with existing Windows NT 4 0 1 While the hard drive is still connected to the mainboard s IDE controller insert the Seriai ATA host controller card Inte a PCI slot and start Windowsa NT 2 After Windows NT boot up open Control Panel and then enter SCSI Adapters 3 Insert the Driver CD Into the CDROM drive and select Drivers tab and click Add 4 Select Have Disk and browse to tho following directories With RAID function Silicon_Image SIL3x12RAID Windows Without RAID function Siileon_image SIL3xi2 Windows 5 Setact the following controller card and click OK to continue With RAID function Silicon Imago SIL3812 SATARaid Controller Without RAID function Silicen image SiL3512 SATALink Controlier 6 Click Yes to restart your computer to complete driver installation
5. lect Should you have any Installation problem please contact us for assistance Installing the Serial ATA hoat controller card Into your computer 1 Turn off your computer and all external devices connect to It 2 Disconnect your computer from the power sources 3 Open the computer case Refer to your computer user manual for more detalls 4 Find an evallable PCI slot and remove the siot bracket Save the bracket screw for later use 5 Allgn the Serlal ATA host controller card horizontally with respect to the PCI siot and Insert it into the slot firmly and evenly Take care not to force it into the slot Once you have properly positioned the Serial ATA host controller card Into the slot fasten it to the computer case with the bracket screw you have saved 6 Connect the HDD LED connector from the computer case to the 2 pin header on the Serial ATA host controller card but beware of the polarity of the LED l 7 Connect any Sertai ATA device to the connector s of the Serial ATA host controller card with the Serial ATA cable 8 Close the computer case Make sure to reconnect all the external devices to your computer Driver Installation Note Current drivers can only support Windows 98 98SE ME NT 2000 and XP Driver Locations The drivers for this Serial ATA host controller card are tocated in the following directories of the Oriver CD With RAID function Siticon_Image SiL3x12RAID Without RAID function Silicon_Image SIL3x12
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