Installing Raid Drivers (For Windows 2000/Xp Only; Installing Raid Drivers During Os Install; Updating Previously Installed Raid Drivers - MSI MS-7173 User Manual

MS-7173 M-ATX Mainboard
Installing RAID Drivers

Installing RAID Drivers during OS Install

Follow the instructions in this section if you are performing a new installation of the
OS (W indows 2000/XP), and wish to boot from a RAID drive connected to the SATA
controller.
1. Install the new SATA drives
a. Power off the system.
b. Connect the hard drives to the RAID controller ports.
c. Insert your W indows 2000/XP CD into the CD-ROM/DVD drive, or the
2000/XP boot diskette #1 in the floppy drive if your system cannot boot
from the CD.
d. Power up the system.
2. Install the driver during OS boot
a. Press F6 for third party SCSI or driver installation at the beginning of the
text mode installation.
b. Press 's' when setup asks if you want to specify an additional device,
and insert the diskette or CD labelled 'ATI SATARaid Driver Installation
Disk'. (You'll have to remove the OS installation CD first.)
c. Press 'Enter' and select 'ATI Serial ATA Controller'
d. Press 'Enter' to continue with text mode setup.
3. Partition and format the Master RAID drive
a. Follow the setup instructions to select your choice of partition and file
system.
4. Install OS on the Master RAID drive
a. After setup has examined your drives, it will copy files to W indows
installation folders and restart the system.
b. The setup program will continue and finish the installation after restart.
c. W ait until W indows 2000/XP finishes installing devices, regional settings,
networking settings, components, and final set of tasks, reboot the sys-
tem if it is required.
5. Verify driver installation under W indows 2000 and XP
a. Right click on 'My Computer' icon, select 'Properties', left click on 'Hard-
ware' tab, and then on 'Device Manager' button.
b. Double click on 'SCSI and RAID Controllers', If there is no yellow '! ' or ' ?
' in front of 'ATI Serial ATA Controller', the driver is installed correctly.

Updating Previously Installed RAID Drivers

1. Insert your Windows 2000/XP ATI driver CD into the CD-ROM/DVD drive. The
ATI driver installation W izard will start.
2. Follow the setup instructions to complete the driver installation.
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(for Windows 2000/XP only)