Installing Software Drivers - ECS 760GX-M Manual

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4 JBOD: (Just a Bunch of Drives). Also known as "Spanning". Two or more hard
drives are required. Several hard disk types configured as a single hard disk.
The hard drives are simply hooked up in series. This expands the capacity of
your drive and results in a useable total capacity. However, JBOD will not
increase any performance or data security.

Installing Software Drivers

SiS provides RAID driver for SiS964 SATA with RAID function.
1 For RAID function, SiS964 support RAID0, RAID1 and JBOD by software RAID
driver only.
2 Support the function of installing windows to RAID array.
New Windows 2000/XP Installation
1 Start the installation:
Boot from the CD-ROM. Press F6 when the message "Press F6 key if you
need to install third party SCSI or RAID driver" appears.
2 When the Windows 2000/XP Setup window is generated, press S key to
specify an Additional Device(s).
3 Insert the driver diskette into drive A: and press Enter.
4 Choose one of the following items:
"WinXP SiS Raid/IDE Controller",
"Win2000 SiS Raid/IDE Controller",
that appears on screen, and then press the Enter key.
5 Press Enter to continue with installation or if you need to specify any addi-
tional devices to be installed, do so at this time. Once all devices are speci-
fied, Press Enter to continue with installation.
6 From the Windows 2000/XP Setup screen, press the Enter key. Setup will
now load all device files and then continue the Windows
lation.
7 Please install the driver package again (ex. SiS RAID driver v1.00) while the
operation system has been setup.
If you would like to install windows to any RAID set, you should create
RAID from BIOS utility or SiS964 RAID Utility first and then follow the
steps above.
Existing Windows 2000/XP/98/Me Installation
1 Install the driver by executing SiS driver setup utility.
2 The drivers will be automatically installed.
Confirming Windows 2000/XP Driver Installation
1 From Windows 2000/XP, open the Control Panel from "My Computer" followed
by the System icon.
2 Choose the "Hardware" tab, then click the "Device Manager" tab.
3 Click the "+" in front of "SCSI and RAID Controllers" hardware type. The driver
"SiS 180 Raid Controller" should appear.
SiS964 SATA RAID Setup Guide
2000/XP instal-