Removing A Host Adapter - Dell 4100 User Manual

AIC-78xx SCSI controller), and click
When the Windows NT Setup program asks you
for confirmation, click
Because SCSI device drivers are loaded during sys-
tem bootup and because they may be needed to load
Windows NT itself, the following warning message
may appear:
Removing SCSI Adapters may prevent
Windows NT from starting correctly.
4. When you are sure you are removing the correct
host adapter driver, click
5. Click to add another host adapter type to the
ADD
list. A list of additional SCSI adapters appears.
6. Expand the list of additional SCSI adapters;
select and press <
OTHER
7. Insert into drive A the Windows NT 3.51 driver
diskette you created into drive A, enter the fol-
lowing path to the installation files, and then click
.
OK
a:\scsi
8. The screen displays the adapter drivers sup-
ported on the diskette. The Adaptec AHA-2940/
AIC-78xx (PCI) NT 3.51 driver is highlighted by
default; click . The driver is added to the list of
OK
SCSI adapters.
9. Select
ADAPTEC AHA-2940/AIC-78xx (PCI) NT 3.51
from the list of SCSI adapters, and click
At this point, Windows NT Setup checks to see if the
specified driver (aic78xx.sys
ied to the hard-disk drive.
10. If the following message appears, click
replace the existing driver and go to step 12.
The driver(s) for this SCSI Adapter are
already on the system. Do you want to
use the currently installed driver(s)
or install new one(s).
If the following message appears, continue to step 11:
Please <Enter> the full path to the
Windows NT SCSI Adapter files.
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REMOVE
.
OK
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OK
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ENTER
INSTALL
has already been cop-
)
to
NEW
11. Change the path to the directory with the desired
device driver (for example, a:\scsi); then click
.
CONTINUE
The device driver is copied to your hard-disk drive
and the Windows NT configuration is updated so
that the new device driver loads when Windows NT
reboots.
12. When the installation is complete, Windows NT
Setup again displays a list of currently installed
host adapter types. Verify that the new host
adapter appears on the list; the string should look
similar to:
Adaptec AHA-2940/AIC-78xx (PCI) NT
v3.5x
13. If you want to add other host adapters (that are
not part of the Adaptec 78xx series), do so at this
time by repeating steps 6 through 8 for each addi-
tional adapter, inserting the appropriate diskette
provided by the hardware manufacturer. Because
all Adaptec 78xx series host adapters use the
same driver, you configure all Adaptec host
adapters at the same time.
14. Click
CLOSE
Windows NT Setup, and then close the program.
15. When you see the following message, click
exit:
The changes you have made will not take
.
effect until the computer is restarted.
If this message does not appear, no changes have
been made to the Windows NT system
configuration.
16. Restart your computer and Windows NT. Some
drive letter assignments may have changed from
the previous configuration.

Removing a Host Adapter

Removing a PCI expansion-card SCSI controller is as
simple as physically removing it from its slot when your
computer is shut down. Windows NT boots and functions
to exit the SCSI adapters portion of
to
OK