Installing Raid Software & Drives - ECS K8T890-A Manual

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Installing RAID Software & Drivers
Install Driver in Windows OS
New Windows OS (2000/XP/NT4) Installation
The following details the installation of the drivers while installing Windows XP.
1 Start the installation:
Boot from the CD-ROM. Press F6 when the message "Press F6 if you need to
install third party SCSI or RAID driver' appears.
2 When the Windows Setup window is generated, press S to specify an
Additional Device(s).
3 Insert the driver diskette VIA VT8237 Disk Driver into drive A: and press
<Enter>.
4 Depending on your operation system, choose VIA Serial ATA RAID Con-
troller (Windows XP), VIA Serial ATA RAID Controller (Windows 2000)
or VIA Serial ATA RAID Controller (Windows NT4) from the list that
appears on Windows XP Setup screen, press the <Enter> key.
5 Press <Enter> to continue with installation or if you need to specify any
additional devices to be installed, do so at this time. Once all devices are
specified, press <Enter> to continue with installation.
6 From the Windows XP Setup screen press the <Enter> key. Setup will now
load all device files and the continue the Windows XP installation.
Existing Windows XP Driver Installation
1 Insert the ECS CD into the CD-ROM drive.
2 The CD will auto-run and the setup screen will appear.
3 Under the Driver tab, click on VIA SATA RAID Utility.
4 The drivers will be automatically installed.
Confirming Windows XP Driver Installation
1 From Windows 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 the SCSI and RAID Controllers hardware type. The
driver VIA IDE RAID Host Controller should appear.
VIA VT8237 SATA RAID Setup Guide