PIA-U100 Ultra 100 IDE card
Installation Guide
Package Information:
Ultra 100 IDE Card
80-conductor, 40-pin ATA-100 Cable (1 standard, 1 optional)
Driver Diskette
Quick Installation Guide
[IMPORTANT]
** Although ATAPI devices can be detected by the IDE BIOS, they may
not be able to act as bootable drives.
** It's recommended that the CD-ROM drives connect to the onboard
IDE ports.
** Fresh installation using Ultra 100 IDE card is not recommended.
Driver Supported:
DOS, Windows 9x/Me, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000.
DOS Installation:
1. Install the Ultra 100 IDE card and connect the hard drives to it.
2. Use the driver in \DOS for the Ultra 100 IDE card.
3. ATAPI devices is not supported by Ultra 100 IDE card under DOS.
Windows 9x/Me Installation:
1. Complete fresh installation first with hard drive and CD-ROM
drive connected to the onboard IDE ports.
2. Before you shutdown the system, install the driver by running
the setup.exe in \win9x.
3. Install the Ultra 100 IDE card and connect the hard drives and
other IDE devices to it.
4. Start the system, Follow the "Add New Hardware Wizard" to install
driver for the Ultra 100 IDE card.
5. Restart the system to make the driver effective.
Windows NT 4.0 Installation:
1. Complete fresh installation first with hard drive and CD-ROM
drive connected to the onboard IDE ports.
2. Before you shutdown the system, install the driver in \winnt
for Ultra 100 IDE card from the "SCSI Adapters" icon in the
Control Panel.
3. Install the Ultra 100 IDE card and connect the hard drives and
other IDE devices to it.
4. Restart the system to make the driver effective.
Windows 2000 Installation:
1. Complete fresh installation first with hard drive and CD-ROM
drive connected to the onboard IDE ports.
2. Install the Ultra 100 IDE card and connect the hard drives
and other IDE devices to it.
3. Start the system, press 'F1' or 'F11' in responding to IDE
BIOS' prompt in yellow color.
4. Follow the "Found New Hardware Wizard" and specify the path
\win2k to install driver for the Ultra 100 IDE card.
5. Restart the system to make the driver effective.
6. From now on please ignore the "Press F1 or F11 for Windows 2000"
prompt.
Download Driver Pack
After your driver has been downloaded, follow these simple steps to install it.
Expand the archive file (if the download file is in zip or rar format).
If the expanded file has an .exe extension, double click it and follow the installation instructions.
Otherwise, open Device Manager by right-clicking the Start menu and selecting Device Manager.
Find the device and model you want to update in the device list.
Double-click on it to open the Properties dialog box.
From the Properties dialog box, select the Driver tab.
Click the Update Driver button, then follow the instructions.
Very important: You must reboot your system to ensure that any driver updates have taken effect.
For more help, visit our Driver Support section for step-by-step videos on how to install drivers for every file type.