Silicon Image SiI 3112 SATARaid Controller OS Driver Installation
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Table of Contents
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1) Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000/XP Fresh Installation.
2) Adding the SiI RAID controller to an existing Windows NT installation.
3) Adding the SiI RAID controller to an existing Windows 2000/XP installation.
4) Verifying controller installation under Windows NT, 2000 and XP.
5) Update SiI RAID driver on Windows NT 4.0 with existing Silicon Image driver.
6) Update SiI RAID driver on Windows 2000/XP with existing Silicon Image driver.
7) Windows 98SE and Windows ME Fresh Installation Instructions.
8) First time installing SiI RAID driver with existing Windows 98SE/ME.
9) Update SiI RAID driver on Windows 98SE/ME with existing Silicon Image driver.
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1) Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000/XP Fresh Installation
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Follow the instructions in this section if you are performing a new
installation of Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 2000/XP, and you wish to
boot from a device attached to the SiI 3112 controller.
1. Power off the system. Connect the SATA hard drives to the SATA
connector of mother board and Power up the system.
2. Copy X:\Driver\Chipset\Nvidia\SATA\DRIVER to a blank diskette .
( X is the drive that with WinFast motherbaord & SCSI Software Pack ).
3. Put your Windows NT/2000/XP CD into the CD-ROM/DVD drive, or
the NT/2000/XP boot diskette #1 in the floppy drive if your
system cannot boot from the CD.
4. Press F6 for third party SCSI or driver installation at the beginning
of text mode installation. Press 's' when setup asks if you want to
specify an additional device, and insert the disk we mentioned in the 2nd item before.
Press 'Enter' and select
'Silicon Image SiI 3112 SATARaid Controller'
5. Press 'Enter' to continue on with text mode setup.
6. Follow the setup instructions to select your choice for
partition and file system.
7. After setup examines your disks, it will copy files to
Windows 2000 installation folders and restart the system.
The setup program will continue and finish the installation
after restart.
8. Wait until Windows 2000 finishes installing devices, regional
settings, networking settings, components, and final set of
tasks, reboot the system if it is required.
9. See instructions in section 4 to verify controller was installed
correctly.
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2) Adding the SiI RAID controller to an existing Windows NT 4.0 installation
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Follow the instructions in this section to install the Silicon Image
SiI 3112 driver on a system already running Windows NT 4.0.
1. Power off the system. Connect the SATA hard drives to the SATA
connector of mother board and Power up the system.
2. After OS boots up, Click 'Start'
3. Under 'Settings', click 'Control Panel'.
4. Select 'SCSI Adapters' from the Control Panel.
5. Select the 'Drivers' tab and click 'Add'.
6. Click 'Have Disk'.
7. Insert "WinFast Mainboard & SCSI Software Pack" into CD-ROM/DVD : and press 'Enter'.
8. Choose 'Silicon Image SiI 3112 SATARaid Controller' and
click 'OK'.
9. See instructions in section 4 to verify controller was installed
correctly.
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3)Adding the SiI RAID controller to an existing Windows 2000/XP installation
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Follow the instructions in this section to install the Silicon Image
SiI 3112 driver on a system already running Windows 2000/XP.
If you use Windows XP, you can install the PCI RAID Controller device
driver as the following steps:
1.Install in Control Panel
<0> Press the button as the steps
-> "System" -> "Hardware"
-> "Device Manager" -> "Other devices"
-> " RAID Controller" <Double click>
(if the item is disappeared,
press "Refresh" and continue to step <1>.) )
-> "Reinstall Driver"
and continue to step <1>
2.Install when bootup in Hardware Wizard:
<1> Press "Next" to
Search for the .. [Recommended]
<2> Press "Next" to
Optional search locations
<3> Cancel the check box of "Search removable media(floppy,CD-ROM.....)"
Click the check box of "Include this location in the search"
<4> Press "Browe..." to
<CDROM>:\Driver\Chipset\Nvidis\SATA\Driver
<5> Press "Next",and "Continue Anyway" to
Finish
<6> Reboot
If you use Windows 2000, you can install the PCI RAID Controller device
driver as the following steps:
1.Install in Control Panel
<0> Press the button as the steps
-> "System" -> "Hardware"
-> "Device Manager" -> "Other devices"
-> "PCI RAID Controller" <Double click>
(if the item is disappeared,
press "Refresh" and continue to step <1>.)
-> "Reinstall Driver"
and continue to step <1>
2.Install when bootup in Hardware Wizard:
<1> Press "Next" to
The wizard complete the installation for the device:
PCI RAID Controller
<2> Press "Next" to
Optional search locations
<3> Cancel the check box of "Floppy Disk Drives"
Cancel the check box of "CDROM drives"
Click the check box of "Specify a location"
and Press "Next" to
Copy Manufacturer's files from:
<4> Press "Browe..." to
<CDROM>:\Driver\Chipset\Nvidis\SATA\Driver\Si3112r
<5> Press "OK", "Next", and "YES" to
Finish
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4) Verifying controller installation under Windows NT, 2000 and XP
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Follow the instructions in this section to verify that the controller was
installed correctly.
For Windows 2000/XP
1. Right click on 'My Computer' icon, select 'Properties',
left click on 'Hardware' tab, and then on 'Device Manager'
button.
2. Double click on 'SCSI and RAID Controllers', If there is no
yellow '! ' or ' ? ' in front of
'Silicon Image SiI 3112 SATARaid Controller', the driver
is started correctly.
3. To view information about the devices attached to the controller, use the SiICfg
Utility and click on the device from the list.
For Windows NT 4.0
1. Double click on 'My Computer' icon, select 'Control Panel', click
on 'SCSI Adapters' icon, 'Silicon Image SiI 3112 SATARaid
Controller' should displayed correctly under 'Device' and 'Driver' tab.
2. To view information about the devices attached to the controller, use the SiICfg
Utility and click on the device from the list.
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5) Update SiI RAID driver on Windows NT 4.0 with existing Silicon Image driver
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1. After OS boots up, Click 'Start'
2. Under 'Settings', click 'Control Panel'.
3. Select 'SCSI Adapters' from the Control Panel.
4. Select the 'Drivers' tab and click 'Add'.
5. Click 'Have Disk'.
6. Insert "WinFast Mainboard & SCSI Software Pack" into CD-ROM/DVD : and press 'Enter'.
7. Choose 'Silicon Image SiI 3112 SATARaid Controller' and
click 'OK'.
8. Refer to instructions in section 4 to verify controller was installed
correctly.
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6) Update SiI RAID driver on Windows 2000/XP with existing Silicon Image driver
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With the Silicon Image controller already plugged in and the driver already
installed. Follow the instructions to update SiI RAID driver.
1. Right click on 'My Computer' and select 'Properties'. Under the 'System Properties'
section, click on 'Hardware' tab, and then on 'Device Manager'
click 'SCSI and RAID Controller' and right click 'Silicon Image Ultra-133 Medley
ATA Raid Controller'.
2. Click 'Driver' ,'Update Driver' and select 'Search for a suitable driver for my
device[Recommended]'. Insert the driver diskette into CD-ROM/DVD .
Click 'Next' and complete the driver installation.
3. System will go through the enumeration process and install the driver.
At the end of the process, click 'Yes' to reboot your system when necessary.
4. See instructions in section 4 to verify controller was installed
correctly.
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7) Windows 98SE and Windows ME Fresh Installation Instructions
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Follow the instructions in this section if you are performing a new
installation of Windows 98SE/ME and you wish to boot from a device attached
to the SiI 3112 controller.
You may start up the Windows 98SE/ME installation from CD. If either your
Windows 98SE/ME CD or CD-ROM drive is not bootable, your can start up with
floppy diskettes.
1. Power off the system. Connect the SATA hard drives to the SATA
connector of mother board and Power up the system.
2. Put your Windows 98SE/ME CD into the CD-ROM drive, and
the Windows 98SE/ME boot diskette in the floppy drive if your
system cannot boot from the CD.
3. Follow the normal Windows 98SE/ME setup instructions to select your choice for
partition and file system.
4. Wait until Windows 98SE/ME finishes installing devices, regional
settings, networking settings, components, and final set of
tasks, reboot the system.
5. After the system reboot, right click on 'My Computer' and select 'Properties'.
From the 'System Properties' , select 'Device Manager', right click on
the '?PCI RAID controller' and select 'Properties' from the pop-up menu.
6. Click 'Driver' ,'Update Driver' and select 'Automatic search for a better
driver[Recommended]'. Insert "WinFast Mainboard & SCSI Software Pack" into CD-ROM/DVD .
Click 'Next' and complete the driver installation.
7. System will go through the enumeration process and install the driver.
At the end of the process, click 'Yes' to reboot your system.
8. See instructions in section A to verify controller was installed
correctly.
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8) First time installing SiI RAID driver with existing Windows 98SE/ME
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If you have an existing Windows 98SE/ME system and just obtained a
Silicon Image SiI 3112 controller card, you need to run the update program
to install Silicon Image driver. The driver package is located in the
"WinFast Mainboard & SCSI Software Pack".
1.Install in Control Panel
<0> Press the button as the steps
-> "System" -> "Device Manager"
-> "Other devices"
-> "PCI RAID Controller" <Double click>
(if the item does not appear,press "Refresh" and continue to step <1>)
-> "Reinstall Driver"
and continue to step <1>
2.Install when bootup in Hardware Wizard which showing:
searches for new driver for: PCI RAID Controller
<1> Press "Next" to
Search for the .. [Recommended]
<2> Press "Next" to
Specify a location
<3> Press "Browse.." to <CDROM>:\Driver\Chipset\Nvidis\SATA\Driver
<4> Press "Next" to
<5> Press "Finish" to
<6> Reboot
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9) Update SiI RAID driver on Windows 98SE/ME with existing Silicon Image driver
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With the Silicon Image controller already plugged in and the driver already
installed. Follow the instructions to update SiI 3112 driver.
1. Right click on 'My Computer' and select 'Properties'. Under 'System Properties',
click 'SCSI and RAID Controller' and right click 'Silicon Image Ultra-133 Medley
ATA Raid Controller'.
2. Click 'Driver' ,'Update Driver' and select 'Automatic search for a better
driver[Recommended]'. Insert "WinFast Mainboard & SCSI Software Pack" into CD-ROM/DVD .
Click 'Next' and complete the driver installation.
3. System will go through the enumeration process and install the driver.
At the end of the process, click 'Yes' to reboot your system.
4. See instructions in section A to verify controller was installed
correctly.
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.