Silicon Image SiI 680 ATA 133 Controller OS Driver Installation
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Default Instructions for W2K_A00.exe:
This program creates a Windows 2000 driver diskette for the
SI680A IDE controller. You will need a formatted 3 1/2 inch
floppy diskette for the following procedure.
1) Download the file to a directory on your hard drive. The
file downloaded is a self extracting executable.
2) Double click on the file to run the executable.
3) Click on the unzip button to extract files to the floppy.
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1) Windows 2000 Fresh Installation
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Follow the instructions in this section if you are performing a new
installation of Windows 2000 and you wish to
boot from a device attached to the SiI 680 controller.
1. Put your Windows 2000 CD into the CD-ROM/DVD drive
2. 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 diskette labeled
'Silicon Image ATA/133 Driver Installation Disk' .
Press 'Enter' and select
'Silicon Image SiI 0680 ATA/133 Controller'
3. Press 'Enter' to continue on with installation
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2)Adding the SiI 680 drivers to an existing Windows 2000 installation
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Follow the instructions in this section to install the Silicon Image
SiI 680 driver on a system already running Windows 2000.
1. During OS boot up, Windows 2000 will display the
'Found New Hardware Wizard'. Click 'Next'.
2. Select 'Search for a suitable driver for my device
(Recommended)' and Click 'Next'.
3. Under 'Optional search locations' insure that 'Floppy disk drives'
is checked.
4. Insert the diskette labeled ' Silicon Image SiI 0680 ATA/133 Driver
Installation Disk' into A: and click 'Next'.
5. When the wizard indicates that it found a driver for the device click
'Next'.
6. The wizard will now copy the required files to the system and start the
driver. After starting the driver the wizard will display a completion
dialog, click 'Finish' to exit the wizard.
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3) Verifying controller installation under Windows 2000
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Follow the instructions in this section to verify that the controller was
installed correctly
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', verify that the SiI
0680 ATA/133 Controller is listed.
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4) Update SiI 680 driver on Windows 2000 with existing Silicon Image driver
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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
SiI 0680 ATA/133 Controller'.
2. Click 'Driver' ,'Update Driver' and select 'Search for a suitable driver for my
device[Recommended]'. Insert the driver diskette into floppy drive.
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.
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.