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FCBOOTRM.TXT
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This file presents general information about the LSI Logic FC BIOS and
Configuration Utility Version 2.00.01.
This text file is divided into these sections:
Fibre Channel BIOS
Features
Boot Initialization with FC BIOS Boot Specification
CD-ROM Boot Initialization
FC BIOS Configuration Utility
Screen Format
Main Menu
Boot Adapter List
Global Properties
Adapter Properties
Device Properties
Quitting the FC BIOS Configuration Utility
Problem Solving
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1.0 Fibre Channel BIOS
A Fibre Channel BIOS is the bootable ROM code that manages Fibre Channel hardware
resources. It is specific to a family of LSI Logic FC controllers or processors.
The LSI Logic BIOS integrates with a standard system BIOS, extending the standard
disk service routine provided through INT13h.
During the boot time initialization, the FC BIOS determines if there are
other hard disks, such as an IDE drive, already installed by the system BIOS.
If there are, the FC BIOS maps any FC drives it finds behind the drive(s)
already installed. Otherwise, the FC BIOS installs drives starting with the
system boot drive. In this case, the system boots from a drive controlled by
the FC BIOS. LSI Logic supports the BIOS Boot Specification (BBS).
The next section, "Boot Initialization with BIOS Boot Specification (BBS),"
discusses selecting boot and drive order.
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1.1 Features
The LSI Logic FC BIOS features include:
o Configuration for up to 256 adapters-any 4 can be chosen for
INT13 (bootrom) support
o Automatic INT13 drive mapping for Fibre Channel drives
o All LSI Logic Fibre Channel devices are supported
o Shared User Interface with LSI Logic SCSI BIOS and Configuration Utility
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1.2 Boot Initialization with BIOS Boot Specification (BBS)
The LSI Logic FC BIOS provides support for the BIOS Boot Specification (BBS),
which allows you to choose which device to boot from by selecting the priority.
To use this feature, the system BIOS must also be compatible with the BBS. If
your system supports the BBS, then you will use the system BIOS setup menu to
select the boot and drive order. In the system BIOS setup, the Boot Connection
Devices menu appears with a list of available boot options. Use that menu to
select the device and rearrange the order. Then exit to continue the boot
process.
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1.3 CD-ROM Boot Initialization
The LSI Logic FC BIOS supports boot initialization from a CD-ROM drive.
The five types of emulation are:
o No emulation disk
o Floppy 1.2 Mbyte emulation disk
o Floppy 1.44 Mbyte emulation disk
o Floppy 2.88 Mbyte emulation disk
o Hard disk emulation
The type of emulation assigns the drive letter for the CD-ROM. For example,
if a 1.44 Mbyte floppy emulation CD was loaded, then the CD-ROM drive would
become the designated A: drive, and the existing floppy would
become drive B:.
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2.0 FC BIOS Configuration Utility
The LSI Logic FC BIOS allows you to change the default configuration of your
host adapters, using the embedded BIOS Configuration Utility.
When the BIOS loads, the following message will appear on your monitor:
Press Ctrl-C to start LSI Logic Configuration Utility...
This message remains on your screen for about five seconds, giving you time
to start the utility. After you press "Ctrl-C", the message changes to:
Please wait, invoking LSI Logic Configuration Utility...
After a brief pause, your computer monitor displays the Main Menu of the
BIOS Configuration Utility.
NOTE: Not all devices detected by the Configuration Utility can be
controlled by the BIOS. Devices such as tape drives and scanners
require that a device driver specific to that peripheral be loaded.
The FC BIOS Configuration Utility does allow parameters to be
modified for these devices.
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2.1 Screen Format
All FC BIOS Configuration Utility screens are partitioned into the fixed
areas. Here is an example:
X 0 79
Y ----------------------------------------
0 | Header Area |
----------------------------------------
1 | Menu Area |
----------------------------------------
2 | |
| |
... Main Area ...
| |
21 | |
----------------------------------------
22 | |
| Footer Area |
24 | |
----------------------------------------
Header Area
This area provides static information text, which is typically
the product title and version.
Menu Area
This area provides the current Main Area's menu, if any.
This area has a cursor for menu item selection.
Main Area
This is the main area for presenting data. This area has a cursor for item
selection, horizontal scrolling, and vertical scrolling. The horizontal and
vertical scroll bars appear here.
Footer Area
This area provides general help information text.
Throughout the GUI, selections that are not permissible are grayed out.
F1 = Help
Context sensitive help for the cursor-resident field.
F2 = Menu
Sets cursor context to the menu selection area.
Select a menu item and press Enter.
Arrow Keys = Select Item
Home/End = Select Item
Up, down, left, right movement to position the cursor.
+/- = Change [Item]
Items with values in [] brackets are modifiable.
Numeric keypad '+' and numeric keypad '-', update a modifiable field to
its next relative value.
Esc = Abort/Exit
Escape aborts the current context operation and/or exits the current
screen. User confirmation is solicited as required.
Enter = Execute <Item>
Items with values in <> brackets are executable.
Press Enter to execute the field's associated function.
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2.2 Main Menu
When you invoke the LSI Logic FC BIOS Configuration Utility, the Main Menu
appears. This screen displays a scrolling list of up to 256 host adapters
in the system and information about each of them.
Use the arrow keys to select an adapter, then press Enter to view and modify
the selected adapter's properties (and to gain access to the attached devices).
After selecting an adapter and pressing Enter, the FC Link bus is scanned
and the Adapter Properties screen appears. An example is shown below.
On the Main Menu, two selections are: Boot Adapter List and Global Properties.
Boot Adapter List allows selection and ordering of boot adapters. Refer to
the section on Boot Adapter List below.
Global Properties allows changes to global scope settings. Refer to the
section on Global Properties below.
To execute an item, select it and press Enter. Here is an example of
the Main Menu:
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
| LSI Logic PCI Configuration Utility Version FC MPTBIOS-x.xx |
| <Boot Adapter List> <Global Properties> |
| |
| LSI Logic Host Bus Adapters |
| Adapter PCI Dev/ Port IRQ NVM Boot LSI Logic |
| Bus Func Number Order Control |
| <LSIFC929 0 60> F600 5 Yes 2 Enabled |
| <LSIxxxxxx 0 88> F400 10 Yes 0 Disabled |
| <LSIxxxxxx 0 90> F800 9 Yes 1 Enabled |
| <LSIxxxxxx 0 A0> E800 11 Yes 3 Enabled |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
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2.2.1 Field Descriptions
Adapter Indicates the specific LSI Logic Host Adapter.
PCI Bus Indicates the PCI Bus number (range 0x00 - 0xFF, 0 - 255 decimal)
assigned by the system BIOS to an adapter.
Dev/Func Indicates the PCI Device/Function assigned by the system BIOS to
an adapter.
An 8-bit value mapped as follows:
Bit # 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
|___________| |_____|
| |> Bits 2-0: Function (range 0 - 7)
|> Bits 7-3: Device (range 0x00 - 0x1F, 0 - 31 decimal).
Port Number Indicates the I/O Port Number that communicates with an adapter. The
system BIOS assigns this number.
IRQ Indicates the Interrupt Request Line used by an adapter.
The system BIOS also assigns this value.
NVM Indicates whether an adapter has non-volatile memory (NVM)
associated with it. An adapter's configuration is stored in its
associated NVM. NVM can refer to NVRAM that is resident on a
host adapter or to system NVS.
Boot Order Indicates the relative boot order (0 to 3) of an adapter.
The LSI Logic FC BIOS traverses up to four adapters in the
specified order in search of bootable media. Access the
"Boot Adapter List" Menu to modify this item.
LSI Logic Indicates whether an adapter is eligible for LSI Logic software
Control control or is reserved for control by non-LSI Logic software.
Global Indicates global properties that are not associated with a
Properties specific adapter or device.
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2.3 Boot Adapter List
The adapter boot order specifies the order in which adapters will boot when
more than one LSI Logic adapter is in a system.
Up to four of the total adapters in a system may be selected as bootable.
To add an adapter to the boot list, press Insert while on the Boot Adapter
List. This puts the cursor on the adapter select list. Use the arrow keys to
select the desired adapter and press Enter to add it to the end of Boot
Adapter List.
To remove an adapter from the boot list, press Delete while on the desired
adapter in the Boot Adapter List. Here is an example of the Boot Adapter
List Menu:
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
| LSI Logic PCI Configuration Utility Version FC MPTBIOS-x.xx |
| |
| Boot Adapter List |
| Insert=Add an adapter Delete=Remove an adapter |
| |
| Adapter PCI Dev/ Boot Current Next |
| Bus Func Order Status Boot |
| LSIFC929 0 60 [0] On [On] |
| LSIxxxxxx 0 90 [1] Off [Off] |
| LSIxxxxxx 0 98 [2] On [On] |
| LSIxxxxxx 0 A0 [3] On [On] |
| |
| Press Insert to select an adapter from this list: |
| <LSIFC929 0 60> |
| <LSIxxxxxx 0 90> |
| <LSIxxxxxx 0 98> |
| <LSIxxxxxx 0 A0> |
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
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2.3.1 Field Descriptions
Adapter Indicates the specific LSI Logic Host Bus Adapter.
PCI Bus Indicates the PCI Bus number (range 0x00 - 0xFF, 0 - 255 decimal)
assigned by the system BIOS to an adapter.
Dev/Func Indicates the PCI Device/Function assigned by the System BIOS to
an adapter.
An 8-bit value mapped as follows:
Bit # 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
|___________| |_____|
| |> Bits 2-0: Function (range 0 - 7)
|> Bits 7-3: Device (range 0x00 - 0x1F, 0 - 31 decimal).
Boot Order Specifies the relative boot order (0 to 3) of an adapter.
- : decreases an adapter's relative boot order.
+ : increases an adapter's relative boot order.
Current Indicates whether an adapter in the boot list was enabled during
Status the most recent boot. Disabled adapters and their attached devices
are ignored by the LSI Logic PCI FC BIOS, they are still visible
to the Configuration Utility.
Next Boot Specifies whether to enable an adapter upon the next boot. The
LSI Logic FC BIOS ignores disabled adapters and their attached
devices although they are still visible to the Configuration
Utility.
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2.4 Global Properties
The Global Properties option on the Main Menu allows you to set Display
and Video modes as well as a pause if an alert message has been displayed.
Here is an example of the Global Properties Menu:
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| LSI Logic PCI Configuration Utility Version FC MPTBIOS-x.xx |
| |
| Global Properties |
| |
| Pause When Boot Alert Displayed [Yes] |
| Boot Information Display Mode [Verbose] |
| Video Mode [Color] |
| Support Interrupt [Hook interrupt, the Default |
| |
| <Restore Defaults> |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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2.4.1 Field Descriptions
Pause When Boot Alert Displayed
This option specifies whether to pause for user acknowledgement after
displaying an alert message during boot. The Boot Alert setting can be
either No or Yes.
To continue after displaying a message, specify No.
To wait for any key after displaying a message, specify Yes.
Boot Information Display Mode
This option specifies the information display mode of the BIOS during
boot. It controls how much information about adapters and devices
are displayed during boot. The Display Mode setting can be either Terse
or Verbose.
To display minimum information, specify Terse mode.
To display detailed information, specify Verbose mode.
Video Mode
This option specifies the default video mode for the Configuration
Utility. The Video Mode setting can be either Color or Monochrome. The
monochrome setting enhances readability on a monochrome monitor.
<Restore Defaults>
Press Enter to obtain default settings.
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2.5 Adapter Properties
The Adapter Properties Menu allows you to view and modify adapter settings.
It also provides access to an adapter's device settings. Here is an
example of the Adapter Properties Menu:
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
| LSI Logic PCI Configuration Utility Version FC MPTBIOS-x.xx |
| |
| Adapter Properties |
| |
| Adapter PCI Dev/ |
| Bus Func |
| LSIFC929 0 60 |
| |
| <Device Properties> |
| <Persistent IDs> |
| Controllers WWPort Name XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX |
| Controllers WWNode Name XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX |
| Removable Media Support [None] |
| Link Configuration [Auto] |
| Topology Configuration [Auto] |
| Multi-Pathing [No] |
| Persistent ID Type [WWN] |
| |
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
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2.5.1 Field Descriptions
<Device Properties>
To view and modify device properties, press Enter.
<Persistent IDs>
To view and modify persistent IDs, press Enter.
Controllers WWPort Name
This field displays the controllers assigned 64 bit World Wide Port Name.
Controllers WWNode Name
This field displays the controllers assigned 64 bit World Wide Node Name.
Removable Media Support
This field specifies the removable media support option for an adapter.
Three settings are allowed:
None indicates no removable media support whether the drive is selected as
first (BBS), or is first in the scan order (non-BBS).
Boot Drive Only provides removable media support for a removable hard drive
if it is first in the scan order.
With Media Installed provides removable media regardless of the drive
ordering.
Link Configuration
This field specifies whether the link will operate at 1 GBit/s or 2 GBit/s
speeds, or use speed auto-negotiation. It is recommended that auto be used
unless any attached devices are known to have an issue with auto-negotiation.
Topology Configuration
This field displays the current topology setting of the board. Possible
values are N-Port, NL-Port, or auto for autonegotiation. It is not
selectable.
Multi-Pathing
This field specifies whether all paths to a device will be displayed. If
set to 'no' the BIOS will only display one port per device found. If set
to 'yes' the BIOS will display every port found on each device as a separate
device in the device properties screen.
Persistent ID Type
This field specifies what type of persistent ID information will be recorded.
If 'WWN' is selected all persistent IDs will be mapped from WWN to target id.
If 'DID' is selected all persistent IDs will be mapped from DID to target id.
Warning: Changing this value from 'WWN' to 'DID' or vice versa will erase
previously set persistent ID information.
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2.6 Device Properties
The Device Properties screen provides viewing and updating of individual
device settings for an adapter.
Here is an example of the Device Properties screen:
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| LSI Logic PCI Configuration Utility Version FC MPTBIOS-x.xx |
| |
| |
| TID Device Identifier World-Wide Name DID Format Verify |
| |
| 0 SEAGATE ST31055FC 2000002037B9CD84:2100002037B9CD84 E4 |
| 1 - --------------------------------- - <Format> <Verify> |
| 2 - --------------------------------- - <Format> <Verify> |
| 3 - --------------------------------- - <Format> <Verify> |
| 4 - --------------------------------- - <Format> <Verify> |
| 5 - --------------------------------- - <Format> <Verify> |
| 6 - --------------------------------- - <Format> <Verify> |
| 7 - --------------------------------- - <Format> <Verify> |
| 8 - --------------------------------- - <Format> <Verify> |
| 9 - --------------------------------- - <Format> <Verify> |
| 10 - --------------------------------- - <Format> <Verify> |
| 11 - --------------------------------- - <Format> <Verify> |
| 12 - --------------------------------- - <Format> <Verify> |
| 13 - --------------------------------- - <Format> <Verify> |
| 14 - --------------------------------- - <Format> <Verify> |
| 15 LSIFC929 200000A0B8040B24:100000A0B8040B24 EF <Format> <Verify> |
| << Scroll Indicator >> |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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2.6.1 Field Descriptions
TID
This field indicates the device's Target Identifier. For Fibre Channel, all target
devices are assigned a logical SCSI Bus and Target ID. These logical IDs are shown
in this table.
Device Identifier
This field indicates the ASCII device identifier string extracted from
the device's Inquiry Data.
Format
Press Enter to low-level format the device.
If enabled, this option allows low-level formatting on a disk drive.
Low-level formatting will completely and irreversibly erase all data on the
drive.
Note: Formatting will default the drive to a 512-byte sector size even if
the drive had previously been formatted to another sector size.
Verify
Press Enter to verify all sectors on the device and to reassign defective
Logical Block Addresses (LBAs).
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2.7 Persistent IDs
The Persistent IDs screen provides viewing and updating of individual
persistent IDs for an adapter. These IDs are used to fix the mapping
between a WWN or DID to a target identifier.
Here is an example of the Persistent IDs screen:
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| LSI Logic PCI Configuration Utility Version FC MPTBIOS-x.xx |
| <Previous Page> <Next Page> |
| Persistent IDs for adapter LSIFC929 Pci Bus 0 Func 60 |
| Scan Scan Boot |
| Loc Typ DID Bus TID ID LUNs > 0 Choice |
| 0 DID E4 0 [ 1] [Yes] [Yes] [No] <Erase> <Restore> <Add DID> <Add WWN> <Defaults> |
| 1 DID E2 0 [ 2] [Yes] [Yes] [Yes] <Erase> <Restore> <Add DID> <Add WWN> <Defaults> |
| 2 --- -- [--] [---] [---] [---] <Erase> <Restore> <Add DID> <Add WWN> <Defaults> |
| 3 --- -- [--] [---] [---] [---] <Erase> <Restore> <Add DID> <Add WWN> <Defaults> |
| 4 --- -- [--] [---] [---] [---] <Erase> <Restore> <Add DID> <Add WWN> <Defaults> |
| 5 --- -- [--] [---] [---] [---] <Erase> <Restore> <Add DID> <Add WWN> <Defaults> |
| 6 --- -- [--] [---] [---] [---] <Erase> <Restore> <Add DID> <Add WWN> <Defaults> |
| 7 --- -- [--] [---] [---] [---] <Erase> <Restore> <Add DID> <Add WWN> <Defaults> |
| 8 --- -- [--] [---] [---] [---] <Erase> <Restore> <Add DID> <Add WWN> <Defaults> |
| 9 --- -- [--] [---] [---] [---] <Erase> <Restore> <Add DID> <Add WWN> <Defaults> |
| 10 --- -- [--] [---] [---] [---] <Erase> <Restore> <Add DID> <Add WWN> <Defaults> |
| 11 --- -- [--] [---] [---] [---] <Erase> <Restore> <Add DID> <Add WWN> <Defaults> |
| 12 --- -- [--] [---] [---] [---] <Erase> <Restore> <Add DID> <Add WWN> <Defaults> |
| 13 --- -- [--] [---] [---] [---] <Erase> <Restore> <Add DID> <Add WWN> <Defaults> |
| 14 --- -- [--] [---] [---] [---] <Erase> <Restore> <Add DID> <Add WWN> <Defaults> |
| 15 --- -- [--] [---] [---] [---] <Erase> <Restore> <Add DID> <Add WWN> <Defaults> |
| << Scroll Indicator >> |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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2.7.1 Field Descriptions
Previous Page
Press Enter to display the previous 16 persistent ID locations.
If a change was made to the current 16 locations, a prompt will be show
asking to confirm or discard the changes prior to switching pages.
The number of available locations is board dependent.
Next Page
Press Enter to display the next 16 persistent ID locations.
If a change was made to the current 16 locations, a prompt will be show
asking to confirm or discard the changes prior to switching pages.
Loc
This field indicates the position in persistent ID storage.
Typ
This field displays the type of persistent ID stored at the location.
DID (may also be WWN depending on what PidType is set to)
This field displays the saved DID (or WWN) that will be mapped to the
specified bus/TID combination.
Bus
This field displays the logical bus assigned to DID (or WWN).
TID
This field selects the TID assigned to the DID (or WWN). Values can be in
the range of 0 - 14. No duplication of values is permitted between different
persistent ID locations.
Scan ID
This field indicates whether to scan for this device at boot time.
Set this option to "No" if there is a device that you do not want to be
available to the system.
Scan LUNs > 0
This field indicates whether to scan for LUNs greater than zero for a
device. LUN zero is always queried. This option should be used if a
multi-LUN device responds to unoccupied LUNs or if it is desired to reduce
the visibility of a multi-LUN device to LUN zero only.
Set this option to "No" if you have problems with a device that responds to
all LUNs whether they are occupied or not. Also, if a Fibre Channel device
with multiple LUNs exists on your system but you do not want all of those
LUNs to be available to the system, then set this option to "No." This will
limit the scan to LUN 0 only.
Boot Choice
This field indicates whether this device may possibly be selected as the
boot device. This option is only applicable to devices attached to adapter
number zero (in the boot list) on non-BBS systems. It provides primitive BBS
flexibility to non-BBS systems.
Erase
Press Enter to invalid the persistent ID entry.
Restore
Press Enter to restore the persistent ID entry. This should only be used
on entries which had previous valid information. Note that if no entry had
been previously stored at this location, the restored entry will have
unknown settings.
Add DID
Press Enter to enter a new persistent ID mapping DID to TID. At the prompt
enter in the DID to save. Press Enter to save the entry.
This option is only available if the adapter's PidType is set to DID.
Add WWN
Press Enter to enter a new persistent ID mapping WWN to TID. At the prompt
enter in the 16 characters of the node name. Press Enter. Then enter in the
16 characters of the port name. Press Enter to save the entry.
This option is only available if the adapter's PidType is set to WWN.
Defaults
Press Enter to restore the settings of the persistent ID entry to their
default values.
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2.8 Quitting the BIOS Configuration Utility
Since some changes only take effect after your system reboots, it is
important that you exit this configuration utility properly. To exit, press
Esc (Escape key) and respond to the verification prompts that follow.
Important: If you reboot the system without properly exiting from this
utility, some changes may not take effect.
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3.0 Problem Solving
IMPORTANT: The LSI Logic FC BIOS Configuration Utility is a powerful tool.
If, while using it, you somehow disable all of your controllers,
pressing Ctrl-A or Ctrl-E after memory initialization during
reboot allows you to re-enable and reconfigure.
These messages may appear during the boot process:
1. "Adapter removed from boot order, parameters will be updated accordingly"
appears when an adapter is removed from the system or relocated behind a
PCI bridge. This message is for information only, and no further user
action is required.
2. "Configuration data invalid, saving default configuration!" appears
if none of the information in the NVRAM is valid. This message is for
information only, and can occur when the BIOS is upgraded, or some
external event has rendered the NVRAM temporarily unreadable.
3. "Found FC Controller not in following Boot Order List, to Add: Press
Ctrl-C to start LSI Logic Configuration Utility..." appears when less than
four adapters are in the boot order and more adapters exist than are
shown. This message is for information only, and indicates that more
than four adapters exist in the system. The additional addapters will
not be managed by the Configuration Utility.
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.