Silicon Image PCI-680 Controller Windows 2000 and NT 4.0 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 PCI-680 controller to an existing Windows NT installation.
3) Adding the PCI-680 controller to an existing Windows 2000/XP installation.
4) Verifying controller installation.
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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 PCI-680 controller.
1. Power off the system. Connect the hard drives to the PCI-680
controller and insert the controller into a PCI slot. Power up
the system.
2. 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.
3. 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".
If installing Windows NT 4.0, select following option:
'Silicon Image PCI-0680 ATA/133 Controller for NT 4.0'
If installing Windows 2000/Windows XP, select following option:
'Silicon Image PCI-0680 ATA/133 Controller for Windows 2000/XP'
4. Press 'Enter' to continue on with text mode setup.
5. Follow the setup instructions to select your choice for
partition and file system.
6. 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.
7. Wait until Windows 2000 finishes installing devices, regional
settings, networking settings, components, and final set of
tasks, reboot the system.
8. See instructions in section 4 to verify controller was installed
correctly.
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2) Adding the PCI-680 controller to an existing Windows NT 4.0 installation
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Follow the instructions in this section to install the Silicon Image
PCI-680 driver on a system already running Windows NT 4.0.
1. Power off the system. Connect the hard drives to the PCI-680
controller and insert the controller into a PCI slot. 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 the diskette labeled "Silicon Image ATA/133 Driver Installation
Disk" into A: and press 'Enter'.
8. Choose 'SiI PCI-0680 ATA/133 Controller' and
click 'OK'.
9. See instructions in section 4 to verify controller was installed
correctly.
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3)Adding the PCI-680 controller to an existing Windows 2000/XP installation
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Follow the instructions in this section to install the Silicon Image
PCI-680 driver on a system already running Windows 2000.
1. Power off the system. Connect the hard drives to the PCI-680
controller and insert the controller into a PCI slot. Power up
the system.
2. During OS boot up, Windows 2000 will display the
'Found New Hardware Wizard'. Click 'Next'.
3. Select 'Search for a suitable driver for my device
(Recommended)' and Click 'Next'.
4. Under 'Optional search locations' insure that 'Floppy disk drives'
is checked.
5. Insert the diskette labeled "Silicon Image ATA/133 Driver Installation
Disk" into A: and click 'Next'.
6. When the wizard indicates that it found a driver for the device click
'Next'.
7. If the 'Digital Signature Not found' dialog appears, click 'Yes' to
continue installing the driver.
8. 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.
9. See instructions in section 4 to verify controller was installed
correctly.
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4) Verifying controller installation.
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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 'IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers', If there is no
yellow '! ' or ' ? ' in front of
'SiI PCI-0680 ATA/133 Controller', the driver is
started correctly.
3. To view information about the devices attached to the controller,
right click the 'SiI PCI-0680 ATA/133 Controller' and select
Properties from the context menu, then select the tab labeled
'Device Info'.
For Windows NT 4.0
1. Double click on 'My Computer' icon, select 'Control Panel', click
on 'SCSI Adapters' icon, 'SiI PCI-0680 ATA/133 Controller' should
displayed correctly under 'Device' and 'Driver' tab.
2. To view information about the devices attached to the controller,
double click on the 'Silicon Image ATA Controllers' control panel
applet. Select a controller from the list at the top of the
dialog. Then select a device from the 'Device Location' drop down
list to view its information.
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.