***************************************************************** * ASUSTeK PCI-DA2100/DA2200 Series * * Drivers and Utilities for Windows NT 3.5x (X86) * ***************************************************************** Dear customer, In this directory: \WINNT\V3_5X DA2000.SYS - Mini port driver for Windows NT PCIDA - Information file for driver installation OEMSETUP.INF - Information file for driver installation TXTSETUP.OEM - Information file for driver installation README.TXT - The file you are reading now Install the Driver in an Existing Windows NT 3.5/3.51 System ------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Power off the system, install the PCI-DA2100/DA2200 to a PCI slot (master PCI slot only). Power on the system again after the hardware installation completed. 2. Boot Windows NT 3.5/3.51. Select the "Windows NT Setup" program from the "Main" program group. 3. Select the "Options" pull-down menu and then select "Add/Remove SCSI Adapters". The "SCSI Adapter Setup" displays a list of installed SCSI adapters. Then Select "Add" to add the driver to the list. 4. Select "OK" to make sure you want to add a SCSI adapter, "Windows NT Setup" displays "Select SCSI Adapter Option" and a list of SCSI adapters. Expand the list of SCSI adapters, select "Other (Required disk provided by a hardware manufacturer)". 5. Insert the PCI-DA2100/DA2200 driver diskette into floppy drive A and press <ENTER>. The screen displays "PCI-DA2000 Series RAID Miniport for NT 3.51", choose this one and press "OK" to select this driver, and press "Install". 6. Enter the path of the driver to the directory with the device driver, then select "Continue" (normally "A:\" or "A:\winnt\v3_5x"). "Windows NT Setup" copies device driver to your hard drive and updates configuration to make new configuration take effect after reboots. 7. Shutdown and restart the Windows NT. Install the Driver During Windows NT 3.5/3.51 Installation ---------------------------------------------------------- 1. Power off the system, install the PCI-DA2100/DA2200 to a PCI slot (master PCI slot only). Power on the system again after the hardware installation completed. 2. Boot the system with the Windows NT 3.5/3.51 Setup disk #1. 3. When prompted, select Custom Setup. 4. Press <S> to skip mass storage devices detection. 5. Windows NT setup cannot find any adapter and disaplys NONE. Press <S> to specify additional SCSI controllers. From the list of SCSI adapters, select "Other (Required disk provided by a hardware manufacturer)". 6. Insert the PCI-DA2100/DA2200 driver diskette into the floppy drive and press <ENTER>. The screen displays "PCI-DA2000 Series RAID Miniport for NT v3.51". Then press <ENTER> to select this driver. 7. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation of Windows NT. ** Important ** A. ALWAYS CHANGE THE CACHE TO WRITE-BACK DISABLED BEFORE INSTALLING OPERATING SYSTEMS AND PARTITIONING. PCI-DA2100/DA2200 is a high performance PCI RAID controller with Write-Back cache enabled. During the installation of some operating systems, the installation program might reset the computer automatically while the cache still contains data not yet written to the drives. It might cause the installation or partitioning failure. To avoid the failure, always switch the cache mode to Write-Back DISABLED (Write- Through mode) before changing the drive partition (e.g. using DOS FDISK) and before installing any operating systems. B. HOW TO CHANGE CACHE MODE TO WRITE-BACK DISABLED? Using BIOS Text RAID Manager (PC platform only) to disable the Write-Back Cache. Power on the computer, press <CTRL><I> when the PCI-DA2100/DA2200 information appears. Choose "Configure RAID" from the menu and press <Enter> to enter a proper display mode (either ANSI, VT-100 or ANSI Color). In the Main Menu, choose "View and Edit Configuration Parameters", then "Caching Parameters". A sub-menu contains "Write Back Cache Enabled/Disabled" which refers to the Write Back mode is Enabled or Disabled. Press <ENTER> on it and choose "Yes" to change it. After the cache mode changed, it is a must to reset the computer to take affect the new setting. After the driver partitioning and operating system installed, using the same procedure to enable the Write Back cache, the high performance Write Back Caching will bring your system into a higher performance level.Download Driver Pack
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