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ALi ATA/RAID Controller and SATA/RAID controller driver
Copyright 2003-2004 ALi Corporation.
All Rights Reserved
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INTRODUCTION
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This driver supports ALi ATA/RAID Controller and SATA/RAID controller.
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CONTENTS OF THIS DOCUMENT
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1. Installation Instructions
2. Uninstallation Instructions
3. Driver File List
4. Driver Change List
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1. Installation Instructions
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After the adapter is installed and recognized by computer, user can
start the installation of driver.
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* Windows 98/ME
Installation
After Windows 98/ME is start-up, Windows system will automatically
find the newly installed adapter and prompt user to install its
driver. Follow these steps to install the driver:
A) With installation setup program:
1. When the Found New Hardware Wizard windows appear, click Next
button all the following windows. Then the driver will not be
installed.
2. Double click setup.exe;
3. Confirm the following dialogue windows, and restart the computer
when system prompt user to restart.
B) Manual installation:
1. After the Add New Hardware Wizard window appears(PCI Mass Storage
Controller), press Next button until the window with Specify a location
item appears;
2. Insert the driver diskette, then select the Specify a location
item and type in the driver loaction: A:\Win98_ME, then click on
Next button to continue;
3. Confirm the following dialogue windows, and restart the computer
when system prompt user to restart;
4. After rebooting, Windows will automatically find ALi SATA/RAID
Controller and install its drivers.
5. Repeat step 1 to install ALi ATA/RAID Controller.
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* Windows NT4.0
Install driver under existing Windows NT4.0
A) With installation setup program:
1. Double click setup.exe;
2. Confirm the following dialogue windows, and restart the computer
when system prompt user to restart.
B) Manual installation:
1. Click Start-->Settings-->Control Panel, then double-click on the
SCSI Adapters icon;
2. Within the follow-up window, select Driver item, then click on
Add button;
3. Within the follow-up window, click on Have Disk...button, the
"Install From Disk" window will appear.
4. Insert the driver diskette, and type in the path of driver
location: A:\Win_NT in the above window, then click OK;
5. Within the follow-up window, select ALi SATA/RAID Controller
item, then click OK;
6. Confirm the follow-up system prompts to finish the driver
installation;
7. Repeat step 1, but select ALi ATA/RAID Controller at step 5;
If both controllers are installed, go to next step;
8. When installation finshed, restart the computer.
Install driver during WindowsNT4.0 installation
0. After you unpack driver, please copy files and subdirectory under
SATA50XX to a floppy diskette (called driver diskette).
Therefore, in root directory of floppy diskette you will see:
(1) Files "disk1" and "txtsetup.oem",
(2) Directory "win98_me", "win_nt", "win_2000", "win_xp" and related
driver files in each directory.
(please refer to "Driver File List" as below)
1. Press F6 key when the installation program prompt "Setup is
inspecting your computer's hardware configuration";
2. The installation will continue. Later, installation program will
prompt user to press S key to specify other devices, then press
S key;
3. Within the follow-up device type window, select Other, then
press ENTER to confirm;
4. Installation program will prompt user to insert the driver
diskette and then press ENTER to confirm;
5. Within the follow-up window, select ALi SATA/RAID Controller,
then press ENTER to confirm;
6. The follow-up window will list out the devices to be installed,
in which selected ALi controller(s) will be included;
7. Repeat step 2, but select ALi ATA/RAID Controller at step 5;
If both controllers are installed, go to next step;
8. If users want to install other devices, please operate at this time.
If all devices have been installed, go to next step
9. Press ENTER to confirm the devices to be installed and continue
the installation of Windows NT4.0.
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* Windows 2000
Install driver under existing Windows 2000
After Windows 2000 is start-up, Windows system will automatically
find the newly installed adapter and prompt user to install its
driver. Please follow these steps to install the driver:
A) With installation setup program:
1. When the Found New Hardware Wizard windows appear, click Cancel
button to end the Wizard.
2. Double click setup.exe;
3. Confirm the following dialogue windows, and restart the computer
when system prompt user to restart.
B) Manual installation:
1. When the Found New Hardware Wizard windows appear(Mass Storage
Controller), click Next button to continue, in the follow-up window,
please select Display a list... and then click Next to continue;
2. In the follow-up window, select SCSI and RAID Controllers and
then click Next to continue;
3. In the follow-up window, click Have Disk..., then insert the
driver diskette and type in the driver location: A:\Win_2000,
then click OK to continue;
4. In the follow-up window, select ALi SATA/RAID Controller,
then click Next to continue;
5. Confirm the followup windows and click the Finish button to
continue;
6. Please 'confirm' the Digital Signature Not Found window when it
appears, when finshed, please restart the computer;
7. Repeat step 1, but select ALi ATA/RAID Controller at step 4.
Install driver during Windows 2000 installation
0. After you unpack driver, please copy files under subdirectory
SATA50XX to the root directory of floppy diskette (called driver
diskette).
Therefore, in root directory of floppy diskette you will see:
(1) Files "disk1" and "txtsetup.oem",
(2) Directory "win98_me", "win_nt", "win_2000", "win_xp" and related
driver files in each directory.
(please refer to "Driver File List" as below)
1. Booting from CD-ROM, when the Windows 2000 Setup blue screen
appear and prompt user to Press F6 if you need to install third
party SCSI or RAID driver, please press F6 key:
2. The setup program will continue, later when the setup program
prompts user to specify additional adapters, please press S
Key.
3. Then the setup program prompt user to insert the driver
diskette. Please insert the driver diskette, then press ENTER
to continue;
4. The follow-up window will list out the installation choices,
please select ALi SATA/RAID Controller for Windows 2000 and
press ENTER to continue;
5. The Follow-up window will list out the devices to be installed,
in which selected ALi controller should be included;
6. Repeat step 2, but select ALi ATA/RAID Controller at step 5;
If both controllers are installed, go to next step;
7 If users want to install other devices, please operate at this time.
If all devices have been successfully installed, go to next step.
8. Press ENTER to continue Windows 2000 setup.
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* Windows XP
Install driver under existing Windows XP
After Windows XP is start-up, Windows system will automatically
find the newly installed adapter and prompt user to install its
driver. Please follow these steps to install the driver:
A) With installation setup program:
1. When the Found New Hardware Wizard windows appear, click Cancel
button to end the Wizard.
2. Double click setup.exe;
3. Confirm the following dialogue windows, and restart the computer
when system prompts user to restart.
B) Manual installation:
1. When the Found New Hardware Wizard windows appear(Mass Storage
Controller), select Install from a list or specify location(Advanced)
and click Next to continue;
2. In the follow-up window, please select "Don't search, I will
choose the driver to install", then click Next to continue;
3. In the follow-up window, please select SCSI and RAID
controllers, and then click Next to continue;
3. In the follow-up window, click Have Disk..., then insert the
driver diskette and type in the driver location: A:\Win_XP,
then click OK to continue;
4. In the follow-up window, select ALi SATA/RAID Controller,
then click Next to continue;
5. Confirm the followup windows and click the Finish button to
continue;
6. Please "confirm" the Digital Signature Not Found window when it
appears, when finshed, please restart the computer;
7. Repeat step 1, but select ALi ATA/RAID Controller at step 4.
Install driver during Windows XP installation
0. After you unpack driver, please copy files under subdirectory
SATA50XX to the root directory of floppy diskette (called driver
diskette).
Therefore, in root directory of floppy diskette you will see:
(1) Files "disk1" and "txtsetup.oem",
(2) Directory "win98_me", "win_nt", "win_2000", "win_xp" and related
driver files in each directory.
(please refer to "Driver File List" as below)
1. Booting from CD-ROM, when the Windows XP Setup blue screen
appear and prompt user to Press F6 if you need to install third
party SCSI or RAID driver, please press F6 key:
2. The setup program will continue, later when the setup program
prompts user to specify additional adapters, please press S
Key.
3. Then the setup program will prompt user to insert the driver
diskette. Please insert the driver diskette, then press ENTER
to continue;
4. The follow-up window will list out the installation choices,
please select ALi ALi SATA/RAID Controller for Windows XP
and press ENTER to continue;
5. The follow-up window will list out the devices to be installed,
in which selected ALi controller(s) should be included;
6. Repeat step 2, but select ALi ATA/RAID Controller at step 5;
If both controllers are installed, go to next step;
7 If users want to install other devices, please operate at this time.
If all devices have been successfully installed, please go to next
step.
8. Press ENTER to continue Windows XP setup.
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2. Uninstallation Instructions
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* Uninstall from Add/Remove Programs
(This method is recommended if driver is previously installed by Setup program.)
1. Start Add/Remove Programs from Control Panel.
2. Select "ALi RAID Driver" item.
3. Click on "Remove" button.
* Uninstall from Device Manager
1. Start Device Manager from Control Panel's System applet.
2. Right click on "ALi ATA/RAID Controller" or "ALi SATA/RAID Controller" item,
then select "Remove" (or "Uninstall") item from the popup menu.
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3. Driver File List
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Driver Folder
|- win98_me Windows 98/ME driver
| |_ m5289.inf
| |_ m5289.mpd
| |_ ulisatax.vxd
|- win_nt Windows NT 4.0 driver
| |_ m5289.inf
| \_ m5289.sys
|- win_2000 Windows 2000 driver
| |_ ulisata.inf
| \_ m5289.sys
|- win_xp Windows XP/Server 2003 driver
| |_ ulisata.inf
| \_ m5289.sys
|- WINXPA64 Windows XP/Server 2003 x64 driver
| |_ ulisata.inf
| \_ m5289.sys
|- disk1 Driver disk label
\_ txtsetup.oem Windows NT/2k/XP setup file
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4. insatll.ini
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[OS Option]
x64Reboot = 0
XPReboot = 0
2000Reboot = 0
MEReboot = 0
98Reboot = 0
NT40Reboot = 0
There are 3 choices 0,1,2 for each OS
Default for all os is set to be 0
0 = Displays a dialog box that allows the end user to reboot the computer.
1 = It won't do anything after installing
2 = System will reboot immediately after 4seconds
[Setup Items]
Setup_x64M5289=Y
Setup_XPM5289=Y
Setup_2000M5289=Y
Setup_MEM5289=Y
Setup_98M5289=Y
Setup_NTM5289=Y
Choosing "Y" will enable Driver for M5289 for each OS
Choosing "N" will disable Driver for M5289 for each OS
[AP Items]
ULi5289=Y
JMAPP5289=N
Choosing "Y" will enable RAID or JMAPP function for each DEVICE
Choosing "N" will disable RAID or JMAPP function for each DEVICE
Default is ULi5289=Y, JMAPP5289=N
[AP Keys]
DisablePlugEvent = 0
Choosing "0" will pop hot-plug message for 2000/XP/2003/x64
Choosing "1" won't pop hot-plug message for 2000/XP/2003/x64
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5. Driver Change List
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5.0.2.7
1. Support M5289 SATA host controller (Win98/NT4/2000/XP/XP-AMD64bit).
5.0.2.8
1. Fix the problem that sometimes we will get blank screen while resuming
from Standby state (WinMe).
2. Solve the problem that system may hang up while resuming from S1
(Win98).
5.0.2.9
1. Fix and support ESD testing. (WinXP/Win2000)
2. Fix and support hard disk idle time out poweroff. (WinXP/Win2000)
3. Solve the problem that system may hang up while resuming from S1
(Win98).
5.0.3.0
1. Fix a bug of blue screen when running AvidFreeDv tool on the Seagate HD. (WinXP/Win2000)
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Note
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1. If your RAID BIOS is V0.92 or V0.93, you can use new released driver.
But keep in mind, only use Setup Utility of RAID BIOS to create or
delete RAID.
2. Don't remove ALi RAID Driver by "Add/Remove Program" if hard drives are
boot devices and OS is Win2000 or WinXP. (Boot device means you boot OS
from it)
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.