ExpressPCI SCSI Adapter
Windows NT Installation
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NOTE: If you already have one or more ExpressPCI adapters
installed and you are installing additional adapter(s),
you do NOT need to perform any of these procedures
unless you are updating a previously installed driver.
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Contents
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A. Installing/Upgrading the ExpressPCI Windows driver.
B. Adding support for your ExpressPCI adapter to an existing Windows
installation if you are NOT replacing the adapter to which the
boot disk drive is attached.
C. Adding support for your ExpressPCI adapter to an existing Windows
installation if you ARE replacing the adapter to which the boot disk
drive is attached.
D. Installing a fresh copy of Windows NT onto a SCSI disk attached to
your ExpressPCI adapter.
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A. Installing/Upgrading the ExpressPCI Windows driver.
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1. Log on to Windows as the system administrator.
2. Open the "SCSI Adapters" applet in the Control Panel and click on
"Drivers" tab.
3. Click "Add...", then "Have Disk...". Insert your ExpressPCI
Installation Disk and enter the path for it under "Copy manufacturer's
files from:". Click "OK".
4. A list of ExpressPCI adapters will be displayed. Select your adapter and
click "OK".
5. Windows will install the necessary files and prompt you to restart Windows.
Restart Windows to complete the ExpressPCI installation.
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B. Adding support for your ExpressPCI adapter to an existing Windows
installation if you are NOT replacing the adapter to which the
boot disk drive is attached.
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1. Install the ExpressPCI adapter into an available PCI expansion slot.
2. Perform the installation procedure in (A) to install the
ExpressPCI driver.
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C. Adding support for your ExpressPCI adapter to an existing Windows
installation if you ARE replacing the adapter to which the boot disk
drive is attached
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1. Insert the adapter into an available PCI expansion slot, but
DO NOT remove the existing adapter or disconnect devices from it.
2. Perform the installation procedure in (A) to install the
ExpressPCI driver.
3. Shut down Windows, attach the desired devices from your old adapter
to the ExpressPCI adapter and, if desired, remove the old adapter.
4. Restart Windows. If you removed the old adapter, you will be
given messages stating that one or more services did not start and
suggesting that you look in the system log. To avoid receiving these
messages on subsequent system startup attempts, you can use the
"SCSI Adapters" applet in the Control Panel to remove support for
the old adapter.
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D. Installing a fresh copy of Windows NT onto a SCSI disk attached to
your ExpressPCI adapter.
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1. Start Windows NT text mode setup as per the instructions provided
with Windows NT. Press F6 when the first blue window appears called
"Windows NT Setup". Setup will continue to load files.
2. After loading the setup files, you will be given several choices.
Press Enter to install Windows.
3. You will next be given a list of devices detected by Windows. Press S
and choose "Other" to install the ExpressPCI driver (and any other
drivers for which you have OEM supplied installation disks).
4. Insert the ExpressPCI installation diskette in drive A: and press
Enter. You should then be presented with a screen from which you
would normally select a driver, but only a list of ExpressPCI adapters
should appear. Select your adapter and Press Enter.
5. Windows should then load the driver, detect presence of the ExpressPCI
adapter, return to the screen of step (3), and the ExpressPCI
driver should now be included in the list of devices.
6. Repeat steps 3 - 5 for any other vendor-supplied driver installation
disks. After all other drivers have been processed, press Enter and
proceed with the rest of the Windows Installation procedure.
NOTE:
When Windows begins copying files to your hard disk, you will again
be prompted to insert the ExpressPCI installation disk
(and any other vendor-supplied disks you used during custom
installation). This is normal. The first time you inserted
the disks, Windows only loaded the drivers into memory; the second
time you insert the disk(s), Windows is copying the driver to your
hard disk.
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.