Silicon Image SiI 3114 SATARaid Controller OS Driver Installation ------------------------------------------------------------------------- The RAID drivers must be manually installed. Table of Contents ----------------- 1) Windows 2000/XP Fresh Installation. 2) Adding the SiI RAID controller to an existing Windows 2000/XP installation. 3) Verifying controller installation under Windows 2000 and XP. 4) Update SiI RAID driver on Windows 2000/XP with existing Silicon Image driver. -------------------------------------------------------- 1) Windows 2000/XP Fresh Installation -------------------------------------------------------- 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 SiI 3114 controller. 1. Power off the system. Connect the hard drives to the SiI 3114 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 SiI 3114 SATARaid Driver Installation Disk' . Press 'Enter' and select 'Silicon Image SiI 3114 SATARaid Controller' 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 if it is required. 8. See instructions in section 4 to verify controller was installed correctly. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2)Adding the SiI RAID controller to an existing Windows 2000/XP installation --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Follow the instructions in this section to install the Silicon Image SiI 3114 driver on a system already running Windows 2000. 1. Power off the system. Connect the hard drives to the SiI 3114 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 SiI 3114 SATARaid 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------ 3) Verifying controller installation under Windows NT, 2000 and XP ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 'SCSI and RAID Controllers', If there is no yellow '! ' or ' ? ' in front of 'Silicon Image SiI 3114 SATARaid Controller', the driver is started correctly. 3. To view information about the devices attached to the controller, use the SiICfg Utility and click on the device from the list. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4) Update SiI RAID driver on Windows 2000/XP with existing Silicon Image driver ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- With the Silicon Image controller already plugged in and the driver already installed. Follow the instructions to update SiI RAID driver. 1. Right click on 'My Computer' and select 'Properties'. Under the 'System Properties' section, click on 'Hardware' tab, and then on 'Device Manager' click 'SCSI and RAID Controller' and right click 'Silicon Image Ultra-133 Medley ATA Raid Controller'. 2. Click 'Driver' ,'Update Driver' and select 'Search for a suitable driver for my device[Recommended]'. Insert the driver diskette into floppy drive. Click 'Next' and complete the driver installation. 3. System will go through the enumeration process and install the driver. At the end of the process, click 'Yes' to reboot your system when necessary. 4. See instructions in section 4 to verify controller was installed correctly.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.
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