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SATAII 4 port PCI RAID Card RC217

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5.2. Adding the controller card to an existing Windows Vista/2000/XP/2003 Installation

1.Power off the system. Connect the hard drives to the controller card and insert the controller card into a PCI slot. Power up the system.

2.During OS boot up, Windows will display the 'Found New Hardware Wizard'. Click 'Next'.

3.Select 'Search for a suitable driver for my device (Recommended)' and Click 'Next'.

4.Insert the Driver CD in your CD-ROM/DVD drive, check Specify a location, uncheck the other boxes, click Next, type in E:\ (If your CD-ROM/DVD is E:\). Click Browse.

5.Points specify a location, example E:\ Raid5 SATA2_4Port \ SiI3124 \ Windows \ Driver, click Open then OK.

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 5.3 to verify controller was installed correctly.

5.3. Verifying controller installation under Windows Vista/2000/XP/2003

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 3124 SoftRaid5 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.

5.4. Update new driver on Windows Vista/2000/XP/2003 with existing 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 SiI 3124 SoftRaid5 Controller'.

2.Click 'Driver', 'Update Driver' and select 'Search for a suitable driver for my device [Recommended]'. Insert the Driver CD. Press 'Enter' and select 'E:\ Raid5 SATA2_4Port\SiI3124\Windows \Driver'. 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 5.3 to verify controller was installed correctly.

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Contents Sata II 4 Port PCI RAID Card RC217 Q3 Why 2Port Sata II Host Card can support Raid5 or Raid10? Q0 What is RAID5 Card?Q2 How to use a single hard drive on RAID5 Card? Q4 What is Raid0?Q7 What is RAID5? Q5 What is Raid1?Q6 What is Raid10? Q8 What is JBOD?Q21 OK to install Windows OS on RAID5 Drives? Q14 Why Rebuilding take so long time?Q15 How to create the RAID setting on RAID5 Card? Q22 How to get Linux drivers?Features IntroductionWhat Is RAID Installation Procedures Bios Setting RAID SettingCreating a Mirrored-Striped Set RAID Select Auto configuration. Press EnterCreating Mirrored Sets RAID Select Create RAID set. Press F2Software Driver Installation Thank you for purchasing a quality Rosewill Product

RC217 specifications

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