Dell SCSI 6/IR manual Updating an Existing Windows Driver

4The Found New Hardware wizard appears and displays the detected hardware device.

NOTE: In some Windows operating systems, the initial Found New Hardware screen may request to connect to the Internet in order to find the appropriate driver for the found device. Select No, not at this time.

5Click Next.

6On the Locate device driver screen, select Search for a suitable driver for my device and click Next.

7Provide the appropriate driver package (from your driver diskette) on the Locate Driver Files screen.

8Click Next.

9The wizard detects and installs the appropriate device drivers for the new SAS 6/iR controller.

10Click Finish to complete the installation.

11Restart the system.

Updating an Existing Windows Driver

To update the Windows driver for the SAS 6/iR controller already installed on your system: NOTE: It is important that you close all applications on your system before you update the driver.

1Click Start→ Control Panel→ System. The System Properties screen appears.

NOTE: In some Windows operating systems, click Start→ Settings→ Control Panel→ System.

2Click on the Hardware tab.

3Click Device Manager.

The Device Manager screen appears.

4Double-click on SCSI and RAID Controllers (Storage Controller in Windows Vista).

5Double-click the SAS 6/iR controller for which you want to update the driver.

6Click the Driver tab and click on Update Driver. The Update Device Driver wizard appears.

7Insert the appropriate driver diskette.

8Select Install from a list or specific location.

9Click Next.

10Follow the steps in the wizard to search the diskette for the driver.

11Select the name of the driver file from the diskette.

12Click Next and continue the installation steps in the wizard.

13Click Finish to exit the wizard and restart the system for the changes to take place.

NOTE: Restart is not required for systems installed with Windows Server 2003 x64.

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