5.4Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional

5.4.1 Adaptec® SCSI driver installation

Windows XP does not have the driver for the SCSI controller. You must load the driver manually prior to Windows XP installation.

The Adaptec® SCSI Driver appears only on PU-DLS models.

A. Preparing an Adaptec Ultra320 FMS driver disk

A1. Using the Drivers menu in the support CD

1.Insert a blank formatted high density floppy disk into the floppy drive.

2.Place the support CD into the CD-ROM drive. The Drivers menu appears displaying the available drivers.

3.Click on the item “Adaptec Windows XP SCSI Driver.” The ASUS File Image Extractor window appears.

4.Type the required information, then click on Extract.

5.Follow the succeeding screen instructions to complete the process.

A2. Using the driver self-extracting file

1.Insert a blank formatted high-density floppy disk into the floppy drive.

2.Place the support CD into the CD-ROM drive.

3.Click on the CD icon near the top right corner of the menu to display the folders and sub-folders in the support CD.

4.Double-click on the xpsetup.exe file under the folder path:

\drivers\adaptec\7902\winxp\

5.Follow the succeeding screen instructions to complete the process.

A3. Manually

1.Insert a blank formatted high-density floppy disk into the floppy drive.

2.Place the support CD into the CD-ROM drive.

3.Click on the CD icon near the top right corner of the menu to display the folders and sub-folders in the support CD.

4.Copy the entire Winxp folder and the txtsetup.oem file from the support CD into the root directory of the floppy disk. These items are in the following folder path:

\drivers\adaptec\7902\

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Chapter 5: Driver installation