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“Onboard SATA/PATA 3,4” to “Enable”.
3. Set the “First Boot Device” to “SCSI Card”.
For more information on the ALi M5281 Utility Software, please check the
ALi M5281 manual located in “d:\manual\ M5281-83_raid096.pdf” in the
Soyo driver CD.
Installing ALi M5281 during OS Installation

Install driver during Windows XP installation

1. Go to “d:\raid\M5283\SATA50XX” directory, (assuming that
your CD-ROM is drive d:) copy all the files and folders to a
floppy disk.
2. Start installing Windows XP.
3. Windows XP will start to inspect your hardware configuration
4. Press “F6” when the message “Press F6 if you need to install a third
party SCSI or RAID driver….” Appear. Below the screen
5. Press
S key to specify additional devices when the Windows XP
Setup window appears.
6. Insert the floppy disk containing drivers, then press Enter to
continue
7. In the following window of device type, please select “M5281
SATA RAID controller (Windows XP)” to continue
8. Win XP will prompt you that a message that the driver is newer than
the default driver, press S (use the driver on floppy) to continue
9. The following interface will list the devices to be installed, in which
M5281 SATA RAID controller (Windows XP)” item should be
included. (If users want to install other devices, press “S” at this
time.) Press ENTER to continue Windows XP setup.