FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions )

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How to install PIR133 with the bootable hard disk drive connects to the motherboard?

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If you are booting from the HD not attaching to this card, say a HD attaching to your motherboard, you need to set up the RAID in the BIOS before loading to the Windows, you need to press F3 when the computer first start up. After you set up the RAID, get into Windows, and "Add New Hardware" go through the process. Remember attach the HD which you want to attach to the card for the whole process. prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

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How to install PIR133 with the bootable hard disk drive connected to the PIR133 card?

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If you want to boot the system from the HD connected to the PIR 133 card, you have to install Windows to that HD. Before starting the installation, you have to make a floppy disk driver. You should copy the folder, 571B under MultiIO; or the folder, SIL680RAID, under Silicon Image. It depends on which driver CD came with your PIR 133 card, since we have 2 different versions of CD. Then you connect the HD to the card and start the computer. Before you can load into Windows, you need to press F3 in the BIOS to go to the RAID setup menu and set up the RAID you want. Then you have to install Windows. During the installation, in the very beginning, press F6 to let the system to take the driver from you and insert the driver floppy disk you made. Keep finish up installing Windows afterwards.

Q:	How to check if the RAID is setup properly?
A:	If you want to know if the RAID set is installed properly, you can check the properties of the HD in "disk drives" under "device manager" in Windows.

Q:	How to install 571A in Win 2000?
A:	1) Choose “Display a list of the known drivers for the device……….” Under “Add New Hardware” wizard, then click “Next”. 2) Click “Have Disk”, and select the file under “MultiIO”, “571A”, “win2k”. 3) Choose “CMD PCI-0649 Ultra DMA IDE Controller”, then click “Next”. 4) Click “Next” on the following screen, then “Yes”, finally “Finish”.

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How to install 571A in Win XP?

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571A uses the native drivers in Windows XP. Therefore, after you plug in the card to your computer and power up the machine, it will automatically load the drivers for 571A. If you check on the “device manager”, you will see “CMD PCI-0649 Ultra DMA IDE Controller” under “Hard disk controllers”. If “Add New Hardware” pops up automatically after you start the computer, you should choose “Install the software automatically (Recommended)”. The drivers for 571A will be found from Windows XP.

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How to install a new windows installation to hard drive attached to the PSA150 SATA Raid card?

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STEP 1 Make sure to copy the Windows driver from the Driver CD on to a 1.44MB floppy diskette. You will need the driver in the 1.44MB floppy diskette during the installation. (a) With Raid function: Copy the\Silicon_Image\SIL3x12RAID\Windows driver from the Driver CD to the diskette. STEP 2: Connect the HD to the PSA150 controller card and insert the card into PCI slot. Start up the system. STEP 3: Boot up your Windows. Press "F6" for third party SCSI or driver installation at the beginning of the text mode installation. Insert the 1.44MB floppy diskette into the floppy drive. Press "S" when setup asks if you want to specify an additional device. STEP 5: Press "ENTER" to continue on with text mode setup. STEP 6: Follow the setup instructions to complete installing Windows.

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How to install PIR133 drivers with existing Windows 2000 or XP?

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Step 1: Turn off your computer. Insert the Ultra ATA/133 IDE RAID controller card into a PCI slot and start Windows 2000/XP. Step 2: Windows 2000/XP will inform you that is has found a “PCI RAID Controller”. Click the “Next” button to continue. Step 3: Select “Install from a list or specific location (Advanced)” and click on the “Next” button. Step 4: Insert Driver CD into the CDROM drive. Select “include this location in the search” and click the “Browse” button to continue. • Select CDROM drive • Select folder “Silicon_Image” • Select folder “SIL680RAID” (if you are not using RAID function, you still need to use this drive) • Select folder “ Win_Drv” • Click “Ok” Step 5: The “Update Device Driver Wizard” will appear, informing you that it has found the “Silicon Image SIL0680 ATA/133 Controller” driver. Click “Ok” button and then the “Next” button. Step 6: If the “Digital Signature Not Found” dialog appears. Click “OK” button and then the “Next” button. Step 7: Follow the instructions to finish up the drive installation. Step 8: Finally, switch off your system. Connect the hard disk to the Ultra ATA/133 IDE RAID controller card and start Windows 2000/XP. Next>>