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PCI ATA 133 RAID
Controller Card (Win 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP, 2003, Vista) Driver
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Silicon Image SiI 680 ATA 133 Controller OS Driver Installation
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Default Instructions for W2K3_A02.exe:
This program creates a Windows 2000 driver diskette for the
SI680A IDE controller. You will need a formatted 3 1/2 inch
floppy diskette for the following procedure.
1) Download the file to a directory on your hard drive. The
file downloaded is a self extracting executable.
2) Double click on the file to run the executable.
3) Click on the unzip button to extract files to the floppy.
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1) Windows Server 2003 Fresh Installation
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Follow the instructions in this section if you are performing a new
installation of Windows 2000 and you wish to
boot from a device attached to the SiI 680 controller.
1. Put your Windows 2000 CD into the CD-ROM/DVD drive
2. Press F6 for third party SCSI or driver installation at the beginning
of text mode installation. Press 's' when setup asks if you want to
specify an additional device, and insert the diskette labeled
'Silicon Image ATA/133 Driver Installation Disk' .
Press 'Enter' and select
'Silicon Image SiI 0680 ATA/133 Controller'
3. Press 'Enter' to continue on with installation
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2) Verifying controller installation under Windows Server 2003
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Follow the instructions in this section to verify that the controller was
installed correctly
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', verify that the SiI
0680 ATA/133 Controller is listed.
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3) Updating SiI 680 driver on Windows Server 2003 from existing Silicon Image driver
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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 0680 ATA/133 Controller'.
2. Click 'Driver' ,'Update Driver' and select 'Search for a suitable driver for my
device[Recommended]'. Insert the driver diskette into floppy drive.
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.