INSTALLING  THE  DRIVER (During a fresh Operating system installation)
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Follow the standard procedures for setting up WinNT & Win2000 & WinXP  installation.

    1. During the first part of the setup procedure, copy the drivers from 1stUtilities 
       CD (CDROM:\RAID\SIL3112\RAID\*.*) including all files to floppy diskette.
    2. Operating system will prompt you to press "F6" key to specify an additional 
       device. 
       Press F6,and let Windows continue on with setup. It will continue to scroll 
       through various device listings for several minutes, then prompt you to press 
       the "S" key to Add a device.
    3. Press "S", and insert the Series-ATA driver diskette. Press Enter when prompted 
       and allow system to install the series-ATA drivers.
    4. System will continue and complete the installation procedure.

INSTALLING  THE  DRIVER (With Operating system already installed)
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If the controller is not detected automatically,follow the instructions as 
prompted by the system to install the "sil 3112 SATARaid controller driver".

Follow the standard procedures for setting up WinNT installation.
    
    1.  Open My Computer.
    2.  Open Control Panel.
    3.  Double click icon SCSI Adapters icon.
    4.  Click Drivers button.
    5.  Click Add...
    6.  Click Have Disk...
    7.  Insert the 1stUtilities CD containing series-ATA WinNT 4.0 device driver
        into CDROM, and Browse "CDROM:\RAID\SIL3112\RAID", 
        then click OK.
    8.  Select "silicon image sil 3112 SATARaid controller",then click OK.
    9.  When asked to restart your computer, click Yes.


Follow the standard procedures for setting up Win98 SE & WinMe installation.

    1.  Press "Start" button.
    2.  Move to "Settings" and select "Control Panel".
    3.  Double click on "System" icon and Select "Device Manager" button.
    4.  Double click the "PCI RAID Controller" node.
    5.  Select "Driver" button to Update driver and Click Next.
    6.  Select "Serch for a better driver..." and Click Next.
    7.  Select "Specify a location" and Click Browse button.
    8.  Follow the instruction to insert your 1stUtilities CD to install the driver.
        Browse for Folder <CD-ROM:\RAID\SIL3112\RAID> and Click OK.
    9.  Click Next button and Completing the Update Device Driver Wizard. 
        then Click on the "Finish" button and Restart the system.

Follow the standard procedures for setting up Win2000 installation.

    1.  Windows 2000 must be installed on the system prior to installing the driver.
    2.  Press "Start" button then Move to "Settings" and select "Control Panel".
    3.  Double click on "System" icon. 
    4.  Click on the "Hardware" button and Click on the "Device Manager" button.
    5.  Double click the "RAID Controller" node.
    6.  Select "Driver" button to Update driver and Click Next.
    7.  Select "display a list" and Click Browse button.
    8.  Select "Specify a location" press Next and Click Browse button.
    9.  Select "SCSI and RAID controllers" and click Next.
   10.  Click "Have disk.."   
   11.  Follow the instruction to insert your 1stUtilities CD to install the driver.
        Locate File <CD-ROM:\Raid\SIL3112\RAID> and Click OK.
   12.  Click Next button and Completing the Upgrade Device Driver Wizard. 
        then Click on the "Finish" button and Restart the system.

Follow the standard procedures for setting up WinXP installation.

    1.  Windows XP must be installed on the system prior to installing the driver.
    2.  Press "Start" button then Move to "Settings" and select "Control Panel".
    3.  Double click on "System" icon. 
    4.  Click on the "Hardware" button and Click on the "Device Manager" button.
    5.  Double click the "RAID Controller" node.
    6.  Select "Reinstall Driver..." button to Update driver and Click Next.
    7.  Select "Install from a list or specific location..." and Click Next.
    8.  Select "SCSI and RAID controllers" and click Next.
    9.  Click "Have disk.." 
   10.  Follow the instruction to insert your 1stUtilities CD to install the driver.
        Browse Locate File <CD-ROM:\Raid\SIL3112\RAID> and Click Next. 
   11.  Press "Continue Anyway" Completing the Upgrade Device Driver Wizard. 
        then Click on the "Finish" button and Restart the system.