Acer R5250-Q2000 Configuration Guide - Page 29

Windows Server 2008 Enterprise x64 Edition Installation (with onboard SATA RAID) Below information describes how to manually install Windows Server 2008 Enterprise x64 Edition on Altos R5250 with onboard SATA RAID. BIOS Required Altos R5250 BIOS P06 (or later) is required to support Windows Server 2008. Drivers Required For Windows 2008 x64 Installation, the following device drivers are required. Device Version EasyBUILD Version Onboard RAID SATA 10.3.51.1 EasyBUILD 8.0 build 200 (or later) Chipset Package 9.26 EasyBUILD 8.0 build 200 (or later) Onboard Gigabit Ethernet 67.80.0.0 EasyBUILD 8.0 build 200 (or later) Onboard VGA 6.14.10.1090 EasyBUILD 8.0 build 200 (or later) ATI FireGL V5600 8.440.0.0 EasyBUILD 8.0 build 200 (or later) Software Required The management utility for onboard SATA RAID and NIC can be found in the EasyBUILD 8.0 build 200 (or later). Software Version Directory on EasyBUILD Onboard SATA RAID Utility 10.3.51.1 EasyBUILD 8.0 build 200 (or later) ForceWare Network Access Manager 67.80.0.0 EasyBUILD 8.0 build 200 (or later) Configuring onboard SATA RAID Please refer to the Appendix A. for the onboard SATA RAID configuration. Installation Tips 1. Though Windows Server can recognize the onboard SATA RAID, we still replace the driver with the one in EasyBUILD. Please make the driver diskette from the EasyBUILD 8.0 build 200 first before the installation. 2. Please boot the system form the Windows Server 2008 x64 CD/DVD. Follow the instructions to do the installation. 3. When you see the "Where do you want to install Windows?" on the screen, please insert the driver diskette and click on Load Driver. 4. Click on OK. You will see the NVIDIA nForce RAID Controller (A:\nvrd64.inf), NVIDIA nForce RAID Device (A:\nvrd64.inf) and NVIDIA nForce Serial ATA Controller (A:\nvrd64.inf) listed. 13 Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide