Adaptec AAA-UDMA Hardware Guide - Page 25

Configuring the AAAUDMA, Troubleshooting, Select, Using BIOSSelect, and Disk Utilities

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Installing the Hardware Configuring the AAA-UDMA After connecting all devices, reinstall the computer cover and connect all power cables. Turn on the computer. During BIOS initialization, the AAA-UDMA BIOS banner should appear on the screen, and each device connected to the card should be listed. If the BIOS banner does not appear, see Appendix B, Troubleshooting. Before installing the drivers and software for the AAA-UDMA RAID card, you may want to configure card options (e.g., ID and Parity Checking) for the card and the UDMA drives connected to it by running the onboard BIOSSelect utility. To do this press F6 when the following prompt appears during BIOS initialization: Press for BIOSSelect Utility! In most cases, it is not necessary to run the BIOSSelect utility. Should you need to configure card options, see Appendix A, Using BIOSSelect and Disk Utilities for additional information. 2-11

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Installing the Hardware
Configuring the AAA-UDMA
After connecting all devices, reinstall the computer cover and
connect all power cables. Turn on the computer. During BIOS
initialization, the AAA-UDMA BIOS banner should appear on the
screen, and each device connected to the card should be listed. If the
BIOS banner does not appear, see Appendix B,
Troubleshooting
.
Before installing the drivers and software for the AAA-UDMA
RAID card, you may want to configure card options (e.g., ID and
Parity Checking) for the card and the UDMA drives connected to it
by running the onboard BIOS
Select
utility. To do this press
F6
when
the following prompt appears during BIOS initialization:
Press <F6> for BIOSSelect Utility!
In most cases, it is not necessary to run the BIOS
Select
utility. Should
you need to configure card options, see Appendix A,
Using BIOSSelect
and Disk Utilities
for additional information.