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MS-7222 Micro-ATX Mainboard Installing RAID Software & Drivers Install Driver in Windows OS † New Windows OS (2000/XP/NT4) Installation The following details the installation of the drivers while installing Windows XP. 1. Start the installation: Boot from the CD-ROM. Press F6 when the message "Press F6 if you need to install third party SCSI or RAID driver" appears. 2. When the Windows Setup window is generated, press S to specify an Additional Device(s). 3. Insert the driver diskette VIA VT8237R Disk Driver into drive A: and pre ss . MSI Reminds You... Please follow the instruction below to make a VIA Serial ATA RAID driver for yourself. 1. Insert the MSI CD into the CD-ROM drive. 2. Ignore the Setup screen and use "Explorer" to browse the CD. 3. Co py al l t he con te nts (i ncl ud ing th e s ub -fo lde rs) i n t he \\IDE\VIA\Floppy to a fomatted floppy disk. 4. The driver disk for VIA Serial ATA driver is done. 4. Depending on your operation system, choose VIA RAID Controller (Windows XP), VIA RAID Controller(Windows 2000) or VIA RAID Controller (Windows NT4) from the list that appears on Windows XP Setup screen, press the key. 5. Press to continue with installation or if you need to specify any additional devices to be installed, do so at this time. Once all devices are specified, press to continue with installation. 6. From the Windows XP Setup screen, press the key. Setup will now load all device files and then continue the Windows XP installation † Existing Windows XP Driver Installation 1. Insert the MSI CD into the CD-ROM drive. 2. The CD will auto-run and the setup screen will appear. 3. Under the Driver tab, click on VIA SATA RAID Drivers. 4. The drivers will be automatically installed. † Confirming Windows XP Driver Installation 1. From Windows XP, open the Control Panel from My Computer followed by the System icon. 2. Choose the Hardware tab, then click the Device Manager tab. 3. Click the "+" in front of the SCSI and RAID Controllers hardware type. The driver VIA SATA RAID Controller should appear. 5-10

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MS-7222 Micro-ATX Mainboard
Install Driver in Windows OS
°
New Windows OS (2000/XP/NT4) Installation
The following details the installation of the drivers while installing Windows XP.
1.
Start the installation:
Boot from the CD-ROM. Press
F6
when the message "Press F6 if you need
to install third party SCSI or RAID driver" appears.
2.
When the Windows Setup window is generated, press
S
to specify an
Additional Device(s).
3.
Insert the driver diskette
VIA VT8237R Disk Driver
into drive A: andpress
<Enter>.
4.
Depending on your operation system, choose
VIA RAID Controller
(Windows XP)
,
VIA RAID Controller(Windows 2000)
or
VIA RAID Controller
(Windows NT4)
from the list that appears on Windows XP Setup screen, press
the <Enter> key.
5. Press <Enter> to continue with installation or if you need to specify any addi-
tional devices to be installed, do so at this time. Once all devices are specified,
press <Enter> to continue with installation.
6. From the Windows XP Setup screen, press the <Enter> key. Setup will now
load all device files and then continue the Windows XP installation
°
Existing Windows XP Driver Installation
1. Insert the MSI CD into the CD-ROM drive.
2. The CD will auto-run and the setup screen will appear.
3. Under the Driver tab, click on
VIA SATA RAID Drivers
.
4. The drivers will be automatically installed.
°
Confirming Windows XP Driver Installation
1. From Windows XP, open the
Control Panel
from
My Computer
followed by
the System icon.
2. Choose the
Hardware
tab, then click the
Device Manager
tab.
3. Click the "
+
" in front of the
SCSI and RAID Controllers
hardware type. The
driver
VIA SATA RAID Controller
should appear.
Installing RAID Software & Drivers
MSI Reminds You...
Please follow the instruction below to make a VIA Serial ATA RAID
driver for yourself.
1.
Insert the MSI CD into the CD-ROM drive.
2.
Ignore the Setup screen and use
“
Explorer
”
to browse the
CD.
3.
Copy all the contents (including the sub-folders) in the
\\IDE\VIA\Floppy
to a fomatted floppy disk.
4.
The driver disk for VIA Serial ATA driver is done.