User manual SONY VAIO VGN-SR490DCB

[. . . ] While reasonable efforts have been made in the preparation of this document to assure its accuracy, Adaptec, Inc. assumes no liability resulting from errors or omissions in this document, or from the use of the information contained herein. Adaptec reserves the right to make changes in the product design without reservation and without notification to its users. disclaimer IF THIS PRODUCT DIRECTS YOU TO COPY MATERIALS, YOU MUST HAVE PERMISSION FROM THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OF THE MATERIALS TO AVOID VIOLATING THE LAW WHICH COULD RESULT IN DAMAGES OR OTHER REMEDIES. ii regulatory compliance statements Federal Communications Commission Radio Frequency Interference Statement WARNING: Changes or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate the equipment. This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules. [. . . ] Select the SCSI and RAID Controllers icon. The Device Manager should now show an Adaptec I2O RAID Host Adapter. Optional: Using a text editor, remove the mscdex entry from your autoexec. bat file. When you complete the installation procedure, these config. sys and autoexec. bat file entries may no longer be needed. 14 3-13 Adaptec RAID Installation Guide installing the driver in a new system with Windows 95 (OEM SR2 ­ version 95B) In this scenario, you are installing a bootable Adaptec RAID controller in a new system with Windows 95 (OEM SR2 version). Note: If your version of Windows predates SR2, you must install windows and upgrade to SR2 before installing the Adaptec RAID controller. To install the driver 1 2 Install and configure your Adaptec RAID controller and hard drives according to the instructions in Chapter 2. During startup, press Ctrl+A to start SMOR. For details, refer to using SMOR on page 2-11. Shut down the system and reboot from a bootable DOS disk. Run fdisk and create a primary DOS partition of an appropriate size. Perform a system format by typing format c: \s. Optional: Using a text editor, remove the following entries from your config. sys file: device=i2oddl. sys device=dptcdrom. sys 23 24 25 Optional: Using a text editor, remove the mscdex entry from your autoexec. bat file. When you complete the installation procedure, these config. sys and autoexec. bat file entries may no longer be needed. adding the controller to an existing Windows 95/ 98/Me system In this scenario, you are adding an Adaptec RAID controller to an existing Windows 95/98/Me system. To install the driver 1 2 Install and configure your Adaptec RAID controller and hard drives according to the instructions in Chapter 2. During startup, press Ctrl+A to start SMOR. For details, refer to using SMOR on page 2-11. If Windows prompts for a driver to support a PCI card, go to Step 11. 3 4 3-16 installing the driver 5 If Windows did not discover the devices during startup, open the Device Manager. Look for a PCI card entry in the Other Devices category. There may be multiple entries if you have multiple Adaptec RAID controllers installed. There may also be an entry for a PCI memory controller. Note: If you are not prompted for a PCI card or memory controller driver, open the Device Manager. If the Device Manager displays PCI Card with a yellow exclamation mark in the Other Devices list, you might need a patch for your motherboard chipset to recognize multifunction bridge controllers. [. . . ] These parameters are stored on the controller in an area of nonvolatile memory (NVRAM). There is a possibility that, through improper configuration, the controller can be put into a state where it hangs the system during boot. If this happens, the parameters stored in the NVRAM can be restored to their default settings by following these steps: 1 2 Power OFF the system. Install a jumper on the NVRAM reset jumper connector. [. . . ]