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ULI SATA RAID Floppy Driver v6.2.2.1 Beta
Might Fix freeze/hang issues on ULI1575 based boards
Abit AT8
Abit AT8 32X
DFI CFX3200-DR
Asus A8R-MVP
Asus A8R32-MVP Deluxe
and others
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ULi SATA/RAID controller driver
Copyright 2004-2005 ULi Electronics Inc.
All Rights Reserved
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INTRODUCTION
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This driver supports ULi SATA/RAID controller.
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CONTENTS OF THIS DOCUMENT
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1. Installation Instructions
2. Uninstallation Instructions
3. Driver File List
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1. Installation Instructions
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After the adapter is installed and recognized by computer, user can
start the installation of driver.
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* Windows 2000
Install driver under existing Windows 2000
After Windows 2000 is start-up, Windows system will automatically
find the newly installed adapter and prompt user to install its
driver. Please follow these steps to install the driver:
A) With installation setup program:
1. When the Found New Hardware Wizard windows appear, click Cancel
button to end the Wizard.
2. Double click setup.exe;
3. Confirm the following dialogue windows, and restart the computer
when system prompt user to restart.
B) Manual installation:
1. When the Found New Hardware Wizard windows appear(Mass Storage
Controller), click Next button to continue, in the follow-up window,
please select Display a list... and then click Next to continue;
2. In the follow-up window, select SCSI and RAID Controllers and
then click Next to continue;
3. In the follow-up window, click Have Disk..., then insert the
driver diskette and type in the driver location: \i386,
then click OK to continue;
4. In the follow-up window, select ULi SATA/RAID Controller,
then click Next to continue;
5. Confirm the followup windows and click the Finish button to
continue;
6. Please 'confirm' the Digital Signature Not Found window when it
appears, when finshed, please restart the computer;
Install driver during Windows 2000 installation
0. After you unpack driver, please copy files under driver directory
to the root directory of floppy diskette (called driver
diskette).
Therefore, in root directory of floppy diskette you will see:
(1) Files "disk1" and "txtsetup.oem",
(2) Directory "\i386" and related driver files in each
directory.
(please refer to "Driver File List" as below)
1. Booting from CD-ROM, when the Windows 2000 Setup blue screen
appear and prompt user to Press F6 if you need to install third
party SCSI or RAID driver, please press F6 key:
2. The setup program will continue, later when the setup program
prompts user to specify additional adapters, please press S
Key.
3. Then the setup program prompt user to insert the driver
diskette. Please insert the driver diskette, then press ENTER
to continue;
4. The follow-up window will list out the installation choices,
please select ULi SATA/RAID Controller for Windows 2000 and
press ENTER to continue;
5. The Follow-up window will list out the devices to be installed,
in which selected ULi controller should be included;
6. If users want to install other devices, please operate at this time.
If all devices have been successfully installed, go to next step.
7. Press ENTER to continue Windows 2000 setup.
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* Windows XP or Windows XP (64bit)
Install driver under existing Windows XP
After Windows XP is start-up, Windows system will automatically
find the newly installed adapter and prompt user to install its
driver. Please follow these steps to install the driver:
A) With installation setup program:
1. When the Found New Hardware Wizard windows appear, click Cancel
button to end the Wizard.
2. Double click setup.exe;
3. Confirm the following dialogue windows, and restart the computer
when system prompts user to restart.
B) Manual installation:
1. When the Found New Hardware Wizard windows appear(Mass Storage
Controller), select Install from a list or specify location(Advanced)
and click Next to continue;
2. In the follow-up window, please select "Don't search, I will
choose the driver to install", then click Next to continue;
3. In the follow-up window, please select SCSI and RAID
controllers, and then click Next to continue;
3. In the follow-up window, click Have Disk..., then insert the
driver diskette and type in the driver location: \i386 or \amd64,
then click OK to continue;
4. In the follow-up window, select ULi SATA/RAID Controller,
then click Next to continue;
5. Confirm the followup windows and click the Finish button to
continue;
6. Please "confirm" the Digital Signature Not Found window when it
appears, when finshed, please restart the computer;
Install driver during Windows XP installation
0. After you unpack driver, please copy files under driver directory
to the root directory of floppy diskette (called driver
diskette).
Therefore, in root directory of floppy diskette you will see:
(1) Files "disk1" and "txtsetup.oem",
(2) Directory "\i386", "\amd64" and related driver files in each
directory.
(please refer to "Driver File List" as below)
1. Booting from CD-ROM, when the Windows XP Setup blue screen
appear and prompt user to Press F6 if you need to install third
party SCSI or RAID driver, please press F6 key:
2. The setup program will continue, later when the setup program
prompts user to specify additional adapters, please press S
Key.
3. Then the setup program will prompt user to insert the driver
diskette. Please insert the driver diskette, then press ENTER
to continue;
4. The follow-up window will list out the installation choices,
please select ULi SATA/RAID Controller for Windows XP
and press ENTER to continue;
5. The follow-up window will list out the devices to be installed,
in which selected ULi controller(s) should be included;
6. If users want to install other devices, please operate at this time.
If all devices have been successfully installed, please go to next
step.
7. Press ENTER to continue Windows XP setup.
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2. Uninstallation Instructions
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* Uninstall from Add/Remove Programs
(This method is recommended if driver is previously installed by Setup program.)
1. Start Add/Remove Programs from Control Panel.
2. Select "ULi RAID Driver" item.
3. Click on "Remove" button.
* Uninstall from Device Manager
1. Start Device Manager from Control Panel's System applet.
2. Right click on "ULi SATA/RAID Controller" item,
then select "Remove" (or "Uninstall") item from the popup menu.
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3. Driver File List
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Driver Directory
|- i386 Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003/Vista driver
| |_ ulisata.inf
| \_ coin5288.dll
| \_ m5287.sys
| \_ m5288.sys
| \_ m5289.sys
|- amd64 Windows XP/Server 2003 x64/Vista driver
| |_ ulisata.inf
| \_ m5287.sys
| \_ m5288.sys
| \_ m5289.sys
|- disk1 Driver disk label
\_ txtsetup.oem Windows 2K/XP setup file
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4. insatll.ini
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[OS Option]
x64Reboot = 0
XPReboot = 0
2000Reboot = 0
MEReboot = 0
98Reboot = 0
NT40Reboot = 0
There are 3 choices 0,1,2 for each OS
Default for all os is set to be 0
0 = Displays a dialog box that allows the end user to reboot the computer.
1 = It won't do anything after installing
2 = System will reboot immediately after 4seconds
[Setup Items]
Setup_x64M5288=Y
Setup_XPM5288=Y
Setup_2000M5288=Y
Setup_MEM5288=N
Setup_98M5288=N
Setup_NTM5288=N
Choosing "Y" will enable Driver for M5288 for each OS
Choosing "N" will disable Driver for M5288 for each OS
[AP Items]
ULi5288=Y
JMAPP5288=N
Choosing "Y" will enable RAID or JMAPP function for each DEVICE
Choosing "N" will disable RAID or JMAPP function for each DEVICE
Default is ULi5288=Y, JMAPP5288=N
Note
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1. Don't remove ULi RAID Driver by "Add/Remove Program" if hard drives are
boot devices and OS is Win2000 or WinXP. (Boot device means you boot OS
from it)
Revision History
6.1.0.0
1. First release and RAID function is not supported.
2. Hot-plug is supported. (Win2000/XP)
6.1.0.1
1. Remove hot-plug function for customer's request.
2. Hot-plug is not supported. (Win2000/XP)
3. RAID function is not supported.
6.1.0.2
1. For passing ESD test.
2. Hot-plug is not supported. (Win2000/XP)
3. RAID function is not supported.
6.1.0.3
1. To reduce error recovery time while doing ESD test.
2. Hot-plug is not supported. (Win2000/XP)
3. RAID function is not supported.
6.2.0.0
1. First release to support RAID function.
2. Hot-plug is supported. (Win2000/XP)
6.2.0.1
1. Solve the problem that sometimes system is unable to enter S4
(Hibernation) state if OS is on RAID 0+1 drives.
2. Solve the problem that system spends more time than expected
while doing duplication for "Mirror" RAID type.
3. Hot-plug is supported. (Win2000/XP)
6.2.0.2
1. Solve the problem that system spends more time than expected
while doing synchronization for "Mirror" RAID drives. (Win2000/XP)
2. Solve the problem that system may have BugCheck 0xD1 if SiliconImage
Image PATA-SATA bridge (A-Bit) is used and connected to WD PATA 200GB
HDD to form a "Mirror" drive with other SATA drive.
6.2.0.3
1. Solve the problem that system may become busy when there is no CD disc
inserted in CDROM drive.
2. To support PATA-SATA bridge card which is made by GigaByte.
6.2.0.4
1. Support Windows XP x64.
6.2.0.5
1. Support RAID 0 applied on four drives if RAID BIOS V1.13 or later
revision is used.
2. Add Disk Reliability Status Monitor (SMART).
3. Support "Native Command Queuing".
4. Solve the problem that system may crash if system SATA disk (where
you boot OS from this disk) is used to create RAID 1 (Mirror) with
another disk by ULiRAID utility.
6.2.0.6
1. Solve the problem that system may become busy while formatting RAID 1
drive (not Quick Format).
2. Solve the problem that system memory space allocated is not released
in ULiRAID utility and may cause poor system performance.
6.2.0.7
1. Solve the problem that sometimes hot-plug event is not detected.
6.2.0.8
1. Solve the problem that "Information" in ULi RAID utility is not
shown properly in Simplified Chinese version of WinXP.
2. Improve "burst read" performance.
6.2.0.9
1. Solve the problem that system may hang up when SATA device is
plugged in (WinXP x64).
2. Solve the problem that system may hang up when 2nd SATA drive of RAID 1
(mirror) array is removed.
3. Show warning message on the following steps (ULi RAID utility):
(1) Remove one of the RAID 1 (mirror) drive when system is powered off.
(2) Boot into Windows OS
6.2.0.9 A
1. Solve the problem that system may stop several seconds while booting
into Windows OS if:
(1) 'SATA Mode Select' in System BIOS SETUP Utility is selected as
[Emulated PATA Mode].
(2) ULi SATA driver is installed.
2. Solve the problem that Event Notification mail may not be sent out
(ULi RAID utility).
6.2.1.0
1. Support RAID 5 function.
6.2.1.1
1. Solve the problem that system may stop several seconds while booting
into Windows OS if:
(1) 'SATA Mode Select' in System BIOS SETUP Utility is selected as
[Emulated PATA Mode].
(2) ULi SATA driver is installed.
6.2.1.2
1. Solve the problem that "Open SATA disk fail" will be shown when
ATA disk is not installed and RAID 5 disk is being rebuilt
(ULi RAID utility).
2. Solve the problem that last partition of JBOD disk created in DOS mode
by GDISK.EXE is not seen under Windows OS.
3. Solve the problem that system may have slow response on formatting
a 'RAID 0' disk in Windows when:
(1) FORMAT (not Quick Format) first partition.
(2) 'Quick Format' second partition.
4. Solve the problem that sometimes system will be waken up immediately
after entering 'Standby' state (S3 power state).
6.2.1.3
1. Solve the problem that system is unable to boot into Windows XP
OS after the 2nd, third and fourth SATA disk of bootable "RAID 5"
disk is replaced with a new disk and rebuild process is finished
(driver and ULi RAID utility must be updated).
6.2.1.4
1. Add software interface for ULi RAID utility to read PCI register space.
6.2.1.5
1. Solve the problem that system may crash when:
(1) First SATA disk of RAID 0+1 array is replaced to do "Rebuild".
(2) Cancel the rebuild process by clicking on 'x' icon.
6.2.1.6
1. Modify code to support customer's specific request.
6.2.1.7
1. Solve the problem that system may have slow response after
running heavily stress test several hours on RAID 5 disks.
6.2.1.8
1. Add support for Maxtor 500GB SATA HDD.
2. Clear RAID information of the replaced disk if following these steps:
(1) RAID 0+1 is created.
(2) Replace one new disk when system is turned off.
(3) Select RAID type to be "RAID 0+1" in "Create RAID" tab.
(4) Check "Duplicate/Rebuild" and click on "OK", "Yes" to do rebuild.
(5) During rebuild process, click on "x" and "Yes" to stop rebuild
process.
The action of "Clear RAID information" is used to mark this RAID
array as a broken array since rebuild process is not finished.
(ULi RAID utility V6213 C206).
6.2.2.0
1. Solve the problem that sometimes "did not respond within the timeout period"
error will be shown in Windows eventlog while system are doing stress test on
IOCTL_SCSI_MINIPORT SMART related commands and read/write commands.
6.2.2.1
1. Solve the problem that sometimes WD360 disk is not detected.
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