Adaptec Ultra160 Family Manager Set v1.12
README for Microsoft Windows 98

The following information is available in this README file:

Supported Hardware

Changes From Prior Release

Installation Instructions

- Installing the Driver When Installing Windows 98
- Updating the Driver for Windows 98

Known Issues

Diskette Contents

Contacting Adaptec
 

Supported Hardware

The following Adaptec SCSI Host Adapters are supported by the Ultra160 Family Manager Set v1.12.
 

Changes From Prior Release
 

• Support for Adaptec SCSI Card 19160

Installation Instructions

If you are performing a first time Windows 98 installation, see the "Installing the Driver When Installing Windows 98" section, below.  If Windows 98 is already installed on your system, see the "Updating the Driver for Windows 98" section.  For more complete instructions, the Ultra160 FMS User's Guide is available online.  Please see the support section at http://www.adaptec.com/support/ .

Installing the Driver When Installing Windows 98

1. You will need to update the Windows 98 Boot Disk that came with your Windows 98 CD. Copy the file ASPI8U2.SYS and ASPICD.SYS from the DOS directory of the Adaptec Ultra160 Family Manager Set driver diskette to the Windows 98 boot Disk. Refer to the section "Update Windows 95/98 installation diskettes" under "DOS Driver for CD-ROM"  if you are unsure how to do this.

2. Power on the system, insert the updated Windows 98 Boot Disk into the floppy drive and the Windows 98 CD into the CD-ROM drive.  Wait for the system to boot from the floppy.

3. At the "Microsoft Windows 98 Startup Menu" screen, select,

"1. Start Windows 98 setup from CD-ROM."

Follow the on-screen instructions to continue Windows 98 setup. Setup will run and restart your computer. If you are given an option, always select option "1. Start Windows 98 setup from CD-ROM." Windows 98 installation will continue for some time.

Note: If at any time during installation Windows 98 needs files from the CD and it is not able to find the CD-ROM, cancel all file copies until you can install the driver for your SCSI device.  You will be able to reinstall these cancelled devices after the SCSI driver and operating system is installed.

4. When you see the "Add New Hardware Wizard" screen and "PCI SCSI Bus Controller" is displayed, click Next.

5. Select "Search for the best driver...", click Next.

6. Select "Specify a location" and enter A:\WIN98 in the space provided. Insert the Adaptec Ultra160 Family Manager Set diskette into the floppy drive and click Next.

7. When you see "Adaptec Ultra160 PCI SCSI Controller", click Next.

8. When you see "Windows has finished installing the software that your new hardware device requires.", click Finish.

9. If you are prompted to reboot the system, select "no" if you have a dual channel adapter or if you have multiple Ultra160 adapters. Then repeat steps 4 through 8 for each SCSI channel until all Ultra160 adapters are found. Otherwise, select "Yes" to reboot the system.

10. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the Windows 98 installation if needed.

Updating the Driver for Windows 98

To update or install the Adaptec Ultra160 Family Manager Set driver if Windows 98 is already installed, follow these instructions:

1. Start Windows 98.

2. Click the Start button on the Windows 98 task bar, and then point to Settings.

3. Click Control Panel.

4. Double-click the System icon.

5. On the Device Manager tab.

6. Click the plus sign next to the SCSI controller icon.

(NOTE:  If Windows 98 cannot determine the type of host adapter installed in your computer, a yellow question mark labeled "Other devices" appears instead of the SCSI controller icon.  To continue, click the plus sign next to the question mark; a yellow question mark labeled "PCI SCSI Bus Controller" then appears.)

7. Double-click the Ultra160 Family host adapter you wish to update, or if a yellow question mark labeled "PCI SCSI Bus Controller" is displayed, double-click the question mark.

8. Select the Driver tab.

9. Click Update Driver.

10. Insert the Adaptec Ultra160 Family Manager Set diskette into drive A:.

11. In the Update Device Driver Wizard, click Next.

12. Select the button for "Search for a better driver than the one your device is using now. (Recommended)".  Click Next.

13. Select "Specify a location".

14. In the "Specify a location" edit box, type "a:\win98", then click Next.

15. When Windows indicates "Location of driver: A:\WIN98\ADPU160M.INF", click Next.

16. Windows will now copy the files for your host adapter.

17. Click "Finish".

18. You must restart your computer for the changes to take effect.
 

Known Issues

• In some cases, each channel of a multichannel adapter must be updated/installed manually with the ADPU160M.MPD driver on a freshly installed Windows 98 system. Please follow the instructions listed under "Updating the Driver for Windows 98" for each channel.
• You will need to load the ASPI drivers (including MSCDEX.EXE, if you have CD-ROM drive) if any of the following are true:
• You are running in MS-DOS mode and need to access your CD-ROM drive.
• You are using a scanner or another SCSI device with CONFIG.SYS or AUTOEXEC.BAT based drivers, such as HP's SJIIX.SYS.
• You have an older model SCSI-1 CD-ROM driver that Windows 98 does not support.
• You are using a CD-Recorder drive (however, some newer models of CD-Recorder drives can use the embedded Windows drivers).
• Some older models of SCSI CD-ROM drives are not compatible with the embedded Windows 98 CD-ROM driver.  You can add support for the CD-ROM drive by doing the following:
• Make sure your ASPI real mode drivers (including ASPI8U2.SYS, ASPICD.SYS and MSCDEX.EXE) are loaded and running from your CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files.
• If the first step did not work, find the file named CDTSD.VXD in the \windows\system\iosubsys directory, rename it to CDTSD.SAV and reboot your system.
• The mapping between MSCDEX.EXE, which runs in real mode, and the Windows 98 CD-ROM driver does not match.  You can correct this in one of two ways:
• Comment out the line that loads mscdex.exe in the autoexec.bat file.
• Change the /L switch on the line that loads mscdex.exe in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file so it assigns the CD-ROM drive the next highest logical drive letter after the hard disk drives.
• Windows 98 does not support sharing of system interrupts (also known as IRQs) between two or more I/O subsystem devices (i.e. network interface cards or hard disk adapters such as SCSI host adapters). When IRQs are shared between I/O devices, lockups can occur while booting. If lockups occur, try moving or removing one or more PCI cards from one slot to another and bootup your computer again.  If problems continue, refer to your system documentation and/or your system technical support for information on adding your system configuration.
• Certain older hard drives (Ultra-SCSI and lower) do not meet certain SCSI timing requirements, and can cause the operating system to fail to boot.  It is recommended that the firmware on the hard drive is updated or the drive is moved to the Fast/Wide segment (SE connector) on the host adapter where the commands of these drives can be buffered.

Diskette Contents

The following files are included in this diskette:
 

Contacting Adaptec

Technical information, including product literature, answers to commonly asked questions, information on software upgrades, and other topics is available electronically through the following:

• Search the Adaptec World Wide Web site at http://www.adaptec.com
• Connect to the File Transfer Protocol (FTP) server at ftp://ftp.adaptec.com/pub/BBS/
• Search the Adaptec Support Knowledgebase (A.S.K.) at http://ask.adaptec.com for articles, troubleshooting tips, and frequently asked questions for your product.
• For Internet support, send technical questions to Adaptec’s Technical Support Specialists via WebMail at http://www.adaptec.com/support/webmail.html .
• To speak with a Technical Support Specialist, call 408-934-7274, Monday–Friday, 6:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M., Pacific Time.