Acer AcceleRAID 170 User Manual

PCI Hot Plug

Manual No. 775064

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Windows NT requires additional software from the vendor who makes the 
system. Since this software is not a part of NT, the software needs to be 
installed after the operating system is loaded. Refer to your system or server 
vendor's PCI Hot Plug documentation. 

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GAM drivers can stop PCI Hot Plug Boards from 
unloading. If this problem occurs, stop GAM and 
unload the GAM drivers before attempting to unload 
the PCI Hot Plug controller. 

• Mylex Software Kit 2.1 or greater is required to support your system 

vendor’s PCI Hot Plug utility.

• The macdisk.sys driver should not be loaded with a Mylex PCI Hot 

Plug board; if macdisk.sys is loaded, the system will hang upon 
shutdown.

• When you install a Mylex controller as a boot device and a Mylex 

Driver has been installed prior to the installation of the Windows NT 
OS, NT will not recognize the Mylex controller as a PCI Hot Plug 
device. To fix this, the driver must be reinstalled, and the system 
rebooted. 

This problem occurs because PCI Hot Plug information does not get 
loaded into the Windows NT registry for the Mylex controller upon 
installation of Windows NT.

Windows 2000 supports the PCI Hot Plug capability. No additional software 
is required. 

Please refer to the Windows 2000 documentation for instructions on how to 
use the PCI Hot Plug feature.