Drivers and Bios updates for Initio SCSI adapters. This page contains support for both our PC and Macintosh adapters. You will find the Macintosh support further down on the page.
Note: We are now using WinRAR to compress our driver packages, if you are unable to download the drivers, please right-click the driver and select Download.
INIC-162x SATA Drivers
Advansys SCSI
Adapters -- Discontinued
Initio PC Adapters --
Discontinued
Initio
Mac Adapters
-- Discontinued
INIC-162x SATA Drivers
(1620/1622/1623)
Macintosh OS 10.2.x/10.3.x/10.4.x/10.5.x support is built into the Macintosh BIOS
on the SATA board, so there are no drivers for you to install.
For Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP/Server 2003 support,
you will also need this Windows Installer for the RAID drivers and
utility in addition to the PC RAID BIOS on the SATA board. For
adapters based on the INIC-1623 SATA host chipset and our
SATA-E and SATA-I host adaptors
use the following Windows drivers:
There are 2 different ASIC's used on our SATA cards. The INIC-1623T and the INIC-1623TA2, and they use different drivers. Please check the ASIC model number on your card before you download any drivers.
Windows XP/2003 drivers 32bit for the INIC1622TA2 and INIC1623TA2 chipsets.
Vista 32bit drivers for INIC-162x controllers
Vista 64bit drivers for INIC-162x controllers
Linux Drivers for INIC-162X controllers
End of Life Products
(Discontinued
Products)
The following products have been discontinued and are no longer sold. We offer these drivers as the last support developed for these products. Please note that any discontinued products may not work under new operating systems developed after the product was discontinued such as WinME or Win2000 or WinXP.
For adapters with the INIC-940 and INIC-950 chipsets use the following drivers. This includes the Initio adapters INI-9090U, INI-9100A, INI-9100U/UW, INI-9200U/UW, INI-9400U/UW and INI-9520U/UW.
For WinME, Win2000 and WinXP the correct drivers are embedded on the WinME, Win2000 and WinXP CD and will be installed automatically for you during installation.
For DOS, Win3.xx, Win95/98/98SE, WinNT, Netware and OS/2
Win2000/WinXP/Server 2003 (new 4-29-03) resolves Win2000 Service Pack 3 issues
WnASPI32 for Win NT/Win2000/WinXP (new 1-25-02) Use this ONLY if your software application has complained that you do NOT have an ASPI layer installed.
Linux Drivers:
Our source code has been included with the kernel source since kernel 2.0.32, however starting at kernel 2.6 support has been dropped.
For kernels 2.0.32 through 2.4.x you will find our support in the source directory on the CD. Below we have put together some packages to make installation a little easier for some distributions. However if you have a linux system up and running and just want to add support for an Initio adapter you can use the source code and compile it into your kernel.
S.u.S.E. -- Boot Disk -- Rescue Disk -- source for v2.0.32
FlashBIOS Updates for the Initio adapters listed above only, will not work for OEM adapters. See your OEM vendor for the correct bios update for your adapter.
A100U2W
For adapters based on the INIC-1060 chipset and our INI-A100U2W use the following drivers.
For DOS, Win3.xx, Win95/98/98SE/ME, WinNT, Netware and OS/2
Win2000/WinXP/Server 2003
Corrects slow boot after installing Win2000 Service Pack 3.
Microsoft
Vista Updated drivers for Vista. Not WHQL signed, but
they have been tested and work fine.
WnASPI32 for WinNT/Win2000/WinXP (new 1-25-02) Use this ONLY if your software application has complained that you do NOT have an ASPI layer installed.
Linux Drivers:
Our source code has been included with the kernel source since kernel 2.0.32, however starting at kernel 2.6 support has been dropped.
For kernels 2.0.32 through 2.4.x you will find our support in the source directory on the CD. Below we have put together some packages to make installation a little easier for some distributions. However if you have a linux system up and running and just want to add support for an Initio adapter you can use the source code and compile it into your kernel.
To install the A100U2W under RedHat 7.1 you need to use "linux noprobe" at the RH7.1 installation prompt, then select the correct driver from the list.
Linux Kernel 2.4.x Updated Driver
FreeBSD 4 & 5 (not maintained by Initio)
FlashBIOS Update for the A100U2W only, will not work on OEM adapters. See the OEM vendor for the correct bios update for your adapter.
Initio SCSI Adapters for Macintosh
Please
Note:
Beginning in late March 2003 all Initio SCSI cards come with PC and
OS 10 firmware on them. If you are running OS 9 with one of these
cards you will have to flash the firmware on the card so it will
work under OS 9. You can download the OS 9 firmware
here
Apple G5
Users Please Note:
Apple has three
G5 models, the 1.6 GHz, 1.8 GHz and 2GHz.
In our testing we have found that only our MilesU2W will work in
these machines, the Bluenote and Miles are not compatible with the PCI-X slots used
in the new G5.
How To Update the Firmware Mac SCSI Adapters
- Download the current versions of the SmartSCSI and SIM file for your respective adapter
- Next unStuff both files to the desktop
- Run the SmartSCSI application and select Setup/1st card configuration. The title bar on the next screen will list the version of the currently installed firmware
- Click on the button called Update Firmware near the bottom of the screen
- After about 10 seconds you will get a message that the update was successful
- Now click on the Load Defaults button and close all windows. Reboot the machine
Sometimes after you update the firmware, the system will refuse to boot up correctly.
If you own an old world machine (7500 to Beige G3) you will want to zap the PRAM to correct this. Click here to find out how!
If you own a Blue & White G3 or G4 you will want to boot into Open Firmware and reset the hardware configuration. Instructions here!
The Beige G3 is NOT supported under OS X so we do NOT support this configuration with our adapters. We are receiving many reports that the machine will not boot once the firmware is installed.
Hardware compatibility issues, Installing on a PowerBook G3, an original Power Macintosh G3, or an iMac ---
If you install Mac OS 10 on a PowerBook G3 Series computer that does not have USB, an original Power Macintosh G3 (Beige), or a Rev. A, Rev. B, Rev. C, or Rev. D iMac, and the hard disk is larger than 8 GB with more than one partition, be sure to select a destination partition for Mac OS 10 that is completely within the first 8 GB of the disk.~~~
OS 10.xx drivers are now available for all three of our adapters. They are all in one file so when you unStuff the file just go in the folder you need. These new versions of the firmware support the new 10.2 release of Mac OS and previous versions down to 8.1.
In order for you to run OS 10 and our adapters you MUST be running one of the approved machines. You can view the approved list HERE. If your machine is not listed then it will not work and we do not support it.
Bluenote (INI-9090U-MAC)
Bluenote is not OS X.4.x compatible.
Apple G5
Users Please Note:
Apple has three
G5 models, the 1.6 GHz, 1.8 GHz and 2GHz.
In our testing we have found that only our MilesU2W will work in
these machines, as the Bluenote and Miles are not compatible with the PCI-X slots used
in the new G5.
OS 8-9 Firmware Files
SIM v2.11 -- SmartSCSI v1.05
Beginning in late March 2003 all Initio SCSI cards come with PC and OS 10 firmware on them. If you are running OS 9 with one of these cards you will have to flash the firmware on the card so it will work under OS 9. You can download the OS 9 firmware here
OS 10.2.x/OS 10.3.x Firmware
You must flash the firmware from OS 9.xx. Please contact Tech
Support if you have any trouble with this update.
Miles (INI-9100UW-MAC)
Miles is not OS X.4.x compatible.
Apple G5
Users Please Note:
Apple has three
G5 models, the 1.6 GHz, 1.8 GHz and 2GHz.
In our testing we have found that only our MilesU2W will work in
these machines, as the Bluenote and Miles are not compatible with the PCI-X slots used
in the new G5.
OS 8-9 Firmware Files
SIM
v1.13 --
SmartSCSI v1.06
Beginning in late March 2003 all Initio SCSI cards come with PC and OS 10 firmware on them. If you are running OS 9 with one of these cards you will have to flash the firmware on the card so it will work under OS 9. You can download the OS 9 firmware here
- for revision F models only!There are 2 versions of the Miles adapter, a revision E and revision F.
There is no OS X support for the revision E boards.
To find out if you have a revision E board you must pull the card out and look at the back of it, in the lower left hand corner you will find the revision letter.
You must flash the firmware from OS 9.xx. Please contact Tech Support if you have any trouble with this update.
MilesU2W (INI-A100U2W-MAC)
Apple G5
Users Please Note:
The
MilesU2W DOES work on G5 machines with the following firmware
installed on the card. You MUST flash the MilesU2W in a G3 or G4
machine first and then after you flash it, just install it in the
G5.
G5 Firmware for OS
10.3.x/OS 10.4.x
OS 8-9 Firmware Files
SIM
v1.05 - This is the current firmware for OS 8.x and 9.x
Beginning in late March 2003 all Initio SCSI cards come with PC and OS 10 firmware on them. If you are running OS 9 with one of these cards you will have to flash the firmware on the card so it will work under OS 9. You can download the OS 9 firmware here
OS 10.2.x and 10.3 Firmware
You must flash the firmware from OS 9.xx. Please contact Tech
Support if you have any trouble with this update.
OS X.4
Tiger Firmware
You must flash the firmware from OS 9.xx.
This firmware will get your MilesU2W to be recognized and
working again under OS X.4 Tiger. It works on G3, G4 and G5 machines.
BackFlash your MilesU2W, this will restore your firmware to the original version. Use this if you have trouble with the OS 10 firmware OR if you just want to go back to firmware v1.05. This must be run from OS 9.xx, it will not work under OS 10.
INI-6100/6102
-- Discontinued 1997DOS, Win3.xx, Win95, WinNT, OS/2 and Netware
INI-9100/9100W
(based on INIC-910 chipset) -- Discontinued 1997DOS, Win3.xx, Win95, WinNT, OS/2 and Netware
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