This section describes installing the 32-bit driver v6.0.5457 (Filename: aic78xxaic78u2win72k8r2x86v605457.exe) for AIC-78xx based SCSI cards. The driver can be used with 32-bit Windows 7 only. It will not work with 64-bit versions of Windows 7. There are and will be no 64-drivers. The driver file is self extracting. A double-click on the file once downloaded will unzip the files to the directory c: adaptec Ultra2 by default. Installation steps:.
Open Device Manager from the Control Panel in Windows 7. Go to Start and right-click on Computers and select Manage. This will bring the Computer Management window, now on the left sidebar select Device Manager.
Locate the SCSI card. Right-click on the device name and select Properties. Click the Driver tab and then Update Driver. This will bring the Update Driver Software window.
Select 'Browse my computer for driver software' and then point the routine to the folder where the downloaded and extracted driver files are located. By default this is c: adaptec Ultra2. Once this is done simply click Next and Windows 7 will start installing the driver.