The illustration of installing Windows XP to eBox-3300

---ACCESSORY---
 USB floppy
 1.44" Disk
 USB Keyboard/Mouse (or PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse)
 IDE Cable
 CD-ROM (or USB CD-ROM)
 Storage device: CF Card 2GB (or above) or 2.5” Hard Disk.
 eBox-3300 Windows XP driver Zip file. (Please download from website)

---THE SUPPORTING MODEL OF USB FLOPPY---

However, not every external USB floppy supports Windows XP installation. Some of them lack Txtsetup.sif
file. It would make USB drive is not detected when you install Windows XP.
The following USB floppy disk drives are supported for use during Windows XP installation:
Plug and Play ID USB floppy disk drive model
USB\VID_03EE&PID_6901 Mitsumi
USB\VID_057B&PID_0000 Y-E Data; Sony part number 09K9835
USB\VID_0644&PID_0000 TEAC; IBM option part number 27L4226, FRU 05K9283

The following USB floppy disk drives are not supported during Windows XP installation:
Plug and Play ID USB floppy disk drive model
USB\VID_03F0 &PID_2001 HP
USB\VID_054C &PID_002C Sony
USB\VID_057B &PID_0001 Y-E Data
USB\VID_0409 &PID_0040 NEC
USB\VID_0424 &PID_0FDC SMSC

We have to use USB floppy (Mitsumi; Y-E Data; Sony 09K9835; TEAC; IBM 27L4226, FRU 05K9283 )
which support Windows XP installation.
For more information, please check Microsoft website http://support.microsoft.com/kb/916196

---TEST SOFTWARE---
 Windows XP Professional (English Version)
 SETUP READY AS FOLLOW

If we want to use Compact Flash (CF card),

we need to set it to be the “master” device.
Please set the jump in front of the slot. Put it
to the left side.

We recommend you use the storage (CF card,

embedded disk) which with “Ultra DMA
mode”.

Put CF card to slot.

Prepare a external USB floppy and a disk.

Connect USB floppy to workstation (desktop)

Copy a file (txtsetup.oem) and a folder (windows)

to UPS floppy. These files are IDE driver for
eBox3300. You can download “eBox-3300 IDE
driver for Windwos XP” from following

address http://www.compactpc.com.tw/download_drv.htm

Prepare a Windows XP CD and an external USB

CD-ROM or DVD-ROM.

Plug external USB floppy and external

USB CD-ROM to eBox-3300 by USB port.
After connect key board, mouse, VGA line, ethernet line,
and power line, turn one the power switch.

After turn on the power, press ‘Delete’ instantly. We will

enter a BIOS setting screen. Setting BIOS can make
eBox-3300 have better performance, especially on
Windows system.

Go to Advanced  IDE Configuration

 OnBoard IDE Operate Mode  set
it to “Native Mode”
Go to Advanced  IDE Configuration
 ATA(PI) 80Pin Cable Detection  set
it to “Device”. It means the transfer speed
will be decided by storage (CF card, hard
disk, embedded disk). When we set it, the
storage can support up to Ultra DMA-4. If
we choose “Host & Device”, it only
supports Ultra DMA-2. However, not
every cable and storage support Ultra
DMA-4. In this situation, we will choose
“Host & Device”. We can get more
information by entering the item of
“Secondary IDE Master”. (If we want to
check it, we have to reboot, and then the
device setting will active.

Go to PCIPnp  PCI IDE BusMaster 

set “Enabled”
Go to Advanced  USB Configuration
USB 2.0 Controller Mode  set
“FullSpeed”.Actually, FullSpeed(1.0)
is slower than HiSpeed(2.0).
However, when we install XP by
CD(DVD)-Rom, there is a detective
problem on HiSpeed.
So, we choose FullSpeed temporarily. After
we finish installation process, we can
change back to HiSpeed.

Go to Boot  Boot Device Priority  set

CD (DVD)-ROM be the 1st boot device; set
CF card, hard disk and other storage which
you want to install XP be the 2nd boot
device; set external USB floppy be the 3rd
boot device.

Alternative: When eBox is

booting, we also can press “F11”
to choose 1st bootable device.
After done all of the setting, go to Exit
Save Changes and Exit. We also can
use shortcut “F10” .

Press OK to confirm, and then the eBox

will start to reboot.

When eBox starts to boot, we press any

key (Enter, space, number …etc) to boot from CD.

Turn on the computer and press the

key F11 to choose CD-ROM booting
Selection.

Press “F6” when we see this notice on the

bottom. It tells us to load third party SCSI
or RAID driver.

Press “S” when we see this screen. This

screen tells us to install additional drivers.
The system will read external USB floppy
and find drivers automatically –
Vortex86DX D1010 ATA/ATAPI Controller.
Press “Enter” to select it.

We will see this screen again, this time,

press “Enter” to continue.

Press “F8” to agree the license agreement.

Setup the partition of disk (CF card, hard disk,
or embedded disk). You can delete (L) or
create (C) a partition. It depends on your need.
In this case, I use whole disk (one partition).

Choose system you will use. In this case, I use

Fat32. If disk space is larger than 32G, fat32
will not support, and NFTS would be the only
choice.
For save time, I choose Quick format.

We press “Enter” to continue. It will start to

format, and all of your data on the disk will be
erased.
After format, Windows files will be copied
form CD(DVD)-ROM to disk. Because our
USB speed is 1.0, it will take long time to
finish this job.

After copy all files, system will reboot. You

will see this screen again. This time don’t
press any key. Because files are already in
the disk, we don’t need to boot from
CD(DVD) again.

When you see this screen. The windows are

working installation process.
Because the IDE driver has not passed
Windows test, it will show this warning
screen. However, we still want to install
the driver, so press “Yes” to continue.

The same, to install the driver, press “Yes”

to continue.

Follow the guide and setup by your need

(time area, input…etc)
.
Input product key.

Setup computer name and account name.

Password is not necessary in this step.

It will reboot. System will detect screen

resolution.
Windows XP install successfully! In first
boot, it will setup environment for a while.

However, this is not the end. To improve video

performance and active internet function, We
strongly recommend to install specific drivers.
You can download (1) eBox-3300 LAN Driver
for Windows XP ,(2) eBox-3300 VGA Driver
for Windows XP from following address :
http://www.compactpc.com.tw/download_drv.htm
After download folder of “LAN-VxDX” and
“VGA_Z9s”, save these to USB flash drive.

Plug USB flash drive to eBox-3300.

Go to Start  Control Panel  System  Hardware  Device Manager.

Under “Other devices”, there are two

devices with question marks. Fistly,
we choose Ethernet Controller. Click
right button of mouse on this item,
and then click left button to choose
Update Driver.

Choose “No, not this time”

Select install from a list or specific
location (Advanced). Press Next to
continue.

Cancel search removable media, and choose

Include this location in the search. Then
click Browse.
Choose USB flash drive which we save. Go
to folder of Lan-VxDx  2008_09_10.
Click OK.

It will show the driver has not passed

Windows test. Click “Continue Anyway”.
Then, we will see files start to be copied to
XP system.
Click Finish to complete. Now, eBox-3300
is ready to connect to internet and browse
website!

The same, let’s update Video Controller

The process is the same as update Ethernet driver.

Select VGA_Z9s 
R1.09.03_WHQL  Setup 
WinXP&2K

Continue Anyway

The files start to copy.

After complete the job. We can go to Display
Property to check. We will see Display is
“Default Monitor on XGI Volari
Z7/Z9/Z9s/Z11 v1.09.03” and it can support
very high resolution now.

Restart eBox-3300 manually and press

“Delete” to enter the BIOS setting. Go to
Advanced  USB Configuration  USB 2.0
Controller Mode  set “HiSpeed”. Now,
eBox-3300 go back to support USB 2.0 with
higher transfer speed.
By the way, we also can remove Windows XP
CD-ROM from the CD(DVD)-ROM.

Congratulation! We done the job of

installation Windows XP.