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- Page 1 PCI Express SATA card Dual Channel Serial ATA PCI Express Controller Card PEXSATA22 Instruction Manual Actual product may vary from photo...
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- Page 3 Instruction Manual T T a a b b l l e e o o f f C C o o n n t t e e n n t t s s Introduction ........... . .1 Features .
- Page 4 I I n n t t r r o o d d u u c c t t i i o o n n Thank you for purchasing a StarTech.com PCI Express SATA II two port card - the perfect solution for adding SATA/SATA II drives to your computer, using the speed and power of PCI Express.
- Page 5 Instruction Manual I I n n s s t t a a l l l l a a t t i i o o n n Windows 2000/XP/2003 Fresh Installation Follow the instructions in this section if you are performing a new installation of Windows 2000/XP/2003, and you wish to boot from a drive attached to the SATA II to PCI Express Card.
- Page 6 Instruction Manual Adding the SATA host card to an existing Windows 2000/XP installation Follow the instructions in this section to install the SATA host card on a system already running Windows 2000 or Windows XP. 1. Shut down all power connected to the computer, as well as all devices connected to the computer peripherally (i.e.
- Page 7 Instruction Manual 3. Select Include this location in the search, and click Browse. The necessary files are located in: D: \Serial-ATA\PCIEXPRESS\Siliconimage\2Ch\Raid driver, where D:\ is the drive letter designating your CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive. Once this file has been selected, click Next. 4.
- Page 8 Instruction Manual Verifying installation Windows 2000/XP/2003 1. Right-click on the My Computer icon. Select Properties, and left-click on the Hardware tab. Click on the Device Manager button. Double click on SCSI and RAID Controllers. If there is no yellow [ ! ] or [ ? ] in front of the listing for Silicon Image SiI 3132 Serial ATA Controller, the driver has successfully been installed.
- Page 9 Instruction Manual Updating drivers on Windows 2000/XP/2003 With the SATA host card already plugged in and the driver already installed, follow the instructions below to update the SATA host driver: 1. Right click on My Computer and select Properties. Under the System Properties section, click on the Hardware tab, and then on Device Manager.
- Page 10 Instruction Manual Serial ATA Host Card GUI Utility installation Insert the Driver CD into the computer’s CD-ROM drive. When the autorun window appears, select the path D:\Serial-ATA\PCIEXPRESS\Siliconimage\2Ch\GUI, where D:\ specifies your CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive. 1. Click on GUI.exe 2. Click Next. If you wish to specify a location for the software installation other than that specified by default, please make your selection now.
- Page 11 RAID technology manages multiple disk drives, to enhance I/O performance and provide redundancy in order to withstand the failure of any individual member, without loss of data. PEXSATA22 provides two RAID Set types: Striped (RAID 0) and Mirrored(RAID 1). Disk Striping (RAID 0) Striping is a performance-oriented, non-redundant data mapping technique.
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