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Serial ATA PCI-M
Quick Installation Guide
Introducing the Serial ATA PCI-M
The Serial ATA PCI-M is an ultra high-speed dual channel
Serial ATA controller for use in Mac computers. It
achieves burst data transfer rates up to 150MB/s (1.5Gbps)
and supports various brand of hard disk drives with
capacities greater than 137GB.
Features and Benefits
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Compliant with Serial ATA Specification, rev. 1.0
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Compliant with PCI Specification, revision 2.3
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Provides two independent channels to support up
to two Serial ATA drives
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Features independent 256-byte FIFOs per channel
for host reads and writes
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Co-exists with on-board controller
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Can be used as the boot controller when a bootable
hard disk drive is attached
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Supports 64/32-bit wide PCI slot at 33MHz
System Requirements
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G3 (blue & white) or later with one available PCI slot
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Mac OS X v10.1.x or later *
*Note: Support for Mac OS X v10.1.x will be available
at the end of June, 2004. At that time, check our
website at www.siig.com for more details.
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- Page 1 G3 (blue & white) or later with one available PCI slot • Mac OS X v10.1.x or later * *Note: Support for Mac OS X v10.1.x will be available at the end of June, 2004. At that time, check our website at www.siig.com for more details. 04-0320B...
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Page 2: Hardware Installation
Package Contents • (1) Serial ATA PCI-M board • (1) Serial ATA cable • (1) Serial ATA power cable • This quick installation guide Board Layout Serial ATA Hard Disk Connectors LED Pins Figure 1. Serial ATA PCI-M Board Layout Hardware Installation Static Electricity Discharge may permanently damage your system. -
Page 3: Device Connection
Open your computer’s case and install the card in an available PCI slot. Push the board down firmly, but gently, until it is well seated. Secure the card with a slot bracket holding screw. Now go to Device Connection to connect your Serial ATA hard disk drives. -
Page 4: Software Installation
Important: Support for Mac OS X v10.1.x will be available at the end of June, 2004. At that time, check our website at www.siig.com for more details. For a fresh OS X installation: Use this section when the controller will be the boot controller and Mac OS X will be installed on a blank or new hard disk drive. - Page 5 Boot up your computer with the Mac OS X CD-ROM. Press and hold letter C on the keyboard while your system is booting from the CD-ROM. When Mac OS X finishes booting, click Installer in the menu bar. Click Open Disk Utility. Highlight drive connected...
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Page 6: Troubleshooting
Click Partition, click Partition again to initialize the drive. Close Disk Utility when finished. The new drive should appear as Untitled on the desktop. Troubleshooting Important: Below are troubleshooting tips to help you when performing a fresh installation of Mac OS X v10.2 or later. -
Page 7: Technical Support
The 5-year manufacturer warranty supplied with this product is offered by SIIG, Inc. If you should happen to encounter any problems with this product, please follow the procedures below. - Page 8 Serial ATA PCI-M is a trademark of SIIG, Inc. SIIG and SIIG logo are registered trademarks of SIIG, Inc. Mac and Mac OS are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. Other names used in publication are for identification only and may be trademarks of their respective companies.