Appendix A: Frequently Asked Questions; Pre-Installation - Promise Technology FastTrak S150 User Manual

Appendix A: Frequently Asked Questions

This section lists frequently asked questions involving pre-installation, drive
issues, installation, and post-installation.

Pre-Installation

(Speed, Device Types, Capacity, Cabling)
Q: What kind of hard drives can I use for a FastTrak S150 TX4 array?
A: You can use any Serial ATA hard drive(s) to create arrays on the FastTrak
S150 TX4. You should use matching drives for multiple-drive arrays to maximize
capacity usage as well as performance.
Q: Will ACPI work with HDDs on the FastTrak S150 TX4?
A: Yes.
Q: Can I use ATAPI devices on the FastTrak S150 TX4 controller?
A: No. The FastTrak S150 TX4 controller does not support ATAPI devices.
Q: Will the FastTrak S150 TX4 work with 66MHz PCI bus speed?
A: Yes, the FastTrak S150 TX4 is designed to accommodate the newer PCI
bus speed and is backward compatible with 33MHz speeds.
Q: How can I change the resources that the FastTrak uses?
A: The FastTrak S150 TX4 is fully PnP. This means all the resources that it
uses are given to it by the PnP BIOS on the motherboard. The FastTrak S150
TX4 does support IRQ sharing, but this will not work unless ALL the concerned
devices support the feature. If your motherboard allows you to control the
assignment of these resources, you may be able to remedy the problem by:
Changing the IRQ assignments to the PCI slots in the motherboard BIOS during
boot up.
Reset the configuration data in your CMOS. This is usually an option in the PnP
section of your CMOS.
Otherwise, switch the FastTrak S150 TX4 card to a different PCI slot.
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