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One channel eide isa adapter with biosmanager bios

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GSI
Model 1C
One Channel EIDE ISA Adapter
™ ™ ™ ™ ™
With BiosManager
BIOS
IMPORTANT!
Before installation see the
'READ ME 1ST' section!
Installation and Technical Reference Manual
© GSI 1997, see page 2
1
1539-1C-01-9

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  • Page 1 Model 1C One Channel EIDE ISA Adapter ™ ™ ™ ™ ™ With BiosManager BIOS IMPORTANT! Before installation see the ‘READ ME 1ST’ section! Installation and Technical Reference Manual © GSI 1997, see page 2 1539-1C-01-9...
  • Page 2 © copyright 1991-97, by GSI, a Nevada Corp. All rights reserved. No part of this manual may be reproduced in any form or by any means (including elec- tronic storage and retrieval or translation into a foreign language) without prior agreement and written consent from GSI as governed by United States and international copyright laws.
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    ................5 ODEL DAPTER AYOUT SECTION 2: “READ ME 1ST” ................6 2.1 D ..............6 ANAGEMENT OFTWARE SECTION 3: QUICK INSTALLATION OF THE MODEL 1C ......8 ..................8 HYSICAL NSTALLATION CMOS S ................... 10 YSTEM ETTINGS GSI B .......................
  • Page 4: Section 1: Product Overview

    Model 1C’s IRQ and BIOS address settings are flexible to allow coexistence with many adapters and motherboards. Automatic setup of hard drive - The Model 1C will auto detect all (E)IDE drives in the computer. In addition, the Auto-prep feature will offer to partition and format any new or clean drive.
  • Page 5: Model 1C Adapter Layout

    (Section 7) The serial number can be found on the back of the GSI Model 1C or is shown in the banner during system boot up. The serial number is required to receive technical support.
  • Page 6: Section 2: "Read Me 1St

    BIOS that supports large drives (either a system or adapter BIOS.) The Model 1C’s BIOS allows the hard drive to be used to the full capacity with a standard DOS partition and format.
  • Page 7 If needed, how do I make the adjustments to the Model 1C? Both IRQ and BIOS address changes are done by changing the jumpers on the Model 1C adapter (using jumper block J4, see Figure 1). For appropriate changes, see section 4-4.3.
  • Page 8: Section 3: Quick Installation Of The Model 1C

    Do not use any hard drive partitioning software (Disk management software like: Ontrack, EZ-Drive, etc.) in conjunction with the Model 1C adapter. If a drive has already been prepared with the software, see section 4.13 for removal instructions. Physical Installation Power off the computer and remove the case.
  • Page 9 IDE cable Attach the 40-pin IDE ribbon cable to connector J6 on the Model 1C, with pin-1 on the cable connecting to pin-1 on the Model 1C adapter. Pin-1 on the 40 pin IDE ribbon cable is indicated by the colored band on the edge of the cable.
  • Page 10: System Cmos Settings

    Step 4: Power on the computer System CMOS Settings The setting for any drive attached to the Model 1C, or any other channel in the computer should be none or not installed. The only exception is when using Windows®95 or Windows®NT, with a hard drive attached to your channel 1.
  • Page 11: Auto Preparation Of The Hard Drive

    During the first boot with a new hard drive attached to the Model 1C adapter, the GSI banner will tell you that the “drive does not have a partition or format, would you like to make it ready?”...
  • Page 12: Shadowing The Gsi Bios Address

    Please take this time to write down your serial number in the space provided at the back of the manual (section 6) for future reference. The serial number can be found on the GSI banner and on the back of the adapter.
  • Page 13: Jumper Settings

    Secondary 1E8-3E8 Optional (alternate IRQ) setting if IRQ15 is already used. 12 11 Bios address Primary / Secondary or OFF IRQ 15 IRQ 12 (Secondary only) Figure #5: Default Jumper Layout © GSI 1997, see page 2 1539-1C-01-9...
  • Page 14: Irq & Channel Jumper Settings

    Your operating system assigns the A: and B: to your first two floppy drives. If you are using only one floppy drive, it will be drive A: and the B: drive will be left unused. © GSI 1997, see page 2 1539-1C-01-9...
  • Page 15 DOS partition of 2.1GB on the 2.5GB drive set as master the primary DOS partition on the second 504MB drive set as slave the extended partition on drive 1 (400 mb size) the CD-ROM drive (initialized via driver) © GSI 1997, see page 2 1539-1C-01-9...
  • Page 16: How To Make A Boot Disk

    Test boot disk. Put bootable disk in the A drive and reboot the computer. If the computer booted from the A: drive, you should come to the A:\ and be prompted for both the date and time. © GSI 1997, see page 2 1539-1C-01-9...
  • Page 17 Step 8 Test boot disk. Put bootable disk in the A: drive and reboot the computer. If the computer booted from the A: drive, you should come to the A:\. © GSI 1997, see page 2 1539-1C-01-9...
  • Page 18: Making A Hard Drive Bootable

    In some cases this is the same setting as master, check drive documentation for settings. A single drive should also be placed at the end position of the cable. © GSI 1997, see page 2 1539-1C-01-9...
  • Page 19: B Cable Select (Csel)

    1 and 2 on the primary adapter and drive 3 and drive 4 on the Model 1C, using a GSI Cable Select cable. The drive seen first by the computer is the master on the primary adapter, second, the slave (primary adapter), third is Drive 0 at the end position on the CSEL cable.
  • Page 20: Cd-Rom D Rives

    Despite not appearing on the GSI banner, these CD-ROM drives usually work fine. This is because drivers operate a CD- ROM, not a BIOS. The Model 1C simply acts as an interface card and the drivers supplied by the drive manufacturer that load during boot up (in config.sys) actually run a CD-ROM.
  • Page 21: Emory Anagement Oftware

    The first step in either excluding or shadowing the GSI BIOS address is to determine what the GSI BIOS address is set at. The easiest way is to hit the PAUSE key when you see the GSI banner during boot up. The banner will state one of four possible BIOS addresses: C800, CC00, D000 or E000.
  • Page 22: B Shadowing With A Memory Manager

    The following information is for systems that do not have that available in the CMOS. Shadowing the GSI BIOS address using a memory manager is done in your config.sys file. To access your config.sys file type EDIT CONFIG.SYS at the C:\> to make the changes to the file.
  • Page 23: Shadowing With Your System Cmos

    If you are using the Model 1C as a secondary adapter (factory default setting) and have your boot drive (C:) attached to the Model 1C, you may not be able to boot from the hard drive. It is not uncommon for the Phoenix CMOS, during boot, to only look to the primary adapter address for a bootable hard drive.
  • Page 24: Phoenix System Cmos

    You may be able to disable your primary IDE adapter and then change the Model 1C to run in it’s place, in primary mode (see 4.1 for instructions). Either of these two solutions should get the Model 1C up and running with a system using the Phoenix BIOS.
  • Page 25: And Esdi Adapters

    BIOS, fortunately the Model 1C adapter has 4 BIOS address settings available to avoid such problems. If you are not seeing the Model 1C banner during boot up, try changing the GSI BIOS address to one that is higher than that of your other adapter (or the reverse).
  • Page 26: Windows

    4.18-B DOS COMPATIBILITY MODE If you notice in device manager that the (E)IDE drive attached to the Model 1C is running in DOS COMPATIBILITY MODE, run the ADD NEW HARDWARE WIZARD from the control panel. © GSI 1997, see page 2...
  • Page 27: Windows® Nt

    OS/2 2.x and OS/2 Warp Currently OS/2 2.x and Warp using both FAT and HPFS partitions have no problems with the Model 1C. However on the Model 1C banner during boot up, the HPFS partition may be identified as NTFS. This happens as a result of the GSI BIOS inquiring the drives filing system and OS/2 responds the same as NTFS.
  • Page 28: A Installing Novell

    Run Novell’s SERVER. EXE and: 1. Issue LOAD IDE.DSK /L (Most current version of driver) using the parameters that your Model 1C has been configured to (IRQ & I/O address settings). 2. Issue LOAD INSTALL.MLM to run the Novell install and then: Do not choose the FORMAT option (Compsurf’s format command...
  • Page 29: Section 5: Troubleshooting

    GSI banner not seen on the screen during bootup: Is another adapter using the same IRQ as the Model 1C? If so, either change the other adapter or the Model 1C. The Model 1C has the option of running as a primary adapter (IRQ14), a secondary adapter (IRQ15, or IRQ12) or you can simply disable the IDE channel and use it as a BIOS manager.
  • Page 30 Not able to utilize the full size of the hard drive: Is there already a partition on the hard drive? If there is an existing partition on the hard drive the Model 1C will not change it. To do so would delete all the data on the drive. Only when the Model 1C can see the drive with NO partitions will you be able to use it’s full size.
  • Page 31 Drive not found by the Model 1C’s banner: Is the drive a CD-ROM? The Model 1C’s BIOS does not operate a CD-ROM drive, even though it is a compatible interface for ATAPI CD-ROM drives. The most important component in successful CD-ROM operation is for the proper drivers loading in your config.sys during the boot...
  • Page 32 Do you have the cable connected correctly? For proper operation you must have pin-1 from the cable, connect- ing to the pin-1 on the Model 1C (or your other IDE channel). See section 3.1 step 2 and figure 2. Are the drives compatible to run as master and slave? Not all drives are compatible to run as master and slave, even drives from the same manufacturer.
  • Page 33 1 it will give you an error. For CMOS settings see section 3.2. Error message ‘non system disk’ after GSI banner: Did you make your hard drive bootable? You must follow the steps in section 4.6 to make the hard drive bootable.
  • Page 34: Section 6: Product Versions

    1) in bulk (board, manual and registration card only) — GSI Part # 1533- 1C-xx-x, where xx-x is the Model 1C revision number 2) in VAR packs (board, manual, registration card, & GSI Cable Select (CSEL) 2-drive cable packaged in a GSI box) — GSI Part # 1533-1C-Vx-x Product Specifications Model 1C Adapter Dimensions: 2.80"...
  • Page 35: Supplier Information

    If for any reason you need to contact GSI TECHNICAL SUP- PORT you will need your GSI serial number. The serial number can be found on the back of the Model 1C adapter or on the GSI banner during boot up.
  • Page 36 The GSI Model 2C – Dual-Channel EIDE adapter directly controls up to four EIDE drives. Similar to Model 1C, but adds another EIDE channel and increased flexibility of IRQ and I/O addressing of EIDE channels. The GSI Model 4C —...

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