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SIIG Serial ATA 4-Channel PCI Quick Installation Manual

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Serial ATA 4-Channel PCI
Quick Installation Guide
Introducing the Serial ATA 4-Channel PCI
The Serial ATA 4-Channel PCI is an ultra high-speed four
channel Serial ATA controller for use in Pentium-class
computers. It achieves burst data transfer rates up to
150MB/s (1.5Gb/s) and supports various brand of hard
disk drives with capacities greater that 137GB.
Features and Benefits
•
Compliant with Serial ATA Specification, rev 1.0
•
Compliant with PCI Specification, revision 2.2
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Provides four independent channels to support up
to four Serial ATA drives
•
Features independent 256-byte FIFOs per channel
for host reads and writes
•
Co-exists with on-board Ultra ATA controller
•
Features Watch Dog timer for fault resiliency
•
Supports 32-bit wide PCI bus at 66MHz
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Lower pin count and voltage requirement, plus
better cabling over traditional Parallel ATA make
Serial ATA the controller of the future
System Requirements
•
Pentium-class computer with one available PCI slot
•
Windows 98/98SE/ME/NT 4.0/2000/XP/Server
2003
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CD-ROM drive (for driver installation)
04-0322B
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  • Page 1 Serial ATA 4-Channel PCI Quick Installation Guide Introducing the Serial ATA 4-Channel PCI The Serial ATA 4-Channel PCI is an ultra high-speed four channel Serial ATA controller for use in Pentium-class computers. It achieves burst data transfer rates up to 150MB/s (1.5Gb/s) and supports various brand of hard disk drives with capacities greater that 137GB.

  • Page 2: Hardware Installation

    Package Contents • (1) Serial ATA 4-Channel PCI board • (1) Driver CD • (2) Serial ATA cable • (1) Dual connector Serial ATA power cable • This quick installation guide Board Layout Hard Disk Serial ATA LED Pins Connectors Figure 1.
  • Page 3 • Remove your computer’s cover and install the card in an available PCI slot. • Push the board down firmly, but gently, until it is well seated. Install a slot bracket holding screw to secure the card. • Now go to Device Connection to connect your Serial ATA hard disk drive(s).

  • Page 4: Software Installation

    Note: If you like to monitor disk activity of the Serial ATA hard drives, you may at this time connect the hard disk LED of the system case to the Hard Disk LED Pins on the Serial ATA controller, see figure 1, on page 2 for the location of the pins.
  • Page 5 Insert the driver CD and click Next. Select Search for a better driver ... and click Next. Check CD-ROM drive, uncheck the other boxes, then click Next. Click Next again, then Finish. Click Yes to restart Windows to complete the driver installation.
  • Page 6 Click Finish, then click Yes to restart Windows to complete the driver installation. For Existing Windows ME Installation Install the board and boot up Windows ME. At the Add New Hardware Wizard, insert the driver Select Automatic search for a better driver (Recommended), then click Next.
  • Page 7 At the Windows NT Setup screen, press F6 to specify and add the driver. Press S, select Other, then press Enter. Insert the driver diskette and press Enter. Select Silicon Image SiI 3114 ... Controller for Windows NT 4.0 and 2000, and press Enter. Press Enter to continue and follow on-screen instructions to complete Windows NT4.0 installation.
  • Page 8 Windows 2000 Driver Installation A new installation of Windows 2000 requires a floppy disk for the driver installation. To make this floppy disk, copy the contents of the Floppy folder, found on the driver CD, onto a blank floppy disk then follow the directions below.
  • Page 9 Windows XP/Server 2003 Driver Installation A new installation of Windows XP/Server 2003 requires a floppy disk for the driver installation. To make this floppy disk, copy the contents of the Floppy folder, found on the driver CD, onto a blank floppy disk then follow the directions below.

  • Page 10: Bios Configuration

    Note: If a warning message pops up, click Continue Anyway, then click Finish. Our driver has been thoroughly tested in Windows for stability. Remove the driver CD and restart Windows to complete the driver installation. Verify Proper Installation for Windows 2000/XP/ Server 2003 Right click My Computer and click Manage.

  • Page 11: Technical Support And Warranty

    RMA number posted on the outside of the shipping carton. • You are responsible for the cost of shipping the product to SIIG at the following address: SIIG, Inc. 6078 Stewart Avenue...
  • Page 12 Fremont, CA 94538-3152 Serial ATA 4-Channel PCI is a trademark of SIIG, Inc. SIIG and SIIG logo are registered trademarks of SIIG, Inc. Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Pentium is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation.