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AEC-6712TU Chapter 1 Introduction The AEC-6712TU is a high performance PCI bus Ultra SCSI-3 adapter. With full features of the PCI 32-bit bus master transfer capability and PCI enhanced data transfer commands (133MB/s). It offer really PCI Plug and Play, and Scatter/Gather function to improve performance for multi- tasking OS.
AEC-6712TU 1.2 Specifications Power Required - Voltage: 5V +/- 5% Current: 1.8 A Environment Temperature Operating: 0 C to 60 Storage: -65 C to 150 Humidity 15% to 90% Dimensions Length: 12 cm Width: 8.4 cm Connector 50 pins SCSI-3 internal connector...
AEC-6712TU Chapter 2 Installation 2.1 Installation The AEC-6712TU factory default setting will meet your needs without modification in most case. If you need to modify the configuration, please run the BIOS SETUP by the following installation procedure. At first, chosen the cables match the environment you need; then mount- ing hardware for the SCSI device and setting the terminators.
AEC-6712TU Chapter 3 BIOS Setup 3.1 AEC-6712TU BIOS SETUP Plug the AEC-6712TU SCSI card in the PCI slot, power on your PC. When you see the following message you can press <F1> or <F10> to issue setup utility. ACARDBIOS (C) 1993-2000 ACARD TECHNOLOGY CORP.
AEC-6712TU 3.6.1 Preformat PREFORMAT ID=2 234MB QUANTUM xxxxxxxxxxx xxxx WARNING ! ALL DATA ON HD WILL BE DESTROYED !! <Cancel> <Continue> LAST WARNING ! ALL DATA ON HD WILL BE DESTROYED !! <Cancel> <Continue> Preformatting Hour Sec. HARD DISK PREFORMAT COMPLETE !!
AEC-6712TU 3.6.2 Verify VERIFY ID=2 234MB QUANTUM xxxxxxxxxxx Verifying ..2.2 % Completed Hit <ESC> to stop HARD DISK VERIFY COMPLETE !! <Hit a key to continue> If meet the verify error the message will show as below and ask whether to reassign.
AEC-6712TU 3.6.3 Quick Erase HDD Quick Erase HDD ID=2 234MB QUANTUM xxxxxxxxxxx WARNING!! ALL DATA ON HDD WILL BE DESTROYED!! <Cancel> <Continue> LAST WARNING!! ALL DATA ON HDD WILL BE DESTROYED!! <Cancel> <Continue> HARD DISK Quick Erase HDD COMPLETE!! <Hit a key to continue>...
Chapter 4 Device Driver 4.1 Introduction The AEC-6712TU supports hard drives without device driver in the DOS operation system. However, there’s still need the additional device driver to use all the feature or work in the other’s operation system and/or other devices than hard drives.
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AEC-6712TU Netware 3.1x, 4.x Directory AEC671x.DSK: For Netware 3.1x and 4.x SCSI device driver OS/2 2.x, OS/2 Warp Directory OS2671x.ADD: For OS/2 2.x and Warp SCSI device driver OS2671x.DDP: Windows 95 Directory AEC671x.MPD: For Windows 95 SCSI device driver AEC671x.INF: Install Information Windows NT Directory AEC671x.SYS: For Windows NT 3.x SCSI device driver...
AEC-6712TU 4.2 Driver Installation 4.2.1 Windows 95/98 Environment AEC671x.MPD is designed for Microsoft Windows95/98 miniport drivers. This driver allows connection of SCSI devices (which support by Microsoft) Install Procedure At first you must from DOS to setup the CD-ROM driver.
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AEC-6712TU Updating Windows 95/98 with driver When install Windows95/98 complete, and the Windows 95/98 cannot auto install the PCI SCSI Controller driver or fined the ¡I Yellow mark in the SCSI Controller. Please select “Control Panel” to change driver. And follows the step.
(6) When prompted, insert the driver disk prepared by step (1). (7) The ACARD Miniport driver should be highlighted. Press Enter to proceed. (8) NT should now recognize the ACARD Miniport driver and the SCSI hardware. Then Please follow the Microsoft Windows NT installation procedure.
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AEC-6712TU Add Windows NT with driver When Windows NT had been installed and you want plug the ACARD SCSI device on the Windows NT system, that you must use the ADD SCSI Controller method. The add procedure by following. (1) ADD SCSI driver from Windows NT 3.51: <...
A: 4. Insert the newest AEC671x driver diskette to drive A: , then type enter 5. The ACARD Miniport driver should be highlighted. Press Enter to proceed. 6. Windows 2000 should now recognize the ACARD Miniport driver and the SCSI devices 7.
AEC-6712TU Add Windows 2000 with driver 1. Plug AEC671x into available PCI slot on your computer, then turn on. 2. When you login Windows 2000 system will find the SCSI controller 3. Then system will start Hardware Wizard, click “ NEXT “.
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AEC-6712TU Utilities installation (ASPITOOL) ASPITOOL is a universal SCSI tools, that included the MO and Remov- able HDD of format utilities. ( D:\Drivers\Scsi\A671xVx.xx\Disk2\DOS ) 1. PC-AT environment: type “ASPITLDS” 2. Japanese DOS/V environment: type “SETUPV” 3. Japanese NEC-98 environment: type “SETUP98”...
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AEC-6712TU Then you will restart your computer; and to start the device driver that you have been install in the “CONFIG.SYS”and “AUTOEXEC.EXE” files. If you can access your SCSI device when the power on, that are you install the device driver successful.
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AEC-6712TU The AEC-671x WINASPI Driver support protect mode WinASPI interface to improve performance. Please do not enable 32 bit disk access driver at the save time for AEC-671x. The config is as follows : The AEC-671x Windows Driver support32-bit disk access under Window environment, The driver support real 32 bits disk data transfer between host and the SCSI adapter bus.
4.2.5 Netware 3.x, 4.x Environment AEC671x.DSK supports NetWare 386 v3.1x; the AEC671X4.DSK supports NetWare v4.x SCSI-3 disk module and ASPI managers. ACARD SCSI-3 netware driver have full support for standard SCSI disk drives, ‘NetWare Ready’ drives, and removable media disk drives (including optical drives).
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2. Make a directory c:\server.40 3. Install CD-ROM drive as a MSDOS drive D: 4. Insert Netware 4.0 CD-ROM diskette. 5. Copy ACARD SCSI-3 driver to directory c:\server.40 6. Copy ASPICD.DSK and ASPITRAN.DSK (D:\netware.40\________\diskdrv\) to directory c:\server.40 7. Change directory to D:\netware.40\________\c_03c\) then copy CDROM.NLM to c:\server.40...
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AEC-6712TU 14. Then you need insert [LICESE] floppy diskette. 15. Select <Alt><F10> exit to Netware command prompt. 16. Load c:\server.40\ASPICD 17. Load c:\server.40\CDROM then must remember CDROM drive 18. Run CD MOUUNT 1 then remember CDROM volume name (CDVOL01) and *** Don’t care any CDROM error message.
OS2671x.ADD : This SCSI OS/2 driver support ACARD PCI Ultra SCSI adapter HARD DISK CAPACITY ACARD support hdd capacity upto 8 GB under OS/2 FAT file system. OS/2 driver Parameter Setting ACARD SCSI-3 OS/2 driver OS2671x.ADD parameter as follows : /A:0 or /A:1 =>...
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1. Make your system ready. 2. Edit OS/2 diskette(copied) config.sys 3. Insert OS/2 install diskette. 4. Insert OS/2 diskette 1(edited with ACARD SCSI-3 driver). 5. Load driver OK and Partition Hard disk. 6. Reinsert OS/2 install diskette and Boot from floppy again.
—> 3.5 DSDD You are now ready to install the driver package for ACARD PCI SCSI The ACARD driver diskette can use “custom”(UNIX shell) or “link”(boot time) to install SCSI driver and rebuild UNIX kernel. Normally “link” is for...
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<Enter> 4) Then follow the SCO UNIX installation procedure until installed complete. If ACARD PCI SCSI is not a boot device. You can start the installation by typing “custom” under UNIX shell as follows : %custom You need relink the UNIX kernel and reboot your system for the new kernel.
AEC-6712TU Appendix 1 Technical Support Form Email: support@acard.com http://www.acard.com Model: F/W Version: AEC-6712TU System Configuration Main Board vendor BIOS version SCSI adapter Chipset Memory Dispay card Other I/O card OS version Hard Disk Configuration Hard Disk Model/type Capacity Firmware version...
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