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- Page 1 PCI-to-SATA Adapter AEC-6290M User’s Manual Version:1.0 Copyright © 2003 ACARD Technology Corp. Release: November 2003...
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Page 2: Copyright And Trademarks
ACARD and SCSIDE are the trademarks of ACARD Technology Corp. Apple logo is the registered trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. -
Page 3: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction ........4 1.1 Overview ..............4 1.2 Features ..............4 1.3 Specifications ............4 1.4 Package..............5 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation......6 2.1 Quick Installation ..........6 2.2 HDD Compatibility ..........6 2.3 Hardware Installation..........7 Chapter 3 System Installation ...... -
Page 4: Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 Overview ACARD AEC-6290M is a 32-bit, 33MHz, 2-channel, high-performance PCI-to-SATA adapter. Its on-board Flash BIOS supports boot function. Besides, it can coexist with the on-board Serial ATA controller. It has the full-featured PCI 32-bit bus mas- ter transfer, including PCI-enhanced data transfer commands (133MB/s) and built- in Scatter/Gather function for multitasking OS. -
Page 5: Package
AEC-6290M Manual 1.4 Package When you open the package, please examine the following items. × AEC-6290M × Internal Serial ATA Cable × User’s Manual × ACARD Support CD × Power cord for Serial ATA hard drive... -
Page 6: Chapter 2 Hardware Installation
AEC-6290M Manual Chapter 2 Hardware Installation You can install AEC-6290M and hard drives successfully to your Mac machine ac- cording to subsection 2.1. Before installing the operating system, if the hard drives connected to AEC-6290M contain important data, you had better back up. -
Page 7: Hardware Installation
It is quite easy to connect the serial ATA cable and the power cord to SATA hard drives, because they are foolproof. The methods are given below. (1). Connect the serial ATA cable to AEC-6290M and the serial hard drive. (2). Connect the power cord to the hard drive. -
Page 8: Chapter 3 System Installation
This chapter is going to tell you how to install and use the hard drives connected to AEC-6290M in different operating systems (OS 9 , OS X) and applications. The built-in driver in OS X 10.1 and 10.2 is the same as that for AEC-6280M. To get better performance and stability you should update the driver before installation. - Page 9 AEC-6290M Manual 6. Double click “Drive Setup”. 7. Choose the hard drive connected to AEC-6290M, then click “Initialize”. For de- tailed information of “Drive Setup”, please refer to Mac OS manual. 8. Quit “Drive Setup Utility” and start to install OS 9 into the hard drive(s).
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Page 10: Install Os X Into Hdd With The Adapter
AEC-6290M Manual 3.1.2 Install OS X into HDD with the Adapter 1. Be sure that the hardware is installed correctly. 2. Insert the OS X source CD into CD/DVD-ROM. 3. Power on, press “C” key to boot from CD/DVD-ROM. 4. Before installation,click “Installer” on the top selection row. -
Page 11: Verify System Profiler
OS X. 8. Quit “Disk Utility” and start the OS X installation. 9. Update the driver of AEC-6290M to the newest version, which is in the ACARD support CD. Or download the driver from http://www.acard.com. - Page 12 AEC-6290M Manual You can find the information of AEC-6290M under the Apple Logo. Please follow the instructions below to read the system information. 1. Click Apple Logo and choose “Apple System Profiler”. 2. Under “Apple System Profiler” click “Devices and Volumes” to read the status of devices.
- Page 13 AEC-6290M Manual For Mac OS X Basically if you have installed the hard drive as well as AEC-6290M successfully, and have partitioned or erased the hard drive, one or more hard drive icons will appear on the desktop. You can use the built-in Disk Utility to verify or repair the hard drive when it has something wrong.
- Page 14 4. Under “Utilities” click “Apple System Profiler”. 5. Under “Apple System Profiler” click “Devices and Volumes” to read the detailed information of AEC-6290M. (Owing to the same chipset in 6290M and 6280M, 6290M is regarded as 6280M. In fact, apart from the different display, 6290M’s...
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Page 15: Install The Adapter In Current Os
6. Click “Extensions” to see the version of AEC-6290M’s driver. 3.2 Install the Adapter in Current OS We are going to install AEC-6290M in the current OS 9 and OS X. 3.2.1 In OS 9 1. Be sure that the hardware is installed correctly. - Page 16 AEC-6290M Manual 4. Double click “Drive Setup”. 5. Choose the newly installed hard drive, and click “Initialize”. 6. You can see the initialized or partitioned volume on the desktop.
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Page 17: In Os X
1. Be sure that the hardware is installed correctly. 2. Power on. 3. Update the driver of AEC-6290M to the newest version, which is in the ACARD support CD. Or download the driver from http://www.acard.com. (If you’re an OS X 10.3 user, you can skip this step.) 4. -
Page 18: Verify System Profiler
AEC-6290M Manual 6. You can see the partitioned or erased volume on the desktop. 3.2.3 Verify System Profiler Please refer to 3.1.3. -
Page 19: Chapter 4 Troubleshooting
AEC-6290M Manual Chapter 4 Troubleshooting After installation, if AEC-6290M cannot work smoothly, please troubleshoot it ac- cording to the methods given below. 1. Inspect power supply When the device is malfunctioned, inspect the power status (ON/OFF) first. If you connect more than 4 hard drives, you had better prepare another set of power source in order not to affect the stability of hard drives. -
Page 20: Technical Support Form
AEC-6290M Manual Technical Support Form Email: support@acard.com http://www.acard.com Model F/W Version AEC-6290M System Configuration Motherboard BIOS version SCSI adapter Chipset Memory Display card Other I/O card OS version Hard Disk Configuration Hard Disk Model/type Capacity Firmware version Others Problem Description...
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