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- Page 1 Serial ATA PCI Host Adapter AEC-6290/6295 User’s Manual Version:1.0 Copyright © 2003 ACARD Technology Corp. Release: April 2003...
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Page 2: Copyright And Trademarks
ACARD and SCSIDE are the trademarks of ACARD Technology Corp. Microsoft and the Windows Logo are the registered trademarks, and Windows is the trade- mark of Microsoft Corporation. -
Page 3: Table Of Contents
Chapter 4 System & Driver Installation ..16 4.1 In Win 2000/XP............. 16 4.1.1 Install the Driver ............16 4.1.2 Boot from AEC-6290/6295 ..........21 4.2 In Win NT .............. 21 4.2.1 Install the Driver ............21 4.2.2 Boot from AEC-6290/6295 ..........22... - Page 4 4.3 In Win 9X/ME............22 4.3.1 Install the Driver ............22 4.3.2 Boot from AEC-6290/6295 ..........22 4.4 In Linux ..............22 Chapter 5 Troubleshooting ......23 Appendix A Make An Installation Disk ... 24 Appendix B ASPITool32 Manager ....27...
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Page 5: Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 Overview ACARD AEC-6290 and 6295 are Serial ATA PCI host adapters. They meet serial ATA 1.0 and parallel ATA 133 specifications. Their advantages are robust data trans- mission, reduced pin counts, lower power requirement, thinner and longer cabling, etc. -
Page 6: Package
AEC-6290: 13.0 (W) 7.6 (H) cm × AEC-6295: 17.5 (W) 8.1 (H) cm Connectors --- AEC-6290: Two 4-pin SATA connectors AEC-6295: Two 4-pin SATA connectors Two 40-pin IDE connectors 1.4 Package When you open the package, please examine the following items. ×... -
Page 7: Chapter 2 Hardware Installation
2.1.2 Use ATA HDD and Converter When using an ATA HDD and ATA-to-serial converter, follow the 4 steps. (1). Connect one end of the serial ATA cable to AEC-6290/6295 and another to the ATA-to-serial converter. (2). Connect the ATA-to-serial converter to the ATA HDD, and connect the small 4- pin power cord to the ATA-to-serial converter. -
Page 8: The Board Layout
AEC-6290/6295 Manual 2.2 The Board Layout The layout of AEC-6290 board is shown as follows. Serial Port 2 Serial Port 1 Figure 2-1 The layout of AEC-6295 board is shown as follows. Channel 4 Channel 3 Channel 1 Channel 2... -
Page 9: Connection Of Cable And Power Cord
AEC-6290/6295 Manual 2.3 Connection of Cable and Power Cord It is quite easy to connect the ATA 133 cable, serial ATA cable, and the power cord, because they are foolproof. Here we take AEC-6295 as an example. On the 4- channel adapter Channel 3 and Channel 4 are two channels for connecting IDE hard drives while Channel 1 and Channel 2 for connecting serial ones. -
Page 10: Connect An Ide Hdd
AEC-6290/6295 Manual But If your hard drive is not a serial one, you need a converter to connect. (1). Connect one end of the serial ATA cable to AEC-6295 and another to the ATA- to-serial converter. (2). Connect the converter to the IDE HDD, then connect them with a Y-splitter power cord. -
Page 11: Compatibility
HDD set as Master. 2.4 Compatibility AEC-6290 and 6295 support native serial ATA hard drives and DMA 133/100/66 hard drives. AEC-6290 needs to be used together with AEC-7900. For the newest compatibility, please visit http://www.acard.com... -
Page 12: Chapter 3 Bios Setup
AEC-6290/6295 Manual Chapter 3 BIOS Setup After installing AEC-6290/6295 and booting the host PC, you will see the following figure indicating your BIOS version, hard drive information, etc. Here we only take AEC-6290 as an example. Figure 3-1 Please press <F1> or <F10> to enter BIOS Setup Utility. -
Page 13: Ide Devices
AEC-6290/6295 Manual 3.1 IDE Devices The next figure shows the information of IDE devices connected to AEC-6290/6295. Figure 3-3 3.2 Adapter Setup Int 13h Bios Enable: Set if to load the BIOS of AEC6290/6295 to the system upon booting. CD-ROM Bootable: Set if to boot from CD-ROM. -
Page 14: Utility
AEC-6290/6295 Manual Figure 3-4 3.3 Utility Quick Erase: It can quickly erase the data on a selected hard drive. Beware that the data and the partitions will be completely erased. Figure 3-5 3.4 Load Defaults This can recover the defaults of BIOS. -
Page 15: Exit Setup
AEC-6290/6295 Manual 3.5 Exit Setup Cancel: It makes ineffective or inoperative. Update Data & Exit: Save and leave. No update, Exit: Leave withoug saving. Figure 3-6... -
Page 16: Chapter 4 System & Driver Installation
Driver installation varies somewhat in different operating systems. You can install the driver of AEC-6290/6295 in an existing OS, or install a new OS to the hard drive connected to AEC-6290/6295. The second method can be said to boot from the adapter. - Page 17 AEC-6290/6295 Manual (3). Follow the wizard. Windows XP will require the driver’s location. Select “Include this location in the search”. (4). Select “Browse” to find the driver’s directory such as A:\WinXP. Figure 4-2 (5). After the wizard finds the driver, click “Next” to install it.
- Page 18 AEC-6290/6295 Manual (6). Click “Continue Anyway” to continue the installation. Figure 4-4 (7). Follow the directions. The system will complete the setup automatically. Figure 4-5...
- Page 19 AEC-6290/6295 Manual (8). After setup, please boot the system again, and click “My Computer”. Figure 4-6 (9). Find “View system information”, and double click it. Figure 4-7...
- Page 20 AEC-6290/6295 Manual (10). In “System Properties” click “Hardware” and then “Device Manager”. Figure 4-8 (11). Under “SCSI and RAID Controllers” double click “ACARD AEC-6295 Serial ATA PCI Host Adapter” to see if the card has been installed successfully. Figure 4-9...
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Page 21: Boot From Aec-6290/6295
Please follow the steps given below to install the driver of AEC-6290/6295. (1). After installing the adapter, boot the original system again. (2). Click “My Computer”, “Control Panel”, “SCSI Adapters”, and “Drivers”. Then click “Add”. Put the driver disk or CD of AEC-6290/6295, and specify the driver’s location. -
Page 22: Boot From Aec-6290/6295
(4). Click “My Computer”, “Control Panel”, “System”, and “Device Manager”. You will learn that the system has found an unknown SCSI controller. (5). Put the driver of AEC-6290/6295, and let the system search automatically. Or you can specify the driver’s location, and tell OS to get for installation. Follow the wizard to complete. -
Page 23: Chapter 5 Troubleshooting
AEC-6290/6295 Manual Chapter 5 Troubleshooting After installing AEC-6290/6295, if it cannot work normally, please use the checklist given below to solve the problems. (1). Inspect if the power cord’s connectors are loose, or if the watt of power supply is not sufficient. -
Page 24: Appendix A Make An Installation Disk
AEC-6290/6295 Manual Appendix A Make An Installation Disk For installing an OS like Windows 2000/NT/XP into a hard drive with ACARD adapter, you need a floppy disk containing the adapter’s driver to boot the hard drive. Please follow the steps below to make an ACARD adapter’s driver disk. - Page 25 AEC-6290/6295 Manual 3. Under the “Driver” folder find your adapter’s model number. For example, AEC- 6880’s driver is Driver>IDE>AEC6880V1.3.
- Page 26 AEC-6290/6295 Manual 4. Choose the driver folder, and right-click “Send to 3.5” floppy”. Meanwhile insert an empty disk into floppy drive. 5. Now use the driver disk to boot the hard drive and install the OS.
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Page 27: Appendix B Aspitool32 Manager
Windows OS while they are connected with the ACARD SCSI or IDE adapter. The ASPITool32 Manager program is proudly devel- oped by ACARD. You may get the setup program from the ACARD Driver CD. ASPITool32 Manager Functions 1.FDsik: Create a partition on the hard drive. - Page 28 AEC-6290/6295 Manual Technical Support Form Email: support@acard.com http://www.acard.com Model F/W Version AEC-6290/6295 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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