Lindy 70540 User Manual

Low profile sata raid 2 port pci host

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Low Profile SATA RAID
2 Port PCI Host
User Manual
English
LINDY No. 70540
www.LINDY.com
© LINDY ELECTRONICS LIMITED & LINDY-ELEKTRONIK GMBH - FIRST EDITION (November 2004)

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  • Page 1 Low Profile SATA RAID 2 Port PCI Host User Manual English LINDY No. 70540 www.LINDY.com © LINDY ELECTRONICS LIMITED & LINDY-ELEKTRONIK GMBH - FIRST EDITION (November 2004)
  • Page 2: Pci Interface

    1. Introduction This Low Profile SATA RAID 2 Port PCI Host Adapter is a PCI to dual Serial ATA host controller board which can support Low profile PCI and regular size PCI both. It provides a 32bit, 33/66 MHz PCI interface on the host side and dual, fully compliant Serial ATA ports on the device side to access SATA Hard disk drive.
  • Page 3: Package Contents

    Dual high speed Serial ATA interface ports, each supporting 1st generation Serial ATA data rates (1.5Gb/s). Provides RAID 0 (Stripping) to greatly increase the performance of data transfer by simultaneously writing data to 2 drives. Provides RAID 1 (Mirroring) to protect the data from a disk failure by writing identical data on 2 drives.
  • Page 4 failure. If a read failure occurs on one drive, the system reads the data from the other drive. 3. BIOS Installation ( RAID Setting ) Creating and deleting RAID sets is a function found in the BIOS. During boot up, the RAID setting message will appear and pause for a few moments to allow the user to choose what to do.
  • Page 5: Deleting Raid Sets

    3.3. Deleting RAID Sets 1. As the BIOS boots, Press CTRL+S or F4 to enter the raid bios utility. 2. Select Delete RAID set. Press Enter. 3. Answer Y to remove the RAID set. If the RAID set being deleted is a Striped set, then all of the data will be lost.
  • Page 6: Windows 98/98Se Driver Installation

    4.1. Windows 98/98SE Driver Installation For New Windows 98/98 SE Systems 1. After the SATA RAID PCI Host Adapter and attached drives are configured, follow Microsoft procedures to install Windows accordingly. 2. Once Windows has been installed, double click My Computer/Control Panel/System, then click Device Manager.
  • Page 7: Windows Nt 4.0 Driver Installation

    8. Remove the Driver diskette and click Yes to restart Windows to complete driver installation. For Existing Windows ME Systems 1. After the SATA RAID PCI Host Adapter and attached drives are configured, boot up Windows. 2. At the Add New Hardware Wizard, check Specify the location of the driver (advanced), and click Next.
  • Page 8: Windows 2000 Driver Installation

    Verification of the Proper Installation for Windows NT 4.0 1. Double click My Computer/Control Panel/SCSI Adapters. 2. Highlight Silicon Image Sil-3112 SATA Raid Controller and click Properties. This device is working properly is displayed in the dialog box, the driver has been correctly installed.
  • Page 9 installation. Note: When the Software Installation warning pops up, click Yes. And when the Hardware Installation warning pops up, click Yes again. Add Windows XP Driver on Original Booting Device 1. After the SATA RAID PCI Host Adapter and attached drives are configured, boot up Windows.
  • Page 10 This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operations.

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