Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product SATA-150 Lindy
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- 1 - RA I D Nati v e SA TA - 150 4Ports PC I H os t This Manu al for the M odels of 4 Ch ann els SATA RAI D HBA: Model A: Serial ATA RAID Internal 4 Ports Model B: SATA RAID External 2 Port + Internal 2 Port 1. I n trod ucti on T his RA I D Native SAT A-150 4Ports P CI Host Adapter is a PCI to 4Ports Serial AT A host controller board.
- 2 - mirrored second drive. 1.1. F ea t ure s 1.1 .1. PCI Interf ace ! Compliant with PCI Specification, revision 2.2. ! Integrated PCI DMA engines. ! 32 bit, 33/66MHz fully compliant PCI host interface.
- 3 - ! Special Shell SAT A connectors on External Port to support Mobile HDD, Mobile CD-ROM, Mobile DVD and Mobile CD-RW ! One USB-like Connector on board to provide 2A / 5V DC power output for External Devices using 1.2. P ackage Contents ! RAID Native SAT A-150 4Ports PCI Host Adapter ! T his Users Manual ! Driver CD 2.
- 4 - one virtual disk as Striping would do, a second, Mirrored virtual disk is created as well. 3. BIOS Instal l ation ( RAID Setting ) Creating and deleting RAID sets is a function found in the BI OS. During boot up, the RAID setting message will appear and pause for a few moments to allow the user to choose what to do.
- 5 - 1. As the BIOS boots, press CT RL+S or F4 to enter the raid bios utility. 2. Select Create RAID set . Press F2 . 3. Select Mirrored-Striped set then press F3 . 4. Select Auto config . Press A . 5. Press Y and then press ESC to exit the setup. 6.
- 6 - T his section provides the information on how to install the drivers of RAID Native SAT A-150 4Ports PCI Host Adapter for the operating systems: New & Existing Windows 98/98 SE New & Existing Windows ME New & Existing Windows NT 4.0 New & Existing Windows 2000 New & Existing Windows XP 4.
- 7 - 4.2. W indow s ME Driv er Installation For New Wi ndows ME Systems (Fresh I nstallation) 1. After the SATA RAI D PCI Host Ada pter and attached drives are configured, follow Microsoft procedures to install Windows accordingly. 2. Once Window s has been inst alle d, righ t click My Com pute r , then click Properties .
- 8 - restart your system. 4.3. Wind o ws N T 4.0 Dr iver I ns tal la t io n For New Wi ndows NT 4.0 System (Fresh Installation) 1. Before installation, copy all the files under directory E:SAT A Raid_4Port Sil3114 Win98_me _ 2000_ xp_nt4.0driver *.* to a blank floppy disk 2.
- 9 - Sil3114 Win98_me _ 2000_ xp_nt4.0driver *.* to a blank floppy disk. 2. After the SATA RAI D PCI Host Ada pter and attached drives are configured, follow Microsoft procedures to install Windows accordingly. 3. At the Windows Set-up screen, press F6 to specify and add the driver.
- 10 - up, click Yes . And when the Hardware Installation warning pops up, click Yes again. Ad d Wind ows XP Driver on Or iginal B ootin g Device 1. After the SATA RAI D PCI Host Ada pter and attached drives are configured, boot up Windows.
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