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SIIG 04-0322C manual

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  • Page 1

    1 Serial ATA 4-Channel PCI Quick Installation Guide 04-0322C Introducing the Serial ATA 4-Channel PCI The Serial ATA 4-Channel PCI is an ultra high-speed four channel Serial ATA controller for use in Pentium-class computers. It achieves burst data transfer rates up to 150MB/s (1.5Gb/s) and supports various brands of hard disk drives with capacities[...]

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    2 Package Contents • Serial ATA 4-Channel PCI board • Serial ATA cable (x2) • Dual connector Serial ATA power cable • Driver CD • This quick installation guide Board Layout Serial ATA Connectors CN4 CN3 CN2 CN1 Hard Disk LED Pins Figure 1. Serial ATA 4-Channel PCI Layout Hardware Installation General instructions for installing the card a[...]

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    3 1. Turn OFF the power to your computer. 2. Unplug the power cord and remove your computer cover. 3. Remove the slot bracket from an available PCI slot. 4. Carefully align the card to the selected PCI slot push the board down firmly, but gently, until it is well seated. 5. Replace the slot bracket holding screw to secure the card. Device Connectio[...]

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    4 Note : If you like to monitor disk activity of the Serial ATA hard drives, you may at this time connect the hard disk LED of the system case to the Hard Disk LED Pins on the Serial ATA controller, see Figure 1 , on page 2 for the location of the pins. For most systems connect the red wire to the pin located farthest from the mounting bracket. 6. [...]

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    5 For Existing Installation 1. Install the board and boot up Windows 2000. 2. At the Found New Hardware Wizard , click Next . 3. Select Search for a suitable driver for my device (recommended) and click Next . 4. Insert the driver CD, check CD-ROM drives , uncheck the other boxes, and click Next . Click Next again to continue. 5. Click Finish , rem[...]

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    6 2. At the Found New Hardware Wizard : XP (w/SP1 or earlier)/Server 2003 : continue to step #3. XP (w/SP2 or later)/Server 2003 (w/ SP1 or later) : select No, not at this time , then click Next . 3. Insert the driver CD, select Install the software automatically (Recommended) , and click Next . 4. Click Finish and restart Windows to complete the i[...]

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    7 3. Insert the driver CD, select Install the software automatically (Recommended) , and click Next . 4. Click Finish and restart Windows to complete the installation. To Verify Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003 Installation 1. Right click My Computer and click Manage . 2. Select Device Manager . 3. Double click SCSI and RAID controllers , Silicon Image [...]

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    8 Windows Vista (64-bit) For New Installation 1. Install the board and follow Microsoft procedures to install Windows accordingly. 2. At Where do yo want to install Windows? screen, click Load Drivers . 3. Insert the driver CD, click Browse . 4. Double click CD Drive... Drivers . 5. Double click 64bit : For non-Itanium processors: select AMD64 , th[...]

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    9 Windows Server 2008 (32-bit) For New Installation 1. Install the board and follow Microsoft procedures to install Windows Vista accordingly. 2. At the Where do you want to install Windows? , click Load Driver . 3. Insert the driver CD, then click Browse . 4. Double click CD Drive... Drivers . 5. Select 32bit , click OK . 6. Select Silicon Image S[...]

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    10 5. Select Silicon Image SiI... SATALink Controller , then click Next . 6. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation. For Existing Installation 1. Install the board and boot up Windows. 2. At the Found New Hardware Wizard , click Locate and install driver software (recommended) . 3. Click Continue , insert the driver CD, clic[...]

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    11 8. Click Yes , then click Finish to complete. For Existing Installation 1. Install the board and boot up Windows. 2. At the Add New Hardware Wizard , click Next . 3. Select Search for the best driver for your device and click Next . 4. Insert the driver CD, check Specify a location , uncheck the other boxes, type D:9x-Me , then click Next . (Ch[...]

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    12 For Existing Installation 1. Install the board and boot up Windows. 2. At the Add New Hardware Wizard , insert the driver CD. 3. Select Specify the location of the driver (Advanced) , then click Next . 4. Check Specify a location , uncheck the other box, type D:9x-Me , click Next . (Change D: to match your CD-ROM drive letter) 5. Click Next , t[...]

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    13 5. Select Silicon Image... Controller for Windows NT 4.0 and 2000 , and press Enter . 6 . Press Enter to continue and follow on-screen instructions to complete Windows NT4.0 installation. For Existing Installation 1. Install the board and boot up Windows. 2. Double click My Computer / Control Panel / SCSI Adapters , then click the Drivers tab. 3[...]

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    14 Bios Configuration The Serial ATA 4-Channel PCI BIOS will appear everytime your system starts up. If the bios doesn't show, please try your controller in another PCI slot. During this (Post) process, the bios will show up and indicate the devices attached to it.[...]

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    15 Technical Support and Warranty QUESTIONS? SIIG ’ s Online Support has answers! Simply visit our web site at www.siig.com and click Support . Our online support database is updated daily with new drivers and solutions. Answers to your questions could be just a few clicks away. You can also submit questions online and a technical support analyst[...]

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    Serial ATA 4-Channel PCI is a trademark of SIIG, Inc. SIIG and the SIIG logo are registered trademarks of SIIG, Inc. Microsoft, Windows and Windows Vista are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. Pentium is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation. Other names used in thi[...]