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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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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. The board can be used to upgrade your desktop computer to have dual Serial ATA Channels and support RAID 0 and RAID 1 features. It accepts host commands t
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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. Fully compliant with Serial ATA 1.0 specifications. Supports Spread Spectrum in receiver. Independent 256-byte FIFOs (32 bit * 64 deep) per Serial
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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. This board will act as normal NON-RAID card when BIOS not configured for RAID. Just proceed to Software Installation section directly. If you use traditional parallel ATA
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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. If the set being deleted is a Mirrored set, then the data will remain intact and accessible on both drives. 3.4. Rebuilding Mirrored Sets 1. After replacing the failed hard drives boot the BIOS, Press CTRL+S or F4 to enter the raid
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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. 3. Double click Other Devices then PCI RAID Controller. 4. Click Driver tab, then Update Driver. 5. Insert the Driver diskette and click Next. 6. Select Search for a bette
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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. 3. Insert the Driver diskette, check Specify a location, uncheck the other boxes, type in A:\, and click Next. 4. Click Next and then Finish. Verification of the
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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. 4.4. Windows 2000 Driver Installation For New Windows 2000 Systems 1. After the SATA RAID PCI Host Adapter and attached drives are configured, follow Microsoft procedures to install Windows
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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. 2. At the Found New Hardware Wizard, check Install from a list or specific location (advanced), then click Next. 3. Insert the Driver diskette. Check Include this location in the search, uncheck the
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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. - 10 -
