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Serial ATA 4-Channel PCI
Quick Installation Guide
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 greater that 137GB.
Features and Benefits
• Compliant with Serial ATA Specification, rev 1.0
• Compliant with PCI Specification, revision 2.2
• Provides four i
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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 Hard Disk Serial ATA LED Pins Connectors CN4 CN3 CN2 CN1 Figure 1. Serial ATA 4-Channel PCI Layout Hardware Installation General instructions for installing the card are provided below. Since the design of computer cases and motherboards vary, refer to your computer’s reference manual for further information, if needed. Stati
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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 Connection If you plan to use more than two Serial ATA channels, you will need to purchase additional Serial ATA data and power cables. 1. Install hard disk driv
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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. Replace the computer cover and reconnect the power cord. Go to Driver Installation to install the Serial ATA 4-Channel PCI device driver. Driver Inst
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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, remove the driver CD and restart Windows to complete the driver installation. Windows XP / Server 2003 (32-bit) A new installation of Windows XP/Server 2003 req
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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 installation. Windows XP / Server 2003 (64-bit) For New Installation A new installation requires a floppy disk for the driver installation. To make this floppy
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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 SiI 3114... Controller should be listed. Windows Vista™ (32-bit) For New Installation 1. Install the board and follow Microsoft procedures to install Windows
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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, then click OK. For Itanium processors: select IA64, then click OK. 6. Select Silicon Image SiI... SATALink Controller, then click Next. 7. Follow the on-screen
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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 SiI... SATALink Controller, then click Next. 7. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation. For Existing Installation 1. Install the board
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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, click Next. 4. Click Close to complete the installation. To Verify Windows Server 2008 Installation 1. Right click My Computer and click Manage. 2. Double click D
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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. (Change D: to match your CD-ROM drive letter) 5. Click Next, then Finish. 6. Remove the driver CD and restart Windows to complete the driver installation. Windows
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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, then click Finish. 6. Remove the driver CD and restart Windows to complete the installation. To Verify Windows 98SE / ME Installation 1. Right-click My Computer
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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. Click Add…, then click Have Disk.... 4. Insert the driver CD, type in D:\NT4, then click OK. (Change D: to match your CD-ROM drive letter) 5. Highlight Silicon
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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. 14
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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 analysts will promptly respond. SIIG offers a lifetime manufacturer warranty with this product. Please see our web site for more warranty details. If you enco
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About SIIG, Inc. Founded in 1985, SIIG, Inc. is a leading computer upgrade manufacturer of I/O connectivity products, including PCIe, PCI & ISA serial and parallel ports, USB, Serial ATA & UltraATA controllers, FireWire (1394a/b), networking, sound cards, and other accessories. SIIG is the premier one-stop source of upgrades. SIIG products offer comprehensive user manuals, many user-friendly features, and are backed by an extensive manufacturer warranty. High-quality control standards are evide
