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    R Adaptec ASH-1233 A T A Adapter User’ s Guide[...]

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    i Copyright © 2004 Adaptec, Inc. All rights r eserved . No part of this publication may be repr oduced, stored in a r etrieval system, or transmitt ed in any form or by any means, electr onic, mechanical, phot ocopyi ng, r ecor ding or otherwise, without th e prior writ ten consent o f Adaptec, In c., 691 South Milpitas Blvd., Milpitas, CA 95035. [...]

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    ii Adaptec Customer Support If you have questions about installing or using your Adaptec pr oduct, check this document first—you will find answers to mo st of your ques tions her e. If you need further assi stance, use the su pport options listed below . T echnical Support Identificat ion (TSID) Number ■ Before contacting T echnical Support, yo[...]

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    iii Limited 5-Y ear Hardware Wa rranty 1. Adaptec, Inc. (“Adaptec”) warrants to the purc haser of this product that it will be free fr om defects in material and workmanship for a period of five (5) years fr om the date of pur chase. If the product should become defective within the warranty period, Adaptec, at its option, will repair or replac[...]

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    iv Software License Agreement PLEASE READ CAREFULL Y : THE USE O F THIS SOF TW ARE IS SUBJECT TO THE SOF TW ARE LICENSE TERMS OF ADAP TEC, INC. AND OTHER LICENSOR S WHOSE SOF TW A RE MA Y BE BUNDLED WITH THIS PRODU CT . BY YOUR USE OF THE SO F TW ARE INCLUDED WIT H THIS PRODUCT YO U AGREE TO THE LICENSE TERMS REQUIRED BY THE LICENSOR OF THA T SOF T[...]

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    v 7. Limited W arranty . Adaptec and its Licensor warrant only that the media upon which the Software is furnished will be fr ee from defe cts in material or workmanship under normal use and service for a period of thirty (30) da ys from the date of delivery to you. ADAPTEC AND ITS LICENS ORS DO NOT AN D CANNOT W A RRANT THE PE RFORMANCE OR RESUL T[...]

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    vi Regulatory Comp liance Statements Federal Commun ications Commissi on Radio Frequency I nterference St atement W ARNING: Changes or modifications to this unit not expr essly approved by the party responsible fo r compliance could void the user ’s authority to operate the equipment. This equipment has been tested and found to comp ly with the l[...]

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    1 In this Guide The Adaptec ASH-1233 A T A adapter pr ovides increased performance with enhanced A T A technology . The Adaptec ASH-1233 supports A T A/133 har d disk drives with data transfer rates up to 133 MegaBytes (MB) per second, providing maximum disk performance in systems that have a PCI bus. This User's Guide explains how to install [...]

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    2 System Requirements System Requirements The minimum system requir ements for the ASH-1233 adapter are: ■ Pentium II-266 MHz Processor or higher ■ Microsoft ® Wi n d o w s ® 98SE, W indows Me, W indows 2000, or Wi n d o w s X P ■ A vailable PCI slot with bus-mastering enabled Note: Re f er t o y o ur s ys t em o r m o th e r bo ard d oc u [...]

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    3 Installation Checklist Installation Checklist T o successfully install your Adaptec ASH-1233 adapter and A T A disk drives, perform these tasks, in or der: 1 Install the ASH-1233 a dapter . (S ee the next section below .) 2 Prepar e your disk drives. (See page 5 .) 3 Connect your disk drives to the ASH-1233 adapter . (See page 6 .) 4 Mount your d[...]

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    4 Installing Y our Ada ptec ASH-1233 Adapter 3 Locate an unused expansion slot and r emove the slot cover . Save the slot cover screw for use in Step 5 . 4 Insert the ASH-1233 adapter in the PCI expansion slot. Pr ess down firmly until the adapter clicks into place. When installed properly , the adapter should appear level with the expansion slot. [...]

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    5 Preparing Y our A T A Disk Drive s Preparing Y our A T A Disk Drives Because setup can vary from devi ce to device or computer to computer , al ways r efer to your A T A disk drive and computer documentation for specific instruct ions. Note: If you refer to the A T A drive’s docume ntation for installation instructions, return to this document [...]

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    6 Connecting Y our A T A Disk Drive s Connecting Y our A T A Disk Drives The ASH-1233 adapt er supports up to four A T A disk drives in a master/slave configuration. (See Setting Jumpers on A T A Disk Drives on page 5 for more information.) Connect each A T A disk drive to the ASH-1233 adapter using the proper 40-pin IDE cable. Note: The Adaptec AS[...]

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    7 Connecting Y our A T A Disk Drive s Connecting One A T A Di sk Drive on a Cable When you connect only one A T A disk drive to a cable, that disk drive must be set as a master drive. (See Settin g Jumpers on A T A Disk Drives on page 5 for more information.) T o connect one A T A drive to the ASH-1233 adapter: 1 Connect the IDE cable to an IDE con[...]

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    8 Mounting A T A Disk Drives and Connecting P ower Cables Connecting T wo A T A Disk Dr ives to the Same Cable When you connect two A T A disk drives to a cable, one disk drive must be set as the master , the other must be set as the slave . (See Setting Jump ers on A T A Disk Drives on page 5 for more info rmation.) T o connect two disk drives to [...]

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    9 Installing the Device Driver 2 Connect an LED cable from your computer ’s motherboard to the primary LED connector on your ASH-1233 adapter (shown in the Figure on page 2 ). 3 Connect a power cable fr om your computer ’s power supply to each A T A disk drive. 4 Close your computer cabinet, reattach the power cord, th en power on your computer[...]

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    10 Installing the Device Driver Windows XP When you power on your computer , W indows automatically detects the new adapter and opens th e New Har dwar e Installation W izard. T o complete the device driver i nstallation: 1 Insert the Adaptec ASH-1233 CD into your CD-ROM drive. 2 In the W izard, click Install the software automatically ... , then c[...]

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    11 Installing the Device Driver 5 T o verify that the adapter is installed correctly , right-click the My Computer desktop icon, select Properties , click the Hardware tab, then click the Device Manager button. Expand SCSI and RAID Controllers and ensur e that the controller is listed, as shown below .[...]

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    12 Installing the Device Driver Windows 2000 When you power on your computer , W indows automatically detects the new adapter and opens th e New Har dwar e Installation W izard. T o complete the device driver i nstallation: 1 Insert the Adaptec ASH-1233 CD into your CD-ROM drive. 2 In the W izard, click Next . 3 Select Search for a su itable dr ive[...]

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    13 Installing the Device Driver 4 Select CD-ROM drives , then click Next . 5 Click Next again. 6 When the installation is complete, click Finish . 7 Restart your computer if you are pr ompt ed to do so.[...]

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    14 Installing the Device Driver 8 T o verify that the adapter is installed correctly , right-click the My Computer desktop icon, select Properties , click the Hardware tab, then click the Device Manager button. Expand SCSI and RAID Controllers and ensur e that the controller is listed, as shown below .[...]

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    15 Installing the Device Driver Windows Me When you power on your computer , W indows automatically detects the new adapter and opens th e New Har dwar e Installation W izard. T o complete the device dri ver installation: 1 Insert the Adaptec ASH-1233 CD into your CD-ROM drive. 2 In the W izard, s elect Automatic search for a better driver ... , th[...]

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    16 Installing the Device Driver 4 T o verify that the adapter is installed correctly , right-click the My Computer desktop icon, select Properties , then click the Device Manage r tab. Select V iew devices by type , then expand SCSI Controllers and ensure that the controller is listed, as shown below .[...]

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    17 Installing the Device Driver Windows 98SE Note: Y ou may need your W indows 98SE CD during installation. When you power on your computer , W indows automatically detects the new adapter and opens th e New Har dwar e Installation W izard. T o complete the device dri ver installation: 1 Insert the Adaptec ASH-1233 CD into your CD-ROM drive. 2 In t[...]

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    18 Installing the Device Driver 4 Select CD-ROM drive , then click Next . 5 Click Next again. 6 When the installation is complete, click Finish .[...]

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    19 Registering Y our Ada ptec ASH-1233 Adapter 7 T o verify that the adapter is installed correctly , right-click the My Computer desktop icon, select Properties , then click the Device Manage r tab. Select V iew devices by type , then expand SCSI Controllers and ensure that the controller is listed, as shown below . Registering Y our Adaptec ASH-1[...]

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    20 T r oubleshooting T roubleshooting If you have any problems using the Adaptec ASH-1233 adapter , work through these troubleshooting suggestions: ■ Ensure that the ASH-1233 adap ter is inserted evenly and completely in the PCI slot. ■ Ensure that the PCI expansion slot is 5V and compliant with PCI 2.2 or pr evious version, and supports Bus Ma[...]

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    R Adaptec, Inc. 691 South Milpitas Boulevard Milpitas, CA 95035 USA ©2004 Adaptec, Inc. All rights reserved. Adaptec and the Adaptec logo are trademarks of Adaptec, Inc. which may be registered in some jurisdictio ns. Part Number: 513909-06, Ver. AA, LB 04/04[...]