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  • Page 1

    SA T AII150 AND SA T A 300 TX S ERIES Q UICK S TAR T G UIDE Ve r s i o n 1 . 5 © 2005 Pro mise T echnol ogy , Inc. Al l Right s Reserv ed.[...]

  • Page 2

    SATAII150 and SATA300 TX Series Quick Start Guide 2 SA T AII150 TX Series T ask List Inst allati on and setup co nsist s of the follo wing s teps : 1. Unp ack Y our SA T AII150 or SA T A300 Card, be low 2. Inst all the SA T AII150 or SA T A300 Card (p age 3) 3. Inst all the Disk Drives: SA T AII150 T X2plus or SA T A300 TX2plus ( pag e 4) SA T AII1[...]

  • Page 3

    Step 2: Install the SATAII150 or SATA300Card 3 S tep 2: Inst all the SA T AII150 or SA T A300Card The SA T AII150 o r SA T A300 TX2p lus or TX4 Serial A T A Controll er card fi ts into any av ailable PC I slot o n your PC's moth erboard (bel ow): • 32-bit PC I slot (m ust be PCI 2 .2 or 2.3 compli ant) • The 32-bi t portion o f a 64-bit PC[...]

  • Page 4

    SATAII150 and SATA300 TX Series Quick Start Guide 4 5. Remov e the ins ide slot cove r of an a vailabl e 32-bit PCI slot on the motherbo ard.Inst all t he SA T AII150 or SA T A300 ca rd into the open PC I slot. Secure th e brac ket to t he syste m's fram e. 6. Att ach your system case's 2- or 4-p in LED c able t o the LED conne ctor on th[...]

  • Page 5

    Step 3: Install th e Disk Drives 5 3. Att ach one Se rial A T A dat a cabl e to ea ch Serial A T A disk d rive. Then atta ch the other end s of the ca bles to the co nnect ors on the SA T AII15 0 or SA T A300 TX2 pl us card (b elow). 4. Attac h a bla ck connec tor of th e Ultra A T A cable to each Pa rallel A T A hard drive . 5. V erify that t he M[...]

  • Page 6

    SATAII150 and SATA300 TX Series Quick Start Guide 6 1. Inst all the disk drives i nto the dri ve bays of your system . 2. Attac h the power c ables to the disk drives. 3. Att ach one Se rial A T A dat a cabl e to ea ch Serial A T A disk d rive. Then atta ch the othe r ends of the cab les to the conne ctors on the SA T AII1 50 TX4 car d (below). Not[...]

  • Page 7

    Step 3: Install th e Disk Drives 7 SA T A300 TX 4 The SA T A30 0 TX4 suppo rts up to four Serial A T A drive s. 1. Inst all the disk drives i nto the dri ve bays of your system . 2. Attac h the power c ables to the disk drives. Cau tio n Use of re movable disk drive enc losures other th an Promis e T echnology's SuperSwa p is not sup ported a [...]

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    SATAII150 and SATA300 TX Series Quick Start Guide 8 3. Att ach one Se rial A T A dat a cabl e to ea ch Serial A T A disk d rive. Then atta ch the othe r ends of the cab les to the conne ctors on the SA T A30 0 TX4 card (below). TX4 300 ATA Port 1 / Channe l 1 Port 2 / Channel 2 Port 3 / Chann el 3 Port 4 / Cha nne l 4 SA T A300 TX4 Serial A T A Con[...]

  • Page 9

    Step 4: Install Drivers 9 S tep 4: Inst all Drivers • Make a Driver In st allation Diskett e (Wind ows), be low • Window s Server 2003 • Ne w , page 10 • Exs tin g, page 1 0 • Confirm, p ag e 1 1 •W i n d o w s X P • Ne w , page 1 1 • Exs tin g, page 1 2 • Confirm, p ag e 12 • Wind ows 2000 • Ne w , page 12 • Exs tin g, page[...]

  • Page 10

    SATAII150 and SATA300 TX Series Quick Start Guide 10 7. C lick t he Create button in th e Utilit y . A confirm ation box appears . 8. C lick t he Ye s button i n the c onfirmati on box. The ut ili ty pr epares your d riv er ins tallat ion disket te. When the utilit y is f inish ed, it d isplays a me ssage. 9. In the m essage, click th e OK button. [...]

  • Page 11

    Step 4: Install Drivers 11 2. Choos e Inst all the sof tware automati cally an d press the Enter k ey . 3. Choos e Windo ws Promise SA T AII150/SA T A300T X2plus [or TX4] (tm ) IDE Controller from the l ist that a ppears on scree n, and the n press th e Enter key . 4. If using a driv er that has not b een dig itall y sig ned by M icrosof t, you wil[...]

  • Page 12

    SATAII150 and SATA300 TX Series Quick Start Guide 12 7. From the Window s XP Setup screen, p ress th e Enter . Setup wi ll now l oad all device files and then contin ue the Windows XP i nst allat ion. Existing Installation After i nstal ling th e SA T AII150 or SA T A300 Serial A T A Controller card an d rebootin g your system, Windows XP s etup wi[...]

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    Step 4: Install Drivers 13 5. The W indows 200 0 Setup screen w ill app ear aga in saying “Se tup will load support for the f ollowin g mass storage devices :” The list wi ll includ e “Windows Promise SA T AII150/SA T A300TX2plus [o r TX4] (tm) IDE Controller”. NOTE: If th ere are a ny addit ional devices to be ins tal led, spec ify them no[...]

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    SATAII150 and SATA300 TX Series Quick Start Guide 14 Confirm Inst allation 1. Right-c lick on the My C omputer icon and se lect Man age from th e popu p menu. 2. F rom th e left pan el, se lect D evice Manag er . 3. Click th e “+” in front of SC SI controll ers. “Windo ws Prom ise SA T AI I150/ SA T A300TX2p lus [or TX4 ] (tm) IDE Co ntroller[...]

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    Step 4: Install Drivers 15 NOTE: Re d Hat Li nux will no t provide onboard IDE as st andard ide0 and ide1 o n some m other boar ds. T o so lve this conditio n, app end the boot p aramet ers as follows. ide0=0x 1f0,0x3f6 ,14 id e1=0x 170,0x376 ,15 ide2= 0 ide 3=0 id e4=0 ide5 =0 ide 6=0 ide7=0 i de8=0 ide9=0 Existing Installation 1. Boot t he Linux [...]

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    SATAII150 and SATA300 TX Series Quick Start Guide 16 NOTE: Ther e is a SMP issue on the SuSE Linux SMP ke rnel. If you enco unter problem s on SuSE w ith SMP sy stem, ap pend “acp i=of f” para meters in to boo t loader o r selec t “Inst allation – ACPI Disa bled” o n SuSE Linux SMP . Existing Installation 1. Boot t he Linux syste m and lo[...]