Rosewill RC218 manual

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    4 channel PCIex4 to SA T A II Card RC218 User Manual[...]

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    4 channel PC Ie x 4 to SA TA II Card RC 218 U s e r M a n u a l 2 Featur es • Marvell 88SX7042 chipset • Compliant with PCI Expr ess Base Specifica tion 1.0a • Compliant with Serial A T A 1.0 spec ification with support for fu ll complement of S A T A II opti onal features • Supports SA T A II Native Command Queuing (NCQ) • Provides four [...]

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    4 channel PC Ie x 4 to SA TA II Card RC 218 U s e r M a n u a l 3 System Requir ements • PCI Express-enabled s ystem with one available P CI Express slot. • Windows® 2000, XP/2003 32 /64 bit, Vista 32bit Hardwar e Description G (Jum per Set tings) JP Description Active Port 1-2 close Enable SA T A Connector D J2-J5 2-3 close Enable SA T A Conn[...]

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    4 channel PC Ie x 4 to SA TA II Card RC 218 U s e r M a n u a l 4 Note: There are six SA T A ports i n PCIe SA T A II 300 4-Channel Adap ter . W e name th ese ports A to F . Ports A to D are inter nal SA T A ports and E & F are external SA T A po rts. By changi ng the jumper setting on the P CIe SA T A II 300 4-Ch annel Adapter that allow s you[...]

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    4 channel PC Ie x 4 to SA TA II Card RC 218 U s e r M a n u a l 5 controller on the PCIe SA T A II 300 4-Chann el Adapter . 5. Follow the sam e instructions to co nnect up to fou r hard drives. Device connec tion is now complete. 6. Replace the co mputer cover and reconnect the power cord. Driver Installation For Windows® 2000 For New Installation[...]

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    4 channel PC Ie x 4 to SA TA II Card RC 218 U s e r M a n u a l 6 3. Insert the driver CD, check CD-ROM drives , uncheck the other boxes, click Next , then click Next again. 4. If the Digital Signatur e Not Found message app ears, click Ye s . Our driver has bee n thorou ghly tested for stability and compatibility . 5. Click Finish . For Windows® [...]

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    4 channel PC Ie x 4 to SA TA II Card RC 218 U s e r M a n u a l 7 this time , then click Next . 2. Insert the driver CD, select Instal l the softwa re automatically (Recomm ended) , and click Next . 3. If the Ha rdwa re In sta ll at ion window pops up, click Continue Anyway , then Finish . Our d river has been th oroughly tested for stability and c[...]

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    4 channel PC Ie x 4 to SA TA II Card RC 218 U s e r M a n u a l 8 (Recomm ended) , and click Next . 2. If the Ha rdwa re In sta ll at ion window pops up, click Continue Anyway , then Finish . Our d river has been th oroughly tested for stability and compat ibility . 3. Click Finish . For Windows® V ista For New Installation 1. Follow Microsoft’ [...]

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    4 channel PC Ie x 4 to SA TA II Card RC 218 U s e r M a n u a l 9 T o V erify Windows® Installation 1. Right click My Computer and click Manage . 2. Select Device Manage r . 3. Double click SCSI and RAID Co ntroller or Storage controllers in Vista , then double click Marvell Serial A T A Gen 2 PCI Express Adapter to display dri ver prop erties. A [...]