StarTech.com PEXESATA2I User manual

SATA PCI Express Adapter

PEXESATA2I

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Table of Contents

Introduction ................................................................................... 1

Package contents ........................................................................1

System Requirements .................................................................1

Installation...................................................................................... 2

Driver Installation (Non-boot drives) ............................................3

Verifying Successful Driver Installation........................................3

Windows Vista™ Fresh Installation .............................................4

Windows 2000/XP/2003 Server Fresh Installation ......................5

Installation Without a Floppy Drive ..............................................7

Speciﬁcations ................................................................................ 8

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Introduction

Thank you for purchasing a StarTech.com SATA II PCI Express Adapter.

Supporting SATA II data transfer speeds of up to 3.0 Gbps, this dual port

eSATA/SATA II PCI Express Card offers users a cost-effective solution

for connecting additional SATA II drives and provides RAID capable

operation.

Features

Provides one external SATA and one internal SATA connection•

Supports two independent SATA II channels (separate logic and•

FIFO)

Supports Native Command Queue (NCQ) operation•

Supports 1-Lane 2.5Gbps Express bus•

Port Multiplier with Command-based switching•

Package contents

This package should contain:

1 x PCI Express SATA adapter (1x form factor)•

1 x Driver CD•

1 x Instruction Manual•

1 x Low Proﬁle Bracket•

System Requirements

Windows® 2000/XP/2003/Vista™; an available PCI Express Port

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Installation

Please note: If you are performing a new operating system installation

and wish to boot from one of the drives being connected to PEXESATA2I,

please copy the following ﬁles from the included Driver CD to a blank

ﬂoppy disk that can be used during OS installation:

jgogo.sys

jraid.cat

Jraid.sys

jraid_f.inf

txtsetup.oem

For further instruction on how to install the card and necessary drivers

for use with a fresh (boot) OS drive, please skip to the section entitled

Windows Vista™ Fresh Installation or Windows 2000/XP/2003 Server

Fresh Installation as applicable. Otherwise, if you will be installing

PEXESATA2I to connect a secondary (non-boot) drive, proceed as

follows:

Shut down all power connected to the computer, as well as all1.

devices connected to the computer peripherally (i.e. Printers,

Monitors, Scanners etc.). As an added step to ensure safe

installation, unplug the power supply from the computer.

Remove the computer cover, allowing access to the motherboard2.

and available slots. For more detailed instruction on how to perform

this step, please refer to the documentation that was included with

WARNING! PCI Express cards, like all computer equipment,

can be severely damaged by static electricity. Be sure that you

are properly grounded before opening your computer case or

touching your card. StarTech.com recommends that you wear an

anti-static strap when installing any computer component. If an

anti-static strap is unavailable, discharge yourself of any static

electricity build-up by touching a large grounded metal surface

(such as the computer case) for several seconds. Also be careful

to handle the card by its edges and not the gold connectors.

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your computer at the time of purchase.

Locate an empty PCI Express slot, removing the metal bracket3.

covering the accompanying empty port/socket on the rear panel of

the computer chassis.

Position the card above the open PCI Express slot, ensuring that the4.

card is properly aligned with the slot. Insert the card ﬁrmly into the

slot, distributing force evenly across the length of the board.

Once inserted, secure the card into the adjoining socket (previously

covered by metal bracket, on the rear panel of the computer

chassis), using the correct size screw (if necessary, please consult

documentation that accompanied purchase of computer).

Connect the desired SATA drives.5.

Driver Installation (Non-boot drives)

Power on the computer.1.

Locate and execute the2. Setup.exe ﬁle on the Driver CD (included).

This program will copy driver ﬁles onto the host system. If you

wish to perform the installation manually, please ensure that you

have speciﬁed the correct ﬁle when asked (titled: JMB36X_WinDrv_

WHQL_R1.17.31WHQL\R1.17.31.00\Driver\x32jraid_i.inf ). Once

the ﬁles have been copied, restart your computer as prompted.

After the system reboots, Windows will locate the new hardware3.

RAID Controller and install the necessary driver.

Replace the computer chassis, and power on the computer.4.

Verifying Successful Driver Installation

Once the computer has been powered on following the driver installation

and the connection of the desired drive, you may wish to verify that the

necessary ﬁles have been installed properly. To do so:

Right-click on1. My Computer and select Manage.

In the left pane of the Computer Management window, select2. Device

Manager.

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In the right pane of the Computer Management window, click on3.

SCSI and RAID Controllers. Here, you should ﬁnd listed JMicron

JMB36X RAID Controller and JMicron JMB36X RAID Processor,

upon successful installation.

Windows Vista™ Fresh Installation

Follow the instructions in this section if you are performing a new

(bootable) installation of Windows Vista™ on a drive attached to

PEXESATA2I:

Shut down all power connected to the computer, as well as all1.

devices connected to the computer peripherally (i.e. Printers,

Monitors, Scanners etc.). As an added step to ensure safe

installation, unplug the power supply from the computer.

Remove the computer cover, allowing access to the motherboard2.

and available slots. For more detailed instruction on how to perform

this step, please refer to the documentation that was included with

your computer at the time of purchase.

Locate an empty PCI Express slot, removing the metal bracket3.

covering the accompanying empty port/socket on the rear panel of

the computer chassis.

Position the card above the open PCI Express slot, ensuring that the4.

card is properly aligned with the slot. Insert the card ﬁrmly into the

slot, distributing force evenly across the length of the board.

Once inserted, secure the card into the adjoining socket (previously

covered by metal bracket, on the rear panel of the computer

chassis), using the correct size screw (if necessary, please consult

documentation that accompanied purchase of computer).

Attach PEXESATA2I to the Serial ATA drive, using a SATA (data)5.

cable. Similarly, attach an available SATA power connector (provided

by computer power supply) to the drive.

Repeat steps 4 and 5 for each remaining hard drive that will be6.

connected to PEXESATA2I.

Replace the computer cover and re-connect all power to the7.

computer.

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Start the computer as you normally would to perform an operating8.

system installation, ensuring that the Windows Vista™ installation

CD/DVD is present in the drive, and the BIOS has been suitably

adjusted to boot from the CD/DVD Drive.

When the Windows Install screen appears, ﬁll in the necessary9.

information and click Next. Follow the operating system instructions

until a page appears asking “Where do you want to install

Windows?”. From here, click on Load Driver.

You will then be asked to provide the necessary driver ﬁles. The ﬁles10.

can be accessed by CD, DVD, or USB Flash Drive. As such, connect

the drivers to the computer using one of these methods, and click

Browse to specify the location of the ﬁles. Then, click Next.

Windows Vista™ will then install the necessary ﬁles, after which the11.

drive connected to PEXESATA2I will be recognized as a usable

drive.

Select the drive on which you wish to install the operating system,12.

and click Next, to resume normal operating system installation

Windows 2000/XP/2003 Server Fresh Installation

Follow the instructions in this section if you are performing a new

installation of Windows 2000/XP/2003, and you wish to boot from a drive

attached to PEXESATA2I.

Note: Ensure you’ve created the necessary boot disk (as outlined on

page 2) prior to installation, as it will be required in order to properly

conduct the OS installation.

Shut down all power connected to the computer, as well as all1.

devices connected to the computer peripherally (i.e. Printers,

Monitors, Scanners etc.). As an added step to ensure safe

installation, unplug the power supply from the computer.

Remove the computer cover, allowing access to the motherboard2.

and available slots. For more detailed instruction on how to perform

this step, please refer to the documentation that was included with

your computer at the time of purchase.

Locate an empty PCI Express slot, removing the metal bracket3.

covering the accompanying empty port/socket on the rear panel of

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the computer chassis.

Position the card above the open PCI Express slot, ensuring that the4.

card is properly aligned with the slot. Insert the card ﬁrmly into

the slot, distributing force evenly across the length of the board.

Once inserted, secure the card into the adjoining socket (previously

covered by metal bracket, on the rear panel of the computer

chassis), using the correct size screw (if necessary, please consult

documentation that accompanied purchase of computer).

If a ﬂoppy drive is available on the host system, attach PEXESATA2I5.

to the Serial ATA drive(s), using a SATA (data) cable. If no ﬂoppy

drive is available, please skip to the section entitled Installation

Without a Floppy Drive.

Repeat steps6. 1-5 for the remaining hard drives that will be

connected as necessary.

Replace the computer cover and re-connect all power to the7.

computer.

Turn on the computer. Upon ﬁrst boot, Windows will instruct you to8.

Press [ F6 ] for third party SCSI or driver installation. As such,

please hit F6 to continue.

Press9. [ S ] when setup asks if you want to specify an additional

device, and insert the boot diskette into your ﬂoppy drive, then press

[Enter]

Select [JMicron Serial ATA Adapter], then press [Enter].

Press [Enter] again to ﬁnish driver installation, then follow the on-

screen instructions to complete the Windows installation.

Please note: If a Security Alert warning pops up, click Yes to

proceed. Follow the setup instructions to select your choice for

partition and ﬁle system. After setup examines your disks, it will copy

ﬁles from the CD to the hard drive selected above, and restart the

system. After restart, the setup process will resume installing the

new drive(s).

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Installation Without a Floppy Drive

In the absence of an available ﬂoppy drive for driver installation,

once PEXESATA2I has been installed within the computer, install the

desired hard drive using an existing SATA controller, as provided by the

motherboard. Then:

Power on the computer, and boot from the operating system Boot1.

CD, and follow Microsoft’s Windows installation procedure to

complete the operating system installation.

Once the operating system has been installed on the drive, install2.

the JMB36X_WinDrv_WHQL_R1.17.31WHQL\R1.17.31.00\Driver\

x32jraid_i.inf driver ﬁle located on the included Driver CD.

From the Device Manager, verify that the RAID controller has3.

successfully been installed. (For more information, please refer to

page 3: Verifying Successful Installation).

Once you have established that the driver installation was4.

successful, power down the computer, connect the intended hard

disk to PEXESATA2I and power up the computer. The computer can

now be conﬁgured to boot from a drive connected to PEXESATA2I.

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