StarTech.com PEXSATA22 User manual

PCI Express SATA card

PEXSATA22 Instruction Manual

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Dual Channel Serial ATA PCI Express Controller Card

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device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide

reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This

equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed

and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio

communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a

particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or

television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the

user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following

measures:

• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

• Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

• Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the

receiver is connected.

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

Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1

Before you begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1

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

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

Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

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Instruction Manual

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Thank you for purchasing a StarTech.com PCI Express SATA II two port card - the

perfect solution for adding SATA/SATA II drives to your computer, using the speed and

power of PCI Express. Featuring data transfer speeds of up to 300Mbps, this card can

be used in PCI Express slots with any of the following lane widths (x1, x2, x4, x8, x16),

and is compliant with PCI Specification V2.2 as well as Serial ATA Specification V1.0.

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• Fully compliant with one-lane 2.5 GB/s PCI Express Specification

• Compliant with Serial ATA 1.0 specifications

• Serial ATA Generation 2 transfer rate of 3.0 Gb/s

• Supports Windows 98, 2000, XP, 2003, Linux, and MAC OS

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System Requirements

• Pentium-class computer with one available x1 PCI Express slot

• Microsoft Windows 2000, XP or Server 2003, Linux or Mac operating system

• CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive (driver installation)

Contents

This package should contain:

• SATA PCI-E Host Card (1)

• Serial-ATA Cable (1)

• User Manual (1)

• Driver CD

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Windows 2000/XP/2003 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 the SATA II to PCI Express

Card.

Prior to installation, it is advisable to create a boot diskette. To do so, please locate the

following folder, located on the Driver CD:

D:\Serial-ATA\PCIEXPRESS\Siliconimage\2Ch\Raid driver

Copy all files from this directory onto a blank floppy diskette. Remove the disk from the

drive, and label it accordingly.

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

2. Remove the computer cover. 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.

3. Locate an empty PCI Express slot, removing the metal bracket covering the

accompanying empty port/socket.

4. Position the card above the open PCI Express slot, ensuring that the 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), using the correct size screw (if necessary,

please consult documentation that accompanied purchase of computer).

5. Connect Serial ATA cable(s) between the SATA host card and the Serial ATA device(s).

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

7. Turn on the computer. Upon booting up, Windows will instruct you to Press [ F6 ] for

third party SCSI or driver installation. As such, please hit F6 to continue.

Press [ S ] when setup asks if you want to specify an additional device, and insert the

boot diskette into your floppy drive.

Press [Enter] and select [ Silicon Image SiI 3132 SATALink Serial ATA Controller ].

Press [Enter] again when prompted to continue on with text mode setup.

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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Adding the SATA host card to an existing Windows 2000/XP installation

Follow the instructions in this section to install the SATA host card on a system already

running Windows 2000 or Windows XP.

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

2. Remove the computer cover. 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.

3. Locate an empty PCI Express slot, removing the metal bracket covering the

accompanying empty port/socket.

4. Position the card above the open PCI Express slot, ensuring that the 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), using the correct size screw (if necessary,

please consult documentation that accompanied purchase of computer).

5. Connect Serial ATA cable(s) between the SATA host card and the Serial ATA device(s).

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

7. Turn on the computer. During boot up, Windows will display the Found New

Hardware Wizard. When you see the screen depicted below, please select No, not

this time, and click Next.

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3. Select Include this location in the search, and click Browse. The necessary files

are located in: D: \Serial-ATA\PCIEXPRESS\Siliconimage\2Ch\Raid driver, where

D:\ is the drive letter designating your CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive. Once this file has

been selected, click Next.

4. The wizard will now copy the required files to the system and begin installing the

driver. Once the driver has been installed, the wizard will display a completion dialog.

Click Finish to exit the wizard.

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Verifying installation

Windows 2000/XP/2003

1. Right-click on the My Computer icon. Select Properties, and left-click on the

Hardware tab. Click on the Device Manager button. Double click on SCSI and RAID

Controllers. If there is no yellow [ !] or [ ?] in front of the listing for Silicon Image SiI

3132 Serial ATA Controller, the driver has successfully been installed.

2. To view information about the devices attached to the controller, right click the Silicon

Image SiI 3132 Serial ATA Controller and select Properties from the context menu,

then select the tab labeled Device Info.

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Updating drivers on Windows 2000/XP/2003

With the SATA host card already plugged in and the driver already installed, follow the

instructions below to update the SATA host driver:

1. Right click on My Computer and select Properties. Under the System Properties

section, click on the Hardware tab, and then on Device Manager. Click SCSI and

RAID Controllers and right-click on Silicon Image SiI 3132 Serial ATA Controller,

then select Properties from the context menu.

2. Click on the Update Driver button on the Driver tab, and select Search for a suitable

driver for my device (Recommended) . Insert the Driver CD into the CD-ROM drive.

3. Click Next to complete the driver installation.

4. The system will go through the enumeration process and install the driver.

Once Windows finds the necessary file, it will ask if you wish to continue with the

update. Please click Next to update the driver. At the end of the process, click Yes to

reboot the computer.

After rebooting, ensure that the update was successful, by following the same steps used

to verify installation was complete.

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Serial ATA Host Card GUI Utility installation

Insert the Driver CD into the computer’s CD-ROM drive. When the autorun window

appears, select the path D:\Serial-ATA\PCIEXPRESS\Siliconimage\2Ch\GUI, where D:\

specifies your CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive.

1. Click on GUI.exe

2. Click Next. If you wish to specify a location for the software installation other than that

specified by default, please make your selection now. Click Next, once the folder has

been specified.

3. Choose the GUI function by placing a checkmark next to GUI, and click Next.

4 . Once the GUI is installed, you will be notified and given the option to click Finish.

Please do so, to allow the system to reboot.

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