PCIe SATA II 300 + PATA Raid Card
User Manual
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Features and Benefits
z Compliant with one-lane 2.5Gb/s PCI Express specification
z Compliant with Serial ATA 1.0 specification
z Supports Serial ATA Generation 2 transfer rate of 3.0Gb/s
z Supports Native Command Queue (NCQ) on SATA ports
z Supports Hot Plugging like USB on SATA port
z Provides three independent channels to connect two SATA and
two PATA hard disk drives
z Supports up to UDMA6 transfer mode of PATA
z Supports up to 4 storage device connection
z Supports RAID 0, 1, 0+1 and JBOD functions
z Supports Windows® 2000, XP/2003 32/64 bit, Vista 32/64 bit
Bus Interface
z PCI-Express x 1
Connectors
z 2 x internal SATA connectors
z 2 x external eSATA connectors
z 1 x PATA connector
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System Requirements
z PCI Express-enabled system with one available PCI Express slot
z Windows® 2000, XP/2003 32/64 bit, Vista 32/64 bit
Package Contents
z 1 x PCIe SATA II 300 + PATA Raid Card
z 1 x Driver CD
z 1 x User’s Manual
Optional Accessories
z SATA Data Cable z SATA Power Cable
z ATA 133 IDE Cable
Hardware Description
Note: There are four SATA ports in PCIe SATA II 300 + PATA Raid
Card. We name these ports CON1 to CON4. Ports CON3 & CON4
are external SATA ports and CON1 & CON2 are internal SATA ports.
By changing the jumper setting on the PCIe SATA II 300 + PATA Raid
Card that allows you to select between external and internal ports to
use. By default, Port CON1 & CON2 are working.
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Jumper Settings
JP Description Active Port
J1-J4 1-2 close Enable SATA Port CON1
2-3 close Enable SATA Port CON3
J5-J8 1-2 close Enable SATA Port CON2
2-3 close Enable SATA Port CON4
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Hardware Installation
1. Turn Off the power to your computer.
2. Unplug the power cord and remove your computer’s cover.
3. Remove the slot bracket from an available PCIe slot.
4. To install the bard, carefully align the card’s bus connector with
the selected PCIe slot on the motherboard. Push the board down
firmly.
5. Attach your internal or external devices to the PCIe SATA II 300
+ PATA Raid Card.
6. Replace the slot bracket’s holding screw to secure the card.
7. Replace the computer cover and reconnect the power cord.
RAID Arrays
RAID Arrays are setup in the PCIe SATA II 300 + PATA Raid Card’s
BIOS.
There are four configurations supported:
RAID level/Type Configurations Number of disks needed
RAID 0 Disk Striping 2 or 3 or 4
RAID 1 Disk Mirroring 2
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RAID 0+1 Disk Striping
+ Mirroring
4
JBOD Disk Concatenation 2 or 3 or 4
RAID 0 (Striping)
1. As the BIOS boots press Ctrl+J when prompted to enter the
RAID BIOS.
2. At the next screen select Create RAID Disk Drive, press Enter.
3. Enter RAID name, press Enter.
4. Please use arrow keys ↑ and ↓to switch the RAID level to
0-Stripe, then press Enter.
5. Please use arrow keys ↑ and ↓to switch the disk, use the
“space” key to mark the selected disk, then press Enter.
6. Please use arrow keys ↑ and ↓ to select chunk size from
4K, 8K, 16K, 32K, 64K or 128K, then press Enter.
7. Input the RAID size, press Enter.
8. When asked Created RAID on the select HDD (Y/N)?, press Y
to accept.
9. At the next screen select Save And Exit Setup, press Enter.
When asked Save to disk &Exit (Y/N)?, press Y to exit the
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BIOS.
RAID 1 (Mirroring)
1. As the BIOS boots press Ctrl+J when prompted to enter the
RAID BIOS.
2. At the next screen select Create RAID Disk Drive, press Enter.
3. Enter RAID name, press Enter.
4. Please use arrow keys ↑ and ↓to switch the RAID level to
1-Mirror, then press Enter.
5. Please use arrow keys ↑ and ↓to switch the disk, use the
“space” key to mark the selected disk, then press Enter.
6. Input the RAID size, press Enter.
7. When asked Created RAID on the select HDD (Y/N)?, press Y
to accept.
8. At the next screen select Save And Exit Setup, press Enter.
When asked Save to disk &Exit (Y/N)?, press Y to exit the
BIOS.
CONCATENATION (JBOD)
1. As the BIOS boots press Ctrl+J when prompted to enter the
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RAID BIOS.
2. At the next screen select Create RAID Disk Drive, press Enter.
3. Enter RAID name, press Enter.
4. Please use arrow keys ↑ and ↓to switch the RAID level to
JBOD-Concatenate, then press Enter.
5. Please use arrow keys ↑ and ↓to switch the disk, use the
“space” key to mark the selected disk, then press Enter.
6. Input the RAID size, press Enter.
7. When asked Created RAID on the select HDD (Y/N)?, press Y
to accept.
8. At the next screen select Save And Exit Setup, press Enter.
When asked Save to disk &Exit (Y/N)?, press Y to exit the
BIOS.
RAID 0+1 (Striping + Mirroring)
1. As the BIOS boots press Ctrl+J when prompted to enter the
RAID BIOS.
2. At the next screen select Create RAID Disk Drive, press Enter.
3. Enter RAID name, press Enter.
4. Please use arrow keys ↑ and ↓to switch the RAID level to
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01-Stripe+Mirror, then press Enter.
5. Please use arrow keys ↑ and ↓ to select chunk size from
4K, 8K, 16K, 32K, 64K or 128K, then press Enter.
6. Input the RAID size, press Enter.
7. When asked Created RAID on the select HDD (Y/N)?, press Y
to accept.
8. At the next screen select Save And Exit Setup, press Enter.
When asked Save to disk &Exit (Y/N)?, press Y to exit the
BIOS.
Delete RAID Disk Drive
1. As the BIOS boots press Ctrl+J when prompted to enter the
RAID BIOS.
2. At the next screen select Delete RAID Disk Drive, press Enter.
3. Please use arrow keys ↑ and ↓to select the array you want to
delete, use the “space” key to mark the selected array, then press
DEL.
4. When asked ALL DATA ON THE RAID WILL LOST!! ARE
YOU SURE TO DELETE (Y/N), press Y to accept.
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Solve Mirror Conflict
When a RAID set is created, then metadata written to the disk includes
drive connection information. If, after a disk failure, the replacement
disk was previously part of a RAID set (or used in another system), it
may have conflicting metadata. If so, this will prohibit the RAID set
from being either created or rebuilt, in order for the RAID set to
function properly, this old metadata must be first overwritten with the
new metadata. To resolve this, from the main BIOS window select
Solve Mirror Conflict, then press Enter, the correct metadata,
including the correct drive connection information, will be written to
the replacement disk.
Rebuild Mirror Drive
When a failure to one member occurs, you will be notified by the
RAID BIOS during boot. The steps below will guide you in rebuilding
a failed mirror set.
1. Replace the failed drive(s) with one of equal or greater capacity,
start the computer.
2. During boot press Ctrl+J to enter the RAID BIOS.
3. Select Rebuild Mirror Drive press Enter.
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4. Please use arrow keys ↑ and ↓to select the array you want to
rebuild, press Enter.
5. Please use arrow keys ↑ and ↓to select the destination disk,
press Enter.
6. When rebuilding is finished, select Save And Exit Setup, press
Enter. When asked Save to disk &Exit (Y/N)?, press Y to exit
the BIOS.
BIOS Configuration
The PCIe SATA II 300 + PATA Raid Card BIOS will appear every time
your system starts up. During this (POST) process, the BIOS will show
up and indicate the devices attached to it.
Driver Installation
For Windows® 2000, XP and Server 2003
For A New Installation
A new installation requires a floppy disk for the driver
installation. To make this floppy disk, copy the contents of
the “
PCIe\JMB36X\Floppy32” folder, found on the driver CD, onto a
blank floppy disk then follow the directions below.
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1. Setup the RAID Array prior to Windows installation.
2. Follow Microsoft’s Windows installation procedure.
3. At the Windows Setup screen, press F6 to install the RAID driver.
4. When prompted, press S to specify the location of the driver.
5. Insert the floppy disk, then press Enter.
6. Select (Windows 2000) RAID Driver for JMicron JMB363
Controller or (Windows XP/2003) RAID/AHCI Driver for
JMicron JMB36X Controller, then press Enter.
7. Press Enter to finish driver installation, then follow the on-screen
instructions to complete the Windows installation.
For An Existing Installation
1. Setup the RAID Array prior to driver installation and boot up to
Windows.
2. At the Found New Hardware Wizard window pop-up, please
click Cancel button to cancel the driver installation for the device
at this moment. The driver for this device will be installed in the
next step.
3. Please insert the CD driver bound with PCIe SATA II 300 + PATA
Raid Card into your CD-ROM Drive.
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4. At the Windows desktop, click Start, then Run.
5. Type D:\PCIe\JMB36X\Setup.exe, click OK. (Change D:\ to
match your CD-ROM drive letter)
6. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.
7. Restart Windows to complete the installation.
For Windows® XP-x64/Server 2003-x64
For A New Installation
A new installation requires a floppy disk for the driver
installation. To make this floppy disk, copy the contents of
the “
PCIe\JMB36X\Floppy64” folder, found on the driver CD, onto a
blank floppy disk then follow the directions below.
1. Setup the RAID Array prior to Windows installation.
2. Follow Microsoft’s Windows installation procedure.
3. At the Windows Setup screen, press F6 to install the driver.
4. When prompted, press S to specify the location of the driver.
5. Insert the floppy disk, then press Enter.
6. Select (Windows XP/2003 x64) RAID/AHCI Driver for
JMicron JMB36X Controller, then press Enter.
7. Press Enter to finish driver installation, then follow the on-screen
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instructions to complete the Windows installation.
For An Existing Installation
1. Setup the RAID Array prior to driver installation and boot up to
Windows.
2. At the Found New Hardware Wizard window pop-up, please
click Cancel button to cancel the driver installation for the device
at this moment. The driver for this device will be installed in the
next step.
3. Please insert the CD driver bound with PCIe SATA II 300 + PATA
Raid Card into your CD-ROM Drive.
4. At the Windows desktop, click Start, then Run.
5. Type D:\PCIe\JMB36X\Setup.exe, click OK. (Change D:\ to
match your CD-ROM drive letter)
6. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.
7. Restart Windows to complete the installation.
For Windows® Vista
For A New Installation
A new installation requires a floppy disk for the driver
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installation. To make this floppy disk, copy the contents of
the “
PCIe\JMB36X\Floppy32” folder, found on the driver CD, onto a
blank floppy disk then follow the directions below.
1. Setup the RAID Array prior to Windows installation.
2. Follow Microsoft’s Windows installation procedure.
3. At the Windows Setup screen, press Load Driver to install the
driver.
4. Insert the floppy disk, please select JMicron JMB36X
Controller (A:\jraid_f.inf), then press Next. (Change A:\ to
match your floppy drive letter)
5. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the Windows
installation.
For An Existing Installation
1. Setup the RAID Array prior to driver installation and boot up to
Windows.
2. At the Found New Hardware Wizard window pop-up, please
click Cancel button to cancel the driver installation for the device
at this moment. The driver for this device will be installed in the
next step.
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3. Please insert the CD driver bound with PCIe SATA II 300 + PATA
Raid Card into your CD-ROM Drive.
4. At the Windows desktop, click Start, then Run.
5. Type D:\PCIe\JMB36X\Setup.exe, click OK. (Change D:\ to
match your CD-ROM drive letter)
6. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.
7. Restart Windows to complete the installation.
For Windows® Vista-x64
For A New Installation
A new installation requires a floppy disk for the driver
installation. To make this floppy disk, copy the contents of
the “
PCIe\JMB36X\Floppy64” folder, found on the driver CD, onto a
blank floppy disk then follow the directions below.
1. Setup the RAID Array prior to Windows installation.
2. Follow Microsoft’s Windows installation procedure.
3. At the Windows Setup screen, press Load Driver to install the
RAID driver.
4. Insert the floppy disk, please select JMicron JMB36X
Controller (A:\jraid_f.inf), then press Next. (Change A:\ to
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match your floppy drive letter)
5. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the Windows
installation.
For An Existing Installation
1. Setup the RAID Array prior to driver installation and boot up to
Windows.
2. At the Found New Hardware Wizard window pop-up, please
click Cancel button to cancel the driver installation for the device
at this moment. The driver for this device will be installed in the
next step.
3. Please insert the CD driver bound with PCIe SATA II 300 + PATA
Raid Card into your CD-ROM Drive.
4. At the Windows desktop, click Start, then Run.
5. Type D:\PCIe\JMB36X\Setup.exe, click OK. (Change D:\ to
match your CD-ROM drive letter)
6. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.
7. Restart Windows to complete the installation.
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To Verify Driver Installation
1. Right click My Computer and click Manage.
2. Select Device Manager.
3. Look for the following:
Windows® 2000/XP/2003: Double click SCSI and RAID
Controller:
-JMicron JMB36X Controller should be displayed
Windows® Vista: Double click Storage controllers:
-JMicron JMB36X Controller should be displayed
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