Rosewill RC210 User Manual
E-SATA 1.5G 1+1 Port PCI Adaptor RC210
User Manual
E-SATA 1.5G 1+1 Port PCI Adaptor RC210
User Manual
This Manual for the Models of 2 Channels SATA HBA:
1.Introtuction
The Low Profile Serial ATA 2 Channels PCI Host Adapter is a PCI to dual Serial ATA host controller
board which can support Low profile PCI and regular size PCI both. It provides a 32bit, 33/66
MHz PCI interface on the host side and dual, fully compliant Serial ATA ports on the device side
to access SATA storage media such as hard disk drive, ZIP drive, CD-ROM, CD-RW, DVD-ROM.
The board can be used to upgrade your desktop computer to have dual Serial ATA Channels. It
accepts host commands through the PCI bus, processes them and transfers data between the
host and Serial ATA devices. The board should be connected to SATA target device and will take
the data, serialize it and output it for transmission over the SATA interface. The board can control
two independent Serial ATA channels. Each channel has its own Serial ATA bus and will support
one Serial ATA device.
The board supports a 32-bit 33/66 MHz PCI bus revision 2.2 and the Serial ATA Generation 1
transfer rate of 1.5 Gb/s (150 MB/s).
It comes completely with drivers for Windows 98, Windows Millennium, Windows NT 4.0,
Windows 2000 and XP.
1.1. Features
1.1.1. PCI Interface
• Compliant with PCI Specification, revision 2.2.
• Integrated PCI DMA engines.
• 32 bit, 33/66MHz fully compliant PCI host interface.
1.1.2. High Speed Serial ATA Interface
• Dual high speed Serial ATA interface Channels, each supporting 1st generation Serial ATA data
rates (1.5Gb/s).
• Fully compliant with Serial ATA 1.0 specifications.
• Supports Spread Spectrum in receiver.
• Independent 256-byte FIFOs (32 bit * 64 deep) per Serial ATA channel for host reads and writes.
1.1.3. The Individual features for different Models
1.1.3.1. External 1 Port + Internal 1 Port
• Supports one External Port and one Internal Port.
• One Special Shell SATA connector on External Port to support Mobile HDD, Mobile CD-ROM,
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E-SATA 1.5G 1+1 Port PCI Adaptor RC210
Mobile DVD and Mobile CD-RW.
User Manual
1.2. Package Contents
• Low Profile Serial ATA 2 Channel PCI Host Adapter
• This Users Manual
• Driver CD
• Low Profile Size PCI Bracket ( Not supported on Model D)
2. Software Installation
This section provides the information on how to install the drivers of Low Profile Serial ATA 2 Port
PCI Host Adapter for the operating systems:
New & Existing Windows 98/98 SE
New & Existing Windows ME
New & Existing Windows NT 4.0
New & Existing Windows 2000
New & Existing Windows XP
2.1. Windows 98/98SE Driver Installation
For New Windows 98/98 SE Systems
1. After the SATA PCI Host Adapter and attached drives are configured, follow Microsoft
procedures to install Windows accordingly.
2. Once Windows has been installed, double click My Computer/Control Panel/System, then click
Device Manager.
3. Double click Other Devices then PCI RAID Controller.
4. Click Driver tab, then Update Driver.
5. Insert the Driver diskette and click Next.
6. Select Search for a better driver than the one ...option and click Next.
7. Check Specify a location, uncheck the other boxes, type in E:\ (If your CD-ROM/DVD is E:\)
and click Browse.
8. Points specify a location, example E:\SATA Non-Raid_2Port\ Sil3x12\ Win98_me _2000_xp_
nt4.0 \ Driver, click OK and then Next.
9. Click Next and then Finish.
10.Remove the Driver CD and click Yes to restart Windows to complete driver installation.
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