Seagate ULTRA ATA100 User Manual

Ultra ATA/100 PCI Adapter Card

INSTALLATION

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Ultra ATA/100 PCI Adapter Card

PRE INSTALLATION

Thank You

Thank you for selecting Maxtor’s Ultra ATA/100 PCI Adapter Card.

Please follow these installation instructions to reap the full benefits of your purchase.

Adapter cards are sensitive to electrostatic discharge (ESD) damage. Handle the Ultra ATA/100 Adapter Card by its sides. DO NOT touch the printed circuit board assembly.

Handling Precautions

If these handling precautions are not followed, damage to the adapter card may result – which may void your product warranty.

Please see the Warranty section for additional information.

DON’T connect/disconnect any cables when the system power is on.

DON’T force or rock the Adapter Card connectors into or out of their connection sockets.

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System Requirements

• Pentium-class or higher with available PCI Bus Mastering expansion slot. (See system or mother board guide for additional information.)

Operating System Requirements

• Windows NT 4.x (SP4) or higher

• Windows 98/Millennium

• Windows 2000

Tools Required for Installation

• A small (#2) Phillips screw driver

• Your computer user’s manual

• Operating system software

Important – Please Read

• Maxtor recommends that you make a backup copy of the files on any existing hard drives

prior to installing the new adapter card. Refer to your computer user’s manual for detailed data backup instructions.

• For your records, document your system’s current BIOS (system setup) settings prior to installing the adapter card. Some system BIOS may need to be set for “add-on IDE adapter.”

• Uninstall any hard drive installation software (e.g., MaxBlast on existing hard drives.

Failure to do so may result in loss of data. Reference the following URL if the existing hard drive is from Maxtor: http://www.maxtor.com/sat-

isfaction/index.html.

Click on the Ultra ATA/100 Adapter link for details.

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, EZ-Drive or Ontrack) that may reside

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WARNING: Removing the installation software of hard drives other than Maxtor will result in data loss. Please contact other hard drive manufacturers for their specific third party software removal procedures.

Fujitsu http://www.fujitsu.com Quantum http://www.quantum.com Seagate http://www.seagate.com Western Digital http://www.wdc.com

ATAPI Devices (DVD ROM,Tape Backup)

If your ATAPI device is not UDMA 66 or 100 compliant, and is currently working fine, please leave it on that channel. If you experience problems when attaching a ATAPI device and the device is not seen by its installation software, please call that device manufacture for new software.

NOTE: If you’re installing this card in conjunction with a new Maxtor hard drive, please physically install both devices (Ultra ATA/100 PCI Adapter Card and hard drive) before using MaxBlast software.

Refer to the DiamondMax Guide for specific instructions and drive jumper configurations.

Hard Drive Installation

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KIT COMPONENTS

The Maxtor Ultra ATA/100 PCI Adapter Card Kit includes the components shown here.

Familiarize yourself with each of these items. Depending on your particular computer setup, some or all of these parts may be needed to complete the Adapter Card installation.

UDMA IDE Interface Cable

(necessary for UDMA 66/100 devices)

Ultra ATA/100 PCI

Adapter Card

Diskette (Ultra ATA/100 Drivers)

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HARDWARE INSTALLATION

Adapter Card Installation

Installing the Ultra ATA/100 PCI Adapter Card in a system is a simple process.The card fits into any available 32-bit PCI expansion slot on the system's motherboard.

1. To prevent ESD damage, make sure you are properly grounded before handling the Ultra ATA/100 PCI Adapter Card and any other system components.

2. Remove the cover of your system.

3. Remove the inside slot cover of an available 32-bit PCI slot on the motherboard.

4. Install the Ultra ATA/100 PCI Adapter Card into the open slot (Figure 1).

Installing the Adapter Card into a PCI Slot

Figure 1

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