SIIG 04-0322B User Manual

Serial ATA 4-Channel PCI
Quick Installation Guide

Introducing the Serial ATA 4-Channel PCI

The Serial ATA 4-Channel PCI is an ultra high-speed four
channel Serial ATA controller for use in Pentium-class
computers. It achieves burst data transfer rates up to
150MB/s (1.5Gb/s) and supports various brand of hard
disk drives with capacities greater that 137GB.

Features and Benefits

• Compliant with Serial ATA Specification, rev 1.0

• Compliant with PCI Specification, revision 2.2

• Provides four independent channels to support up
to four Serial ATA drives

• Features independent 256-byte FIFOs per channel
for host reads and writes

• Co-exists with on-board Ultra ATA controller

• Features Watch Dog timer for fault resiliency

• Supports 32-bit wide PCI bus at 66MHz

• Lower pin count and voltage requirement, plus
better cabling over traditional Parallel ATA make
Serial ATA the controller of the future

System Requirements

• Pentium-class computer with one available PCI slot

• Windows 98/98SE/ME/NT 4.0/2000/XP/Server
2003

• CD-ROM drive (for driver installation)

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Package Contents

• (1) Serial ATA 4-Channel PCI board

• (1) Driver CD

• (2) Serial ATA cable

• (1) Dual connector Serial ATA power cable

• This quick installation guide

Board Layout

Hard Disk

LED Pins

CN4

Figure 1. Serial ATA 4-Channel PCI Layout

CN3

Serial ATA
Connectors

CN2

CN1

Hardware Installation

General instructions for installing the card are provided
below. Since the design of computer cases and
motherboards vary, refer to your computer’s reference
manual for further information, if needed.

• Turn OFF the power to your computer and any
other connected peripheral devices. Unplug the
computer's power cord.

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• Remove your computer’s cover and install the card
in an available PCI slot.

• Push the board down firmly, but gently, until it is
well seated. Install a slot bracket holding screw to
secure the card.

• Now go to Device Connection to connect your
Serial ATA hard disk drive(s).

Device Connection

If you plan to use more than two Serial ATA channels,
you will need to purchase additional Serial ATA data
and power cables.

1. Install hard disk drive(s) into chassis.

2. Connect the Serial ATA hard disk drive to the system
power supply using the Serial ATA power cable.

3. Connect one end of the Serial ATA cable to the hard
disk drive.

Serial ATA cable

Serial ATA power cable

Figure 3. Hard disk drive connections

4. Attach the other end of the Serial ATA cable to the
Serial ATA connector on the board.

5. Follow the same instructions when connecting
additional hard drives. Device connection is now
complete.

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Note: If you like to monitor disk activity of the
Serial ATA hard drives, you may at this time connect
the hard disk LED of the system case to the Hard

Disk LED Pins on the Serial ATA controller, see
figure 1, on page 2 for the location of the pins. For

most systems connect the red wire to the pin farthest
from the mounting bracket.

6. Replace the computer cover and reconnect the power
cord. Go to Software Installation to install the Serial
ATA 4-Channel PCI device driver.

Software Installation

This section provides information on how to install the
Serial ATA 4-Channel PCI drivers for the following
operating systems:

New & Existing Windows 98/98SE
New & Existing Windows ME
New & Existing Windows NT 4.0
New & Existing Windows 2000
New & Existing Windows XP/Server 2003

Windows 98/98SE Driver Installation

For New Windows 98 Installation

1. Install the board and follow Microsoft procedures
to install Windows 98 accordingly.

2. Once Windows has been installed, right click My

Computer and click Properties. Select Device
Manager tab.

3. Double click PCI Mass Storage Controller listed
under Other Devices.

4. Select Driver tab, then click Update Driver button.

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