SIIG SC2475 User guide

Fast SCSI Pro
Quick Installation Guide

Introducing Your

Your

Fast SCSI Pro

master SCSI host adapter which supports connectivity to up to
seven external SCSI devices. These devices include: hard disks, tape
drives, removable/MO drives, optical drives, CD-ROMs, CD-R/
RWs, scanners and more.

Designed for use in PCs and MACs with PCI-bus slots. Your

Fast SCSI Pro

speeds up to 133 MBytes per second. It supports synchronous data
transfer rates up to 10 MBy/sec, and is fully backward compatible
with all SCSI-1 devices.

Fast SCSI Pro

The
to your system. It does not include an on-board BIOS to support the
boot-up function; therefore, it must coexist with an IDE or other
hard disk controller.

Fast SCSI Pro

supports 32-bit data transfer across the PCI bus at

is designed for adding only external SCSI devices

Key Features and Benefits

• Supports up to 7 external SCSI devices simultaneously
including: jaz/zip drives, SyJet/ezflyer drives, CD-R/RW
drives, scanners, tape drives, MO drives, removable drives,
optical drives, WORM drives, jukeboxes and more

• Supports burst data transfer rates (synchronous) up to 10MB/
sec

• Non-BIOS Fast SCSI-2 host adapter--designed for external
SCSI device connections

• Supports 133MB/sec burst data transfer rate on the PCI bus

• Works with various types of external Fast SCSI-2 devices

including hard disks, tape drives, removable/MO drives,
optical drives, CD-ROMs, CD-R/RWs, scanners, and more

• Full multitasking and multithreading support

• Bus Mastering achieves greater performance than PIO data

transfer method

• Advanced scatter/gather, disconnect/reconnect and tag
command queuing features maximize system performance

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is a high performance, Plug-and-Play PCI-bus

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• Active termination ensures error-free data transfer

• Connector type:

- External: One high-density 50-pin

System Requirements

For PCs:

• Pentium-Class computers with one available PCI slot

• Windows 3.1x/95/98/98SE/2000/NT4.0

For MACs:

• Power MacTM G3 or Mac® computer with one available PCI

slot

• MAC OS 8.1 or higher

Software Installation

The following sections describe the procedures for installing drivers
to enable your
operating system environments.

Fast SCSI Pro

The
to your system. It does not include an on-board BIOS to support the
boot-up function; therefore, it must coexist with an IDE or other
hard disk controller. Drivers support for DOS, Windows 3.1x,
Windows 95, Windows 98/98SE, Windows 2000, Windows NT4.0,
and MAC OS are provided.

Fast SCSI Pro

is designed for adding only external SCSI devices

to operate properly under specific

Driver Installation for PC Systems

IMPORTANT

It is important that the SCSI bus hardware and
operating system are installed correctly before
proceeding further.

DOS/Windows 3.1 Driver Installation

Perform the following steps to install the driver for the MS-DOS/
Windows 3.1x operating system:

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1. Insert the
(Assuming D: is your CD-ROM drive).

Driver & Utility CD

into your CD-ROM Drive.

2. Goto the folder "D:\AP-10_20\DOSWIN31" and copy all of the
files in that folder (except the "image" folder) onto a floppy
diskette.

3. Turn on your computer to boot to the DOS prompt.

4. Insert the floppy diskette you have just made into the floppy
drive.

5. At the a:> prompt, type:

6. Press <Enter> to continue and press <Enter> again to auto intall
the driver on your hard disk.

(“Automatic Installation” is the default setting for driver
installation and is highly recommended on most cases)

The driver installation is complete. Remove the diskette and follow
the screen instruction to reboot the system.

install and press <Enter>.

Windows 95 Driver Installation

Follow the procedures listed below to install Windows 95 drivers:

1. When Windows first restarts after installing the SCSI controller,

it will inform you that

and Utility

CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive.

New Hardware Found

. Insert the

Drivers

2. Click “Next” for

Locations" button.

3. Type in the path: "D:\AP-10_20\WIN95" and press "Enter".

(Assuming D: is your CD-ROM drive).

4. Click “OK”, type in the installation path from Step 3 again

when prompted, click on “OK”, and “Finish”.

5. Select “YES” to restart your system.

Windows 95 driver installation complete, the controller is now
ready for device connection.

Update Device Driver

and click on the "Other

Windows 98/98SE Driver Installation

Windows 98 and 98 SE will auto-detect the controller and install the
correct driver automatically. Please insert your Windows 98 CD
into your CD-ROM drive when prompted.

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