SIIG SC-SA4M12 Quick Installation Manual

Serial ATA 4-Channel PCI-M
Quick Installation Guide

Introducing the Serial ATA 4-Channel PCI-M

The Serial ATA 4-Channel PCI-M is an ultra high-speed
four channel Serial ATA controller. It achieves burst data
transfer rates up to 150MB/s (1.5Gbps) and supports
hard disk drives with capacities greater than 137GB.

Features and Benefits

• Compliant with Serial ATA Specification, rev. 1.0

• Compliant with PCI Specification, revision 2.3

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

• Co-exists with on-board controller

• Can be used as the boot controller when a bootable
hard disk drive is attached

• Supports 32-/64-bit wide PCI slot at 33MHz

System Requirements

• G3 (blue & white) or later with one available PCI slot

• Mac OS X v10.1.x or later

Package Contents

• Serial ATA 4-Channel PCI-M board

• 2 Serial ATA cables

• Serial ATA power cable (dual connector)

• "Y" split power cable

• Software CD

• This quick installation guide

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Layout

Hard Disk
LED Pins

CN4

CN3

Figure 1. Serial ATA 4-Channel PCI-M

Serial ATA
connectors

CN2

CN1

Hardware Installation

Static Electricity Discharge may permanently damage
your system. Discharge any static electricity build up in
your body by touching your computer’s case for a few
seconds. Avoid any contact with internal parts and
handle cards only by their external edges.

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

2. Open your computer’s case and install the card in an
available PCI slot.

3. Push the board down firmly, but gently, until it is
well seated.

4. Secure the card with a slot bracket holding screw.

Now go to Device Connection to connect your Serial
ATA hard disk drives.

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Device Connection

The Serial ATA 4-Channel PCI-M is a four channel Serial
ATA controller that supports up to four Serial ATA hard
disk drives. If you plan to use more than two Serial ATA
channels, you will need to purchase additional Serial
ATA power and data cables.

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

Note: Users with Mac OS X (v10.1.x) installed go to
Mac OS X (v10.1.x) Firmware Update on page 4

before proceeding.

2. Connect the 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 2. Hard disk drive connections

4. Attach the other end of the Serial ATA cable to a Serial
ATA connector on the Serial ATA 4-Channel PCI-M.

5. Follow the same instructions when connecting each
hard drive. Device connection is now complete.

6. Close the computer's case then go to Software
Installation to complete the installation.

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