SIIG SC-SATM12 Quick Installation Manual

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Serial ATA PCI-M
Quick Installation Guide

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Introducing the Serial ATA PCI-M

The Serial ATA PCI-M is an ultra high-speed dual channel
Serial ATA controller for use in Mac computers. It
achieves burst data transfer rates up to 150MB/s (1.5Gbps)
and supports various brand of 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 two independent channels to support up
to two Serial ATA drives

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

• Co-exists with on-board controller

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

• Supports 64/32-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 PCI-M board

• Serial ATA cable

• Serial ATA power cable

• This quick installation guide

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Board Layout

Figure 1. Layout

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.

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.

2. Unplug the power cord and remove your computer's
cover.

3. Remove the slot bracket from an available PCI slot.

4. Carefully align the card to the selected PCI slot push
the board down firmly, but gently, until it is well
seated.

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Serial ATA
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Hard Disk
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5. Replace the slot bracket's holding screw to secure
the card.

6. Replace the computer cover and reconnect the power
cord.

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

Device Connection

The Serial ATA PCI-M is a dual channel Serial ATA
controller that supports up to two Serial ATA hard disk
drives. If you plan to use the second Serial ATA channel,
you will need to purchase an additional Serial ATA
power and data cable.

1. Install hard disk drive(s) in 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 2. Hard disk drive connections

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