Acard AEC-6280 User manual

Copyright 2002 ACARD Technology Corp.
ACARD Ultra ATA-133
AEC-6280
PCI-to-IDE Ultra
ATA-133 Controller
User’s Manual
Version:1.1

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Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction ....................................... 4
1.1 Introduction ................................................................ 4
1.2 Features ...................................................................... 4
1.3 Packing List................................................................ 4
1.4 Specification .............................................................. 5
Chapter 2 Hardware Installation....................... 6
2.1 The Board Layout ...................................................... 6
2.2 Installing the IDE Adapter ......................................... 7
2.3 Cable & Power Installation ....................................... 8
2.4 Compatibility .............................................................. 9
Chapter 3 BIOS Setup ..................................... 11
3.1 Function Descriptions............................................. 11
3.1.1 IDE Deivces .......................................................... 12
3.1.2 Adapter Setup ...................................................... 12
3.1.3 Utility ..................................................................... 13
3.1.4 Load Defaults ....................................................... 14
3.1.5 Exit Setup ............................................................. 14
Chapter 4 System Installation ......................... 15
4.1 DOS Environment .................................................... 15
4.1.1 Windows 95/98/ME Environment ....................... 16
4.1.2 Windows NT Environment .................................. 19
4.1.3 Windows 2000 Environment............................... 23
4.1.4 Windows XP Environment .................................. 28
Chapter 5 Troubleshooting .............................. 34
Appendix 1 Application Utility......................... 35
Appendix 2 Making an Installation Disk ......... 36

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Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Introduction
ACARD AEC-6280 is a high performance PCI P&P bus master Ultra ATA-
133 adapter and on-board Flash BIOS that supports booting from ATA
device or Ultra ATA 100/66/33 and even ATA-133 hard drives.
ACARD AEC-6280 supports full-featured PCI 32-bit bus master transfer,
including PCI enhanced data transfer commands (133MB/s) and built-in
Scatter/Gather function for multitasking OS.
1.2 Features
nA standalone PCI-to-IDE controller
nSupports Ultra ATA 133/100/66/33 hard drives
nSupports ATAPI devices
nData transfer rate up to 133MB/sec
nCost-effective and high-performance
1.3 Packing List
When you open the ACARD AEC-6280 cabinet, please check the follow-
ing items.
nOne ACARD AEC-6280
nOne ATA-133 Cables
nOne Y-splitter Cable for Power
nOne User’s Manual

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1.4 Specification
Power requirement - voltage : 3.3V+/- 2%
5V+/- 2%
current : 0.5A Max.
Environment - Temperature
Operating 0 oC to 70 oC
Storage -20 oC to 85 oC
Humidity - 15% to 90%
Models:AEC-6280
Dimentions - Width: 14 cm
Height: 4.7 cm
Connectors - Dual 40 pins IDE internal connectors

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Chapter 2 Hardware Installation
ATA-133 Cable Layout:
The board layout of ACARD AEC-6280 is shown below.
IDE1: The Primary IDE port
IDE2: The Secondary IDE port
Connect to
ACARD AEC-
6280 Adapter
IDE ports
(IDE1/IDE2)
Connect to
IDE hard
drive (Slave) Connect to
IDE hard drive
(Master)
LED
IDE2 IDE1
2.1 The Board Layout

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2.2 Installing the IDE Adapter
Step 1. Turn off the computer.
Step 2. Plug out the power cord and all the
connections of external devices
from your system.
Step 3. Refer to your original case user’s
manualforhowtoopenyourcase.
Step 4. Select an unused PCI expansion
slot in your computer. Unscrew
the slot cover and remove it.
Step 5. Remove the IDE host adapter
from the anti-static bag and hold its metal bracket part.
Step 6. Insert the AEC-6280 IDE adapter into the unused PCI slot with
care on the bottom of edge. Then fit the adapter bracket on case
frame just like a slot cover.
PCI slot
n When two hard drives connect with ACARD AEC-6280 at the
same IDE port (i.e.on the same cable), the jumper setting
must be set as respectively positioning “Master” and “Slave”
on the hard drives. The two hard drives cannot be set as
“Master” or “Slave” at the same time on the same cable.
n For the hard drive or ATAPI device jumper setting (Master /
Slave), refer to hard drive or ATAPI device User’s Manual.
n In order to achieve the best performance, use the same hard
drive model, ex. Ultra ATA 66, Ultra ATA 100 or Ultra ATA 133
hard drive.

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The methods of cable connection are as follows:
Step 1. Find out pin 1 of IDE connector on the IDE device.
Step 2. Find out a color line of the internal IDE ribbon cable which
indicates pin 1 of the connector.
Step 3. Connect the internal IDE cable to the IDE device by pin-1 to pin-1.
Step 4. Connect the 4-pin power cable to the IDE device.
Master
Master
Slave
Slave
Power Cable
IDE hard drive
2.3 Cable & Power Installation

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IDE Hard Drive
nQuantum
FireBall LM series, LC series, LB series, LD series
FireBall KX series, KA series
FireBall CX series, CR series, EX series
FireBall EL series, AS 20G,60G
nSeagate
Medalist IDE series
Barracuda ATA II/III/IV series
ST320430A, ST313620A, ST3240AT,
ST38422A, ST36531A
nIBM
DTLA series, DPTA series, DTTA series, DJNA series
GXP60/75 series
nMaxtor
54098U8, 52049U4, 91366U4, 94098U8, 91020U3, 98196H8
DiamondMax60 Plus series
nFujitsu
MPF-3204AT, MPD series, MPG series
nWestern Digital
Expert 13BA, Caviar AC14300, WD300BB
WD600AB, WD800BB
Removable disk
nIOMEGA
ZIP100, ZIP250
nImation
LS120
2.4 Compatibility

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ATAPI CD-ROM
nAFREEY 50X, 52X
nASUS 40X, 50X, 52X
nAOPEN/Acer 48X, 52X
nBTC 48X, 50X, 52X, 56X
nPhilips 48X
nPioneer 32X
nSONY 48X
nTEAC 532E, 540E
ATAPI CD-R/RW
nAFREEY 50X, 52X
nASUS 40X, 50X, 52X
nHP 9100, 9300, 9500
nLITE-ON LTR-24102B
nPhilips 4X, 8X
nPLEXTOR 8432, 1210TA, 1610TA, 2410TA
nRICOH 7060A, 7120A, 7163A, 7200A, 9060A, 9120A
nSONY 120E, 140E, 145E, 160E, 168E
nTEAC W54E, W512E, W516E
nYAMAHA 8824E, 2100E, 2200E
ATAPI DVD-ROM
nAFREEY 8X, 10X
nASUS 8X, 10X, 16X
nAOPEN/Acer 16X
nRICOH 9060A, 9120A
nPioneer 113, 114, 115, 16X
nSONY 8X
For the lastest compatibility list, please visit http://www.acard.com.

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Chapter 3 BIOS Setup
Insert the ACARD AEC-6280 IDE card in the PCI slot while the PC is pow-
ered on. Upon seeing the following messages, press <F1> or <F10> to
set up BIOS.
Figure 1
3.1 Function Descriptions
Press <F1> or <F10>, and the BIOS setup screen will appear.
Figure 2

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Get the information of IDE device connected with AEC-6280.
3.1.2 Adapter Setup
n Host Adapter BIOS : For setting AEC-6280 adapter’s BIOS.
n PCI Master-DMA Burst Mode : For setting AEC-6280 adapter’s DMA-
Brust mode.
n IDE HDD Block Mode : For setting IDE HDD block mode by using the
default to achieve the best performance.
Figure 3
Figure 4
3.1.1 IDE Deivces

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n Support Removable Disk As Fixed Disk : For setting removable disk
as fixed disk.
n ATAPI CD-ROM Bootable : For setting ATAPI CD-ROM to boot.
n Primary Master IDE &Transfer Mode : For setting primary Master
ATAPI deivce by using the default to achieve the best performance.
n Primary Slave IDE & Transfer Mode : For setting primary Slave ATAPI
deivce by using the default to achieve the best performance.
n Secondary Master IDE & Transfer Mode : For setting secondary
Master ATAPI deivce by using the default to achieve the best performance.
n Secondary Slave IDE & Transfer Mode : For setting secondary Slave
ATAPI deivce by using the default to achieve the best performance.
3.1.3 Utility
n QuickErase : Erase the hard drive contents quickly. Please beware
that data and partition will be completely erased.
Figure 5

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Restore the setting of AEC-6280 BIOS default parameters.
Press <Esc> to quit the RAID setup utiltiy screen. Then choose the “Up-
date Data” or “No Update” to exit.
Figure 6
Figure 7
3.1.4 Load Defaults
3.1.5 Exit Setup

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Chapter 4 System Installation
4.1 DOS Environment
Boot Device
1. Complete ACARD AEC-6280 hardware installation.
2. Boot up the computer. Press <Del> to enter the motherboard’s BIOS
setup. Then change “Boot Sequence” to A:.
3. Restart the computer by a DOS bootable floppy and run DOS FDISK.
Then create a Primary partition onto the hard drive.
4. After restarting the DOS bootable floppy, run the DOS FORMAT
command.
None Boot Device
1. Complete ACARD AEC-6280 hardware installation.
2. Boot up the computer. Press <Del> to enter the motherboard’s BIOS
setup. Then change “Boot Sequence” to C:.
3. Restart the computer, and run MS-DOS and DOS FDISK. Then create
a Primary partition onto the hard drive.
4. After restarting, run the DOS FORMAT command.

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None Boot Device
1. Complete ACARD AEC-6280 hardware installation.
2. The system will detect any new device and ask a directory to access the
device driver. Click “Next” to go on.
3. Select “Search for a better driver than the one your device is using
now (Recommended)”. Then click “Next”.
Figure 8
Figure 9
4.1.1 Windows 95/98/ME Environment

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4. Windows will display a message when the system has found the driver
and is going to install the driver.
5. Select “Specify a location”. Please input the directory of AEC6280.inf
such as A:\WIN9X.
6. Follow the procedures, the system will complete the action automati-
cally.
7. Restart the computer.
Figure 10
Figure 11

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Verify ACARD AEC-6280
After booting up the system, follow the directions below on the Device
Manager to find if the ACARD AEC-6280 has been installed properly.
Step 1. Enter “My Computer” and double click “Control Panel”.
Step 2. Double click “System” and enter “Device Manager”.
Step 3. Click “Hard disk controllers” to see whether ACARD AEC-6280
adapter has been installed successfully or not.
Boot Device
For making a bootable drive for ACARD AEC-6280, you must install Win-
dows 95/98/ME into the drive first. Then restart the computer, and install
the ACARD AEC-6280 driver.
Figure 12

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Driver installation is required when it is the first time to set up Windows NT
on the computer.
Boot Device
AEC6280.SYS is designed for Microsoft Windows NT miniport drivers. It
allows a driver to be connected to an IDE device supported by Microsoft.
1. Insert the Windows NT boot disk and boot from the floppy disk.
(If you boot from CD-ROM or hard disk, please press “F6” on the first
booting screen.)
2. Follow the Windows NT setup procedures.
3. Press “S” to specify additional SCSI adapter.
4. Move the highlight bar to “the other” and press “Enter”.
5. Before installation, copy the AEC-6280’s driver into a floppy disk.Then
insert the ACARD AEC-6280 driver disk into drive A. Refer to Appendix 2.
6. The ACARD Miniport driver should be highlighted at this stage. Press
“Enter” to proceed.
7. Windows NT will now recognize the ACARD miniport driver and the IDE
hardware. Please follow the Microsoft Windows NT installation.
Install the Driver for Windows NT
After installing Windows NT, you can set up the ACARD AEC-6280 device
in the operating system. Follow the procedures below. Windows NT will
install the newest ACARD AEC-6280 driver automatically.
4.1.2 Windows NT Environment

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1. Double click on “My Computer”. Eenter ”Controller Panel” .
2. Double click on “SCSI Adapter“.
3. Choose “Drivers” and click on “Add”.
Figure 13
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