Acard AEC-6280 User manual

Copyright 2001 ACARD Technology Corp.
ACARD Ultra ATA-133
AEC-6280
PCI-to-IDE Ultra
ATA-133 Controller
User’s Manual
Ver:1.0.20011007.6280
Version:1.0

Copyright and Trademarks Information
The information of product in this manual is subject to change without
prior notice and does not represent a commitment on part of the vendor,
who assumes no liability or responsibility for any errors that may appear
in this manual.
ACARD and SCSIDE are the trademarks of ACARD Technology Corp.
Windows is a trademark of the Microsoft. All brand names and trade-
marks are properties of their respective owners.
This manual contains materials protected under International Copyright
Laws. All rights reserved. No part of this manual may be reproduced,
transmitted or transcribed without the expressed written permission of
the manufacturer and authors of this manual.

ACARD AEC-6280
3
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction.......................................................5
1.1 Introduction ...................................................................................5
1.2 Feature ...........................................................................................5
1.3 Packing List ...................................................................................5
1.4 Specification ..................................................................................6
Chapter 2 Hardware Installation........................................7
2.1 ACARD AEC-6280 Board Layout: ................................................7
2.2 Installing the AEC-6280 IDE Adapter ...........................................8
2.3 ACARD AEC-6280 cable & power installation ............................9
2.4 Compatibility list .........................................................................10
Chapter 3 BIOS Setup ......................................................11
3.1 Functions description.................................................................11
3.1.1 IDE Deivces ..........................................................................13
3.1.2 Adapter Setup .......................................................................13
3.1.3 Utility .....................................................................................14
3.1.4 Load Defaults ........................................................................15
3.1.5 Exit Setup..............................................................................15
Chapter 4 System Installation .........................................16
4.1 DOS Environment........................................................................16
4.1.2 Windows 95/98/ME Environment ..........................................17
4.1.3 Windows NT Environment.....................................................20
4.1.4 Windows 2000 Environment .................................................24
4.1.5 Windows XP (Beta Version) Environment.............................29
Chapter 5 Troubleshooting..............................................35
Appendix 1 Application Utility.........................................36
Appendix 2 Technical Support Form..............................37

ACARD AEC-6280
4
Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Introduction
ACARD AEC-6280 is a high performance PCI P&P bus master Ul-
tra ATA-133 adapter and on board Flash BIOS that supports to boot 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 trans-
fer capability including PCI enhanced data transfer commands (133MB/s)
and Built-in Scatter/Gather function improves performance for multi-task-
ing OS.
1.2 Feature
!!
!!
!A standalone PCI-to-IDE controller
!!
!!
!Supports Ultra ATA 133/100/66/33 hard drive
!!
!!
!Supports ATAPI devices
!!
!!
!Data transfer rate up to 133MB/sec
!!
!!
!Cost effective and high performance
1.3 Packing List
When you open the ACARD AEC-6280 cabinet, check the following pack-
ing list.
!!
!!
!One ACARD AEC-6280
!!
!!
!One ATA-133 Cables
!!
!!
!One Y-splitter Cable for Power
!!
!!
!One User’s Manual

ACARD AEC-6280
5
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

ACARD AEC-6280
6
Chapter 2 Hardware Installation
ATA-133 Cable Layout:
2.1 ACARD AEC-6280 Board Layout:
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

ACARD AEC-6280
7
2.2 Installing the AEC-6280 IDE Adapter
Step 1. Turn off the computer.
Step 2. Plug out the power core and all the
connection of external devices
from your system.
Step 3. Referring your original case user’s
manual to see how to open your
case.
Step 4. Select one unused PCI expansion
slot of 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. Plug the AEC-6280 IDE adapter card 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
! !
! !
! When two hard drives connected with ACARD AEC-6280 at
the same IDE port (i.e.on same cable), the hard drives Jumper
setting must be set as a respectively positioning “Master” and
a “Slave” on the hard drives. The two hard drives could not
be set on both “Master” nor both “Slave” on the same cable.
!!
!!
! For the hard drive or ATAPI device Jumper setting (Master
/ Slave), refer to hard drive or ATAPI device User Manual.
! !
! !
! In order to achieve best performance, use same hard drive
model, ex. Ultra ATA 66, Ultra ATA 100 or Ultra ATA 133
hard drive.

ACARD AEC-6280
8
2.3 ACARD AEC-6280 cable & power installation
The cable connection methods:
Step 1. Find out pin 1 of IDE connector on IDE device.
Step 2. Find out a color line of the internal IDE ribbon cable which indi-
cates pin 1 of the connector.
Step 3. Connect the internal IDE cable to the IDE device by aligns with pin-
1 to pin-1.
Step 4. Connect 4-pin power cable to the IDE device.
Master
Master
Slave
Slave
Power Cable
IDE hard drive

ACARD AEC-6280
9
2.4 Compatibility list
IDE Hard Drive
!!
!!
!Quantum
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
!!
!!
!Seagate
Medalist IDE series
Barracuda ATA II/III/IV series
ST320430A, ST313620A, ST3240AT,
ST38422A, ST36531A
!!
!!
!IBM
DTLA series, DPTA series, DTTA series, DJNA series
GXP60/75 series
!!
!!
!Maxtor
54098U8, 52049U4, 91366U4, 94098U8, 91020U3, 98196H8
DiamondMax60 Plus series
!!
!!
!Fujitsu
MPF-3204AT, MPD series, MPG series
!!
!!
!Western Digital
Expert 13BA, Caviar AC14300, WD300BB
WD600AB, WD800BB
Removable disk
!!
!!
!IOMEGA
ZIP100, ZIP250
!!
!!
!Imation
LS120

ACARD AEC-6280
10
Chapter 3 BIOS Setup
Plug the ACARD AEC-6280 IDE card in the PCI slot, while the PC remains
power on. When you see the following messages, press <F1> or <F10>
to BIOS setup.
3.1 Functions description
Press <F1> or <F10>, the BIOS setup screen will be appeared :

ACARD AEC-6280
11
ATAPI CD-ROM
!!
!!
!AFREEY 50X, 52X
!!
!!
!ASUS 40X, 50X, 52X
!!
!!
!AOPEN/Acer 48X, 52X
!!
!!
!BTC 48X, 50X, 52X, 56X
!!
!!
!Philips 48X
!!
!!
!Pioneer 32X
!!
!!
!SONY 48X
!!
!!
!TEAC 532E, 540E
ATAPI CD-R/RW
!!
!!
!AFREEY 50X, 52X
!!
!!
!ASUS 40X, 50X, 52X
!!
!!
!HP 9100, 9300, 9500
!!
!!
!LITE-ON LTR-24102B
!!
!!
!Philips 4X, 8X
!!
!!
!PLEXTOR 8432, 1210TA, 1610TA, 2410TA
!!
!!
!RICOH 7060A, 7120A, 7163A, 7200A, 9060A, 9120A
!!
!!
!SONY 120E, 140E, 145E, 160E, 168E
!!
!!
!TEAC W54E, W512E, W516E
!!
!!
!YAMAHA 8824E, 2100E, 2200E
ATAPI DVD-ROM
!!
!!
!AFREEY 8X, 10X
!!
!!
!ASUS 8X, 10X, 16X
!!
!!
!AOPEN/Acer 16X
!!
!!
!RICOH 9060A, 9120A
!!
!!
!Pioneer 113, 114, 115, 16X
!!
!!
!SONY 8X
For the lastest compatibility list, please refer to http://www.acard.com

ACARD AEC-6280
12
3.1.1 IDE Deivces
To get the IDE device information which connect with AEC-6280.
3.1.2 Adapter Setup
! !
! !
! Host Adapter BIOS : For setting AEC-6280 adapter’s BIOS.
! !
! !
! PCI Master-DMA Burst Mode : For setting AEC-6280 adapter’s DMA-
Brust mode.
! !
! !
! IDE HDD Block Mode : For setting IDE HDD block mode, use the
default value to achieve best performance.

ACARD AEC-6280
13
! !
! !
! Support Removable Disk As Fixed Disk : For setting removabledisk
as fixed disk.
! !
! !
! ATAPI CD-ROM Bootable : For setting ATAPI CD-ROM to boot.
! !
! !
! Primary Master IDE &Transfer Mode : For setting primary Master
ATAPI deivce, use default setting to achieve best performance.
! !
! !
! Primary Slave IDE & Transfer Mode : For setting primary Slave
ATAPI deivce, use default setting to achieve best performance.
! !
! !
! Secondary Master IDE & Transfer Mode : For setting secondary
Master ATAPI deivce, use default setting to achieve best performance.
! !
! !
! Secondary Slave IDE & Transfer Mode : For setting secondary Slave
ATAPI deivce, use default setting to achieve best performance.
3.1.3 Utility
! !
! !
! QuickErase : Quick erase the hard drive content. Please beware, that
data and partition will be completed erased.

ACARD AEC-6280
14
3.1.4 Load Defaults
To restore the AEC-6280 BIOS defaults parameters setting.
3.1.5 Exit Setup
Press <Esc> to quit the RAID setup utiltiy screen. Then choose the “Up-
date Data” or “No Update” to Exit.

ACARD AEC-6280
15
Chapter 4 System Installation
4.1 DOS Environment
For 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 re-booting to a DOS bootable floppy, run the DOS FORMAT
command.
Non 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 re-booting, run the DOS FORMAT command.

ACARD AEC-6280
16
4.1.2 Windows 95/98/ME Environment
Non Boot Device
1. Complete ACARD AEC-6280 hardware installation.
2. The system will detect any new device and ask for directory to access
the device driver. Click “Next” to go on.
3. Select “Search for the best driver for your device (Recommend)”.
Then click on “Next”.

ACARD AEC-6280
17
4. Windows will display the message when the system has found the driver
for it and is going to install the driver.
5. Select “Specify a location”. Please insert the directory of AEC6280.inf
for it (such as a:\WIN9X).
6. Follow the procedures, the system will complete the action automatically.
7. Restart the computer.

ACARD AEC-6280
18
Verify ACARD AEC-6280
After boot-up the system, follow the direction below on the Device Man-
ager find out whether the ACARD AEC-6280 has installed OK.
Step 1. Enter “My Computer” and double click on “Control Panel”.
Step 2. Double click on “System” and enter “Device Manager”.
Step 3. Click the “Hard disk controllers” to check whether ACARD AEC-
6280 adapter has installed properly.
For Boot Device
For bootable drive from ACARD AEC-6280, complete Windows 95/98/ME
operation system installation onto ACARD AEC-6280 drive first. Restart-
ing the computer, install the ACARD AEC-6280 driver when system access.

ACARD AEC-6280
19
4.1.3 Windows NT Environment
Driver installation is required when it is the first time to setup Windows NT
into the System
For Boot Device
AEC6280.SYS is designed for Microsoft Windows NT miniport drivers. It
allows driver connects to IDE devices (which support by Microsoft)
1. Insert Windows NT boot disk and boot from floppy disk.
(If boot from CD-ROM or install from hard disk, please press
“F6” for 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 the installation, copy the AEC-6280’s driver into a floppy diskette
first. Then insert the ACARD AEC-6280 driver disk into the floppy.
6. The ACARD Miniport driver should be highlighted at this stage. Press
“Enter” to proceed.
7. NT should now recognize the ACARD Miniport driver and theIDE
hardware. Please follow the Microsoft Windows NT installation.
Install Driver for Windows NT
After Windows NT has been installed, you may wish to plug the ACARD
AEC-6280 device on the Windows NT system. Follow the procedures below,
Windows NT would install the newest ACARD AEC-6280 driver to the
system.

ACARD AEC-6280
20
1. Double click on “My Computer”, enter ”Controller Panel” .
2. Double click on “SCSI Adapter“.
3. Choose “Drivers” and click on “Add”.