Belkin F5U198ea User manual

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Serial ATA PCI Card
Connect your drives to
the fastest interface
User Manual F5U198ea
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Table of Contents
Introduction .................................................................................................1
Package Contents ........................................................................................1
Features .......................................................................................................2
System Requirements .................................................................................2
Technical Specifications ..............................................................................3
Driver Installation .......................................................................................4
Hardware Installation .................................................................................4
Start-Up Information ...................................................................................5
Preparing your Hard Drive(s) for Use .........................................................5
Installing Driver in a “Fresh” Installation of Windows ..............................6
Setting Hard Disk Boot Priority ..................................................................8
Information ..................................................................................................9
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Congratulations and thank you for purchasing the Serial ATA PCI Card. Engineered
to support data transfer rates up to 150Mbps, the Card complies with serial ATA
specification revision 1.0 and PCI specification revision 2.2.
Please read this manual thoroughly to ensure you get the most from this high-quality
Belkin Serial ATA PCI Card.
Package Contents
• Serial ATA PCI Card
• One serial ATA data cable
• One serial ATA power cable
• One driver installation CD
• User Manual
Introduction
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SiI
3112
J2 J3
BIOS
S-ATA port
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System Requirements
• PC compatible with IBM® with 600MHz or faster processor
• Microsoft® Windows® 98 SE, Me, 2000, or XP
• Available PCI slot
• Floppy drive
• CD-ROM drive
Features
• Complies with serial ATA specification revision 1.0
• Provides 2 independent channels to connect up to 2 serial ATA hard disk drives
• Supports serial ATA data transfer rates up to 150Mbps
• Features independent 256-byte FIFOs per channel for host reads and writes
• Supports various brands of large-capacity serial ATA hard disk drives
• Includes flexible serial ATA cable that routes easily inside a PC
• Features lower pin count and voltage requirement, plus better cabling over
traditional parallel ATA
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SiI
3112
J2 J3
BIOS
S-ATA port
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Technical Specifications
• Silicon Image SiI 3112 SATALink™ PCI Host Controller
• Compliant with serial ATA specification revision 1.0
• Compliant with PCI specification revision 2.2
• Compliant with PCI Bus Power Management Specification Rev. 1.1
• Port type: 2 serial ATA ports
• Slot type: 32-bit PCI
• Provides 2 independent channels to connect up to 2 serial ATA hard disk drives
• Supports serial ATA data transfer rates up to 150Mbps
• Features independent 256-byte FIFOs per channel for host reads and writes
• Supports 32-bit wide PCI bus at 66MHz
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Driver Installation
Installing the Driver in Windows
Note: If you are currently using, or plan to set up a RAID array, you will need to install
the SATARaidTM Utility program to manage and view status of the Array. You will find
the SATARaid Utility program on the supplied CD.
Windows 98/Me:
1. Insert the Belkin F5U198 driver installation CD into your CD-ROM drive. After a few
moments, the installation start-up screen will appear.
2. Select the “Install Driver” button to begin the driver installation process.
When the installer prompts you to restart your system, select “Quit” instead.
3. Open the Start menu in the lower, left-hand corner of your Windows desktop. Select
“Shutdown”, then select “Shutdown” from the drop-down menu.
4. Proceed to the hardware installation section.
Windows 2000/XP:
1. Insert the Belkin F5U198 driver installation CD into your CD-ROM drive. After a few
moments, the installation start-up screen will appear.
2. Select the “Install Driver” button to begin the driver installation process. Then click
“Finish” to complete the installation.
3. Open the Start menu in the lower, left-hand corner of your Windows desktop. Select
“Shutdown”, then select “Shutdown” once again from the drop-down menu.
4. Proceed to the hardware installation section.
1. Make sure that your computer is turned off, and unplug the power cord.
2. Install a serial ATA hard drive into your computer following the instructions provided
by the drive manufacturer.
3. Install the PCI Card into an empty PCI slot.
Hardware Installation
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4. Using the provided serial ATA data cable, connect your serial ATA hard disk to one
of the ports on the PCI Card.
5. Use the provided serial ATA power cable adapter to connect the SATA hard disk to
your computer‘s internal power supply.
Hardware Installation
Turn on your computer. Shortly after the POST (Power On Self Test) is completed,
the following screen will be displayed:
Silicon Image 3112 SATARaid Yes Controller BIOS Version xxx
Copyright© 1997-2002 Silicon Image, Inc
Press <Crtl+S> or F4 to enter RAID Utility 1
Primary Channel: ST380023AS 76819 MB 2
Secondary Channel: 3
1. If you wish to set up a RAID Array, press “Ctrl+S”, or press the F4 key.
2. Properly connected serial ATA hard drives will be displayed
(in this case an 80-Gigabyte Seagate ST380023AS on the Primary Channel).
3. After your serial ATA hard drive(s) are detected, the boot procedure will continue.
Start-Up Information
If you are installing new unformatted hard drives, the drives will need to be partitioned and
formatted before use. The F5U198 installation CD includes a detailed manual in PDF form that
walks you through each of the steps required to prepare your hard disk for use. The manual
also explains in detail how to set up and manage a RAID array. To access the manual, choose
the “SATARaid Utility Manual” button on the F5U198 installation CD start-up menu.
Preparing your Hard Drive(s) for Use
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Note: This procedure is intended to be used when the PCI Card is already installed in
your computer, and you are doing a fresh install of your operating system.
Windows 98/Me:
1. Follow the normal Windows 98 SE/Me setup instructions to select your choice for
partition and file system.
2. After Windows has finished installing devices, regional settings, components, and
completed the final setup tasks, reboot your system.
3. After Windows restarts, insert the F5U198 installation diskette into your floppy
disk drive.
4. Right-click the “My Computer” icon, then select “Properties”. After the “System
Properties” window opens, select “Device Manager”.
5. Right-click on “PCI RAID Controller” then select “Properties” from the pop-up menu.
6. Click “Driver”, then select “Update Driver” and click “Next“.
If you are running Windows Me, select “Automatic Search for a better driver.
(Recommended).”
If you are running Windows 98 SE, click “Next” then select “Search for the better
driver than the one your device is currently using now. (Recommended)”
and click “Next”.
7. Check the box next to “Floppy Disk Drives”, then click “Next”.
8. Windows will locate the driver for “Silicon Image SiI 3112 SATARaid controller”.
Click “Next” then click “Finish” to complete the installation process.
9. To verify that the driver is correctly installed, click the [+] sign next to “SCSI
Controllers”. You should now see an entry for “Silicon Image SiI 3112
SATARaid controller”.
Installation is now complete.
Installing Driver in a “Fresh” Installation of Windows
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Installing Driver in a “Fresh” Installation of Windows
Windows 2000/XP:
1. Run the Windows setup program.
2. Press “F6” when the following message appears on the screen:
Press F6 if you need to install a third-party SCSI or RAID driver.
3. After a few moments the following information will be displayed:
4. To specify additional devices such as the PCI Card, press “S”. The following
message will appear.
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