LaCie eSATA PCI Card User manual

LaCie eSATA PCI Card • DESIGN BY SISMO Table of Contents
User Manual page 1
Table of Contents
1.Introduction.............................................................................................................. 4
2.Your LaCie eSATA PCI Card...................................................................................... 5
1.1. Minimum System Requirements ..................................................................................................... 5
2.1. Package Content ......................................................................................................................... 6
2.2. View of the Card.......................................................................................................................... 6
3.Installing Your LaCie PCI Card ................................................................................. 7
3.1. Electrostatic Discharge (ESD)......................................................................................................... 7
3.2. Jumper Shunt Adjustment.............................................................................................................. 8
3.2.1. Mac Users......................................................................................................................... 8
3.2.2. Windows Users.................................................................................................................. 8
3.3. Inserting Your LaCie PCI Card....................................................................................................... 9
3.4. Driver Installation ....................................................................................................................... 10
4.eSATA Questions & Answers .................................................................................. 11
5.Contacting Customer Support................................................................................. 12
5.1. LaCie Technical Support Contacts ............................................................................................... 13
6.Warranty Information............................................................................................. 14

LaCie eSATA PCI Card • DESIGN BY SISMO Foreword
User Manual page 2
Copyrights
Copyright © 2011 LaCie. All rights re-
served. No part of this publication may be
reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or
transmitted in any form or by any means,
electronic, mechanical, photocopying,
recording or otherwise, without the prior
written consent of LaCie.
Trademarks
Apple, Mac, Macintosh and FireWire are
registered trademarks of Apple Com-
puter, Inc. Sony and iLink are registered
trademarks of Sony Electronics. Microsoft,
Windows 98, Windows 98SE, Windows
Millennium Edition, Windows 2000 and
Windows XP are registered trademarks of
Microsoft Corporation. Other trademarks
mentioned in this manual are the property
of their respective owners.
Changes
The material in this document is for infor-
mation only and subject to change without
notice. While reasonable efforts have been
made in the preparation of this document
to assure its accuracy, LaCie assumes no
liability resulting from errors or omissions
in this document, or from the use of the in-
formation contained herein. LaCie reserves
the right to make changes or revisions in
the product design or the product manual
without reservation and without obligation
to notify any person of such revisions and
changes.
FCC Statement:
Tested to comply with FCC
standards for home or of-
fice use
LaCie PCI Card
(eSATA)
NOTE: This equipment has been tested
and found to comply with the limits for a
Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15
of the FCC Rules. These limits are de-
signed to provide reasonable protection
against harmful interference when the
equipment is operated in a commercial
environment. This equipment generates,
uses, and can radiate radio frequency en-
ergy and, if not installed and used in ac-
cordance with the instruction manual, may
cause harmful interference to radio com-
munications. Operation of this equipment
in a residential area is likely to cause
harmful interference in which case the user
will be required to correct the interference
at his own expense.
NOTE: This equipment has been tested
and found to comply with the limits for
a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part
15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are de-
signed to provide reasonable protection
against harmful interference in a residen-
tial installation. This equipment generates,
uses and can radiate radio frequency en-
ergy and, if not installed and used in ac-
cordance with the instructions, may cause
harmful interference to radio communica-
tions. However, there is no guarantee that
interference will not occur in a particular
installation. If this equipment does cause
harmful interference to radio or television
reception, which can be determined by
turning the equipment off and on, the user
is encouraged to try and correct the inter-
ference by one or more of the following
measures:
✦Reorient or relocate the receiving an-
tenna.
✦Increase the separation between the
equipment and receiver.
✦Connect the equipment into an out-
let on a circuit different from that to
which the receiver is connected.
✦Consult the dealer or an experienced
radio/TV technician for help.
Canada Compliance Statement
This Class A digital apparatus meets all re-
quirements of the Canadian Interference-
Causing Equipment Regulations.
Manufacturer’s Declaration
for CE Certification
We, LaCie, solemnly declare that this
product conforms to the following Euro-
pean standards:
Class B EN60950, EN55022, EN50082-
1, EN61000-3-2
With reference to the following conditions:
2006/95/EC Low Voltage Directive
2004/108/EC EMC Directive
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✦Only qualified persons are authorized
to carry out maintenance on this de-
vice.
✦Read this User Manual carefully, and
follow the correct procedure when
setting up the device.
✦Do not attempt to disassemble or
modify your PCI card. Never insert
any metallic object into the circuitry
to avoid any risk of electrical shock,
fire, short-circuiting or dangerous
emissions. Your PCI card contains no
user-serviceable parts. If it appears to
be malfunctioning, have it inspected
by a qualified LaCie Technical Sup-
port representative.
✦Never expose your device to rain, or
use it near water, or in damp or wet
conditions. Never place objects con-
taining liquids on the PCI card, as
they may spill onto its circuitry. Do-
ing so increases the risk of electrical
shock, short-circuiting, fire or per-
sonal injury.
✦Make sure that the computer and PCI
card are electrically grounded. If the
devices are not grounded, there is an
increased risk of electrical shock.
✦Do not expose the PCI card to tem-
peratures outside the range of 5° C
to 45° C (41° F to 104° F). Doing so
may damage the card or disfigure
its casing. Avoid placing your card
near a source of heat or exposing it
to sunlight (even through a window).
Inversely, placing your card in an en-
vironment that is too cold or humid
may damage the unit.
IMPORTANT INFO: Any loss, corrup-
tion or destruction of data while using a
LaCie drive is the sole responsibility of
the user, and under no circumstances
will LaCie be held liable for the recovery
or restoration of this data. To help pre-
vent the loss of your data, LaCie highly
recommends that you keep TWO copies
of your data; one copy on your external
hard drive, for instance, and a second
copy either on your internal hard drive,
another external hard drive or some other
form of removable storage media. LaCie
offers a complete line of CD and DVD
drives. If you would like more information
on backup, please refer to our Web site.
This symbol on the product
or on its packaging indicates
that this product must not be
disposed of with your other
household waste. Instead, it
is your responsibility to dispose of your
waste equipment by handing it over to a
designed collection point for the recycling
of waste electrical and electronic equip-
ment. The separate collection and recy-
cling of your waste equipment at the time
of disposal will help to conserve natural
resources and ensure that it is recycled in a
manner that protects human health and
the environment. For more information
about where you can drop off your waste
equipment for recycling, please contact
your local city office, your household waste
disposal service, or the shop where you
purchased the product.
Health and Safety Precautions

LaCie eSATA PCI Card • DESIGN BY SISMO Introduction
User Manual page 4
Quick Links
1. Introduction
Thank you for your purchase of your new LaCie eSATA PCI Card!
Based on the revolutionary new Serial ATA technology, these PCI
cards feature the latest technological advancements in interface
connectivity and have the bandwidth to handle both the most
demanding applications and environments.
The LaCie eSATA PCI Card was built for performance, and inte-
grates easily into systems that require high data transfer speeds
to serve up files quickly and efficiently, maximizing your storage
system utilization and enhancing your productivity. These cards
support hot-pluggability and, due to their support of the Serial
ATA specification, offer serious advantages in terms of reliability,
scalability, interoperability and data integrity.
Your LaCie PCI Card Capabilities
✦Boot from external drives under Windows or Mac
✦Supports a burst transfer rate of 150MB/s
✦Anti-static handle
Click a topic:
✦Inserting your LaCie PCI Card
✦Driver Installation

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1.1. Minimum System
Requirements
The LaCie eSATA PCI Card is compliant with the Open Host
Controller Interface (OHCI) and the Enhanced Host Controller
Interface (EHCI).
IMPORTANT INFO: The format of this card is not compat-
ible with PCI express slots, laptops or notebook computers, and
therefore cannot be installed on these types of systems.
CAUTION: Before handling and installing your LaCie eSATA
PCI Card, ensure that you have properly grounded yourself.
Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) can quickly and easily damage or
destroy your component or your computer. Please see section
3.1. Electrostatic Discharge for information on how to properly
ground yourself.
IMPORTANT INFO: During installation or removal, always
hold your card by the anti-static gripping pad.
TECHNICAL NOTE: Serial ATA is a new technology and
some legacy hardware and operating systems may not support
all of its features. For optimal performance, LaCie recommends
at least the following:
Windows Users:
Hardware: Intel® Pentium® 4 with a LaCie eSATA PCI Card
System: Windows XP (SP1)
Mac Users –
Hardware: G5 with a LaCie eSATA PCI Card
System: Mac OS X 10.3.4
Windows
✦Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP,
or Windows Vista
✦One PCI slot that complies with PCI Specification
Rev.2.3 or above
✦Pentium III or higher compatible processor
✦128MB RAM
Mac
✦Mac OS 10.3.x or higher
✦One PCI slot that complies with PCI Specification
Rev.2.3 or above
✦G3 (Blue & White), G4, G5, or Intel Processor
✦128MB RAM
2. Your LaCie eSATA PCI Card

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2.2. View of the Card
1. Two eSATA Ports – These ports are where you attach the
eSATA interface cables.
2. Jumpers – Mac users need to change this configuration
before installing the card. See 3.2. Jumper Adjustment for
Mac Operating System for details.
2.1. Package Content
1. LaCie eSATA PCI Card, Design by Sismo
2. Quick Install Guide
3. LaCie eSATA PCI Card Utilities CD-ROM (includes User
Manual)
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3. Installing Your LaCie PCI Card
3.1. Electrostatic Discharge (ESD)
IMPORTANT INFO: During installation or removal, always
hold your card by the anti-static gripping pad.
Static electricity is an electric charge caused by an imbalance of
electrons on the surface of a material. When you touch an object
and are shocked, this is the transfer of the static charge or the
balancing of your charge to that of the object. This exchange is
called Electrostatic Discharge or ESD.
ESD can cause two different types of damage to computers and
peripherals: (1) Catastrophic, which is the complete loss of de-
vice functionality, and (2) Latent Defect, where the device is only
partially effected, and the device loses part of its productivity and
longevity.
Because we cannot eliminate the generation of static electricity,
it is extremely important to follow the proper steps to ground
yourself before handling your LaCie eSATA PCI Card or touching
any internal component of your computer. This can be accom-
plished by proper grounding in conjunction with the use of ESD
safe mats, wrist or shoe straps. Consult your computer supply
specialist for more details on the correct ESD dissipative device
to fit your needs.

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3.2. Jumper Shunt Adjustment
3.2.1. Mac Users
Before physically installing your PCI card, you must switch the
jumper shunt or your PCI card will not work.
With the ports pointing up, detach the jumper shunt from the top
two jumper pins (1 in the diagram at right) and re-attached the
jumper shunt to the bottom two jumper pins (2 in the diagram
at right).
3.2.2. Windows Users
IMPORTANT INFO: Adjusting the jumper shunt will disable
the card’s hardware RAID function.
Do not adjust the jumper shunt unless you intend to connect a
LaCie d2 Quadra v3 hard drive to the card. If the jumper shunt
is not adjusted, connecting a LaCie d2 Quadra v3 hard drive to
the card will not work.
If connecting this drive is your intention, follow the steps below.
Remember that this process will remove the card’s support for
hardware RAID.
1. Adjust the jumper shunt as described in section 3.2.1. Mac
Users (and refer to the illustrations at right).
2. You must also install the non-RAID drivers for Windows XP/
Vista/7. These drivers are not available on the CD-ROM that
came with your eSATA PCI card; you must download them
from:
http://www.lacie.com/support/drivers/driver.htm?id=10238

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3.3. Inserting Your LaCie PCI Card
Required Tools
✦Philips-head and/or flat-head screw driver
✦Computer System Manual
3. Turn off your computer and disconnect all external periph-
eral devices and cables, i.e. power cord, modem/fax line,
monitor, etc.
4. Remove your computer’s cover. For most computers, several
screws will need to be unseated before you can remove the
computer’s cover. These screws are usually located at the
rear of the computer, along the edge of the cover. However,
placement of these screws and cover attachment may vary by
manufacturer, so please refer to your computer’s manual for
specific details.
5. Once you have removed the cover, you will need to locate
the PCI slots on the motherboard. The PCI slots are generally
located in the back of the computer, with the slots built into
the side-wall of the computer (please refer to your computer
system’s manual for the exact location of your PCI slots – the
LaCie PCI Card may be installed in either a 32 or 64-bit PCI
card slot). If necessary, you may need to remove the expan-
sion slot cover, and you may also need to remove any add-in
boards which block access to the PCI slots.
6. Take the LaCie PCI Card out of its anti-static blister package
and, being careful to touch only the anti-static gripping pad,
push the card into the empty PCI card slot. There is only way
to mount the card, so if you are having problems inserting
the card into the PCI slot, make sure that it is oriented cor-
rectly. Be sure that the gold contact pins of the PCI card are
seated completely inside your computer’s PCI slot. Be aware
that it may take some force to get the card fully seated in
the slot.
7. Once the PCI card is seated correctly, tighten with a screw.
8. If necessary, replace any add-in boards that you removed
in Step 3.
9. Now you are ready to put the computer’s cover back on
and reconnect all of your external peripheral devices and
cables.
10. Power on your computer. After the start up procedure has
finished, you should be able to connect devices through the
available FireWire ports.
LaCie PCI Card
System frame
MotherboardPCI or PCI-X slot
Bracket

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3.4. Driver Installation
Windows Users
You must install drivers for Windows 2000, XP, and Vista.
Once the card has been detected on your operating sys-
tem, install the correct driver from the Utilities CD-ROM
and follow the on-screen instructions.
Mac Users
There are no drivers to install. The LaCie FireWire PCI
Card has the drivers built into the BIOS for the Mac OS.

LaCie eSATA PCI Card • DESIGN BY SISMO eSATA Questions & Answers
User Manual page 11
What is Serial ATA?
The Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (ATA) is the evo-
lutionary successor to the Parallel ATA/ IDE (Integrated Drive
Electronics) interface, which has been in use for the last twenty
years to connect peripheral devices to the computer. The Paral-
lel ATA standard can deliver data at a maximum of 133MB/s,
while Serial ATA provides for a data throughput of 150MB/s
with the initial release, and specification developers are planning
increased speeds over the next several years. Serial ATA removes
the performance bottleneck of the Parallel ATA specification, and
follows a clearly defined road-map to greater and greater data
transfer rates and feature improvements.
Deriving its name from the way that it transmits signals, in a
single stream, or serially, Serial ATA operates in a point-to-point
topology. This connectivity methodology delivers the entire avail-
able interface bandwidth to each device, allowing each device to
operate at its maximum throughput, and provides direct commu-
nication between the device and the system at any time, reducing
arbitration delays associated with shared bus topologies.
What are the features and benefits of
Serial ATA?
The Serial ATA specification provides several key advancements
that will help spur widespread implementation:
Performance: Serial ATA is a point-to-point topology, and does
not have to share the bus, instead dedicating full bandwidth to
the device. These dedicated links make creating a Serial ATA
RAID array quick and relatively inexpensive to implement.
Easy installation and configuration: There are no device IDs, ter-
mination or master/slave conflicts, and the standard supports
hot-plug connectivity. Drives can be added, upgraded or re-
moved without having to power down the whole system.
Improved reliability: Serial ATA also uses 32-bit cyclic redun-
dancy checking (CRC) on all transfers to ensure correct data
transmissions. Due to this CRC capability, Serial ATA performs
protection and recovery features at multiple levels: PHY layer,
link layer and transport and software layers.
Command optimization: Serial ATA utilizes Native Command
Queing (NCQ) and first party direct memory access (DMA) to
intelligently order commands in an internal queue within the
drive, without having to involve the host CPU. Judging its own
drive head’s angular and rotational position, the drive selects a
data transfer from the queue that will minimize both its seek and
rotational latencies.
Simplified structure: Serial ATA utilizes a more efficient signal-
ing voltage (250mV vs. 5V for Parallel ATA), and much smaller,
thinner and compact cables and connectors. Due to the simpli-
fied cabling (the reduction in the number of pins and wires), the
number of fault possibilities decreases.
Seamless integration: Serial ATA maintains register and software
compatibility with Parallel ATA, and should be transparent to
both the BIOS and operating system. Simply add more Serial
ATA links to increase the number of connectivity points in your
system.
What are the ideal uses of Serial ATA?
Although the specification supports all ATA and ATAPI devices
(i.e. CD, DVD, tape drives, etc.), and delivers superior perfor-
mance than both Hi-Speed USB 2.0 and FireWire/IEEE 1394,
external Serial ATA connectors are intended for storage devic-
es. Serial ATA works best in storage environments that require
high data throughput to deliver large files quickly and efficiently,
maximizing the storage systems utilization and enhancing overall
productivity.
Due to its performance, reliability, scalability and cost-effective-
ness, Serial ATA can be implemented in a wide-range of settings,
from desktop usage to network storage applications.
Cable and Connectors
Your LaCie drive is shipped with a eSATA cable, to ensure maxi-
mum data transfer performance when connected to a eSATA
port.
4. eSATA Questions & Answers

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Before You Contact Technical Support
✦Read the manual.
✦Try to isolate the problem.
If you still can’t get your LaCie PCI Card to work properly, con-
tact us via the provided Web link. Before contacting us, make
sure that you are in front of your computer and that you have the
following information on hand:
✦Your card’s serial number
✦Computer brand and model
✦Operating system and version
✦Amount of memory installed
✦Names of CD or DVD drives installed on your computer
✦Names of any other devices installed on your computer
5. Contacting Customer Support

LaCie eSATA PCI Card • DESIGN BY SISMO Contacting Customer Support
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5.1. LaCie Technical Support Contacts
LaCie Asia, Singapore, and Hong Kong
Contact us at:
http://www.lacie.com/asia/contact/
LaCie Australia
Contact us at:
http://www.lacie.com/au/contact/
LaCie Belgium
Contact us at:
http://www.lacie.com/be/contact/ (Français)
LaCie Canada
Contact us at:
http://www.lacie.com/caen/contact/ (English)
LaCie Denmark
Contact us at:
http://www.lacie.com/dk/contact
LaCie Finland
Contact us at:
http://www.lacie.com/fi/contact/
LaCie France
Contact us at:
http://www.lacie.com/fr/contact/
LaCie Germany
Contact us at:
http://www.lacie.com/de/contact/
LaCie Italy
Contact us at:
http://www.lacie.com/it/contact/
LaCie Japan
Contact us at:
http://www.lacie.com/jp/contact/
LaCie Netherlands
Contact us at:
http://www.lacie.com/nl/contact/
LaCie Norway
Contact us at:
http://www.lacie.com/no/contact/
LaCie Spain
Contact us at:
http://www.lacie.com/es/contact/
LaCie Sweden
Contact us at:
http://www.lacie.com/se/contact
LaCie Switzerland
Contact us at:
http://www.lacie.com/chfr/contact/ (Français)
LaCie United Kingdom
Contact us at:
http://www.lacie.com/uk/contact/
LaCie Ireland
Contact us at:
http://www.lacie.com/ie/contact/
LaCie USA
Contact us at:
http://www.lacie.com/contact/
LaCie International
Contact us at:
http://www.lacie.com/intl/contact/

LaCie eSATA PCI Card • DESIGN BY SISMO Warranty Information
User Manual page 14
LaCie warrants your PCI card against any defect in material and
workmanship, under normal use, for the period designated on
your warranty certificate. In the event this product is found to be
defective within the warranty period, LaCie will, at its option,
repair or replace the defective PCI card.
This warranty is void if:
✦The card was operated/stored in abnormal use or mainte-
nance conditions;
✦The card is repaired, modified or altered, unless such re-
pair, modification or alteration is expressly authorized in
writing by LaCie;
✦The card was subjected to abuse, neglect, lightning strike,
electrical fault, improper packaging or accident;
✦The card was installed improperly;
✦The serial number of the card is defaced or missing;
LaCie will not, under any circumstances, be liable for direct, spe-
cial or consequential damages such as, but not limited to, dam-
age or loss of property or equipment, loss of profits or revenues,
cost of replacement goods, or expense or inconvenience caused
by service interruptions. Under no circumstances will any person
be entitled to any sum greater than the purchase price paid for
the card.
To obtain warranty service, call LaCie Technical Support. You
may be asked to furnish proof of purchase to confirm that the
card is still under warranty. All cards returned to LaCie must be
securely packaged in their original box and shipped with post-
age prepaid. Register online for free technical support:
www.lacie.com/register.htm
Note to Australian Customers
Our goods come with guarantees that cannot be excluded under
the Australian Consumer Law. You are entitled to a replacement
or refund for a major failure and for compensation for any other
reasonably foreseeable loss or damage. You are also entitled to
have the goods repaired or replaced if the goods fail to be of
acceptable quality and the failure does not amount to a major
failure.
Contact us:
LaCie Australia, 458 Gardeners Road Alexandria, NSW 2015
AUSTRALIA.
Phone: [phone]
Email: [email protected]
For fast technical support, create a support ticket after registering
your product at http://www.lacie.com/au/register.
6. Warranty Information