StarTech.com PEXSATA24E User manual

Manual Revision: 06/17/2011
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PEXSATA24E
2 Port eSATA or 4 Port SATA II
PCI Express x4 Controller Card

FCC Compliance Statement
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 designed to provide reasonable protection
against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can
radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions,
may cause harmful interference to radio communications. 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
o and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the
following measures:
Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit dierent from that to which the receiver is
connected.
Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.
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Table of Contents
Introduction .......................................................................................................................................................1
Features...........................................................................................................................................................1
System Requirements ............................................................................................................................1
Package Contents.....................................................................................................................................1
Hardware Guide ...............................................................................................................................................2
Installation............................................................................................................................................................3
Windows Vista/7 Fresh Installation.................................................................................................3
Windows 2000/XP/2003 Server Fresh Installation................................................................4
Windows 2000/XP/2003 Server/Vista Exisiting Installation............................................5
Verifying Successful Installation.......................................................................................................6
Specications.....................................................................................................................................................7
Technical Support...........................................................................................................................................8
Warranty Information....................................................................................................................................8

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Introduction
Thank you for purchasing a StarTech.com 4 port PCI-E SATA Card. Now, you’ll be able to maximize
your computer SATA capability, while using only a single PCI-Express slot. With four internal
SATA ports, and two eSATA ports, you’ll be able to add the speed and reliability of SATA to your
internal storage, with the option of using an eSATA external storage device.
Features
• Provides four independent channels for support of up to four SATA drives
• Supports SATA II (300) drives and is backward compatible with SATA I (150) drives
• Features SATA II native command queuing (NCQ)
• Compliant with PCI Express Base Specication 1.0a
System Requirements
• Floppy Disk Drive (for third party driver installation)
• A PC with an available PCI Express slot
• CD-ROM drive (driver installation)
• SATA-based drives
Package Contents
• 1 x Four-channel PCIe/SATA II adapter
• 1x Driver CD
• 1x SATA Cable
• 1 x Low Prole Bracket
• 1x Instruction Manual (this document)

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Please Note: There are six SATA ports available on PEXSATA24E, 4 internally and 2 eSATA
connectors externally. Based on the images above, the respective ports have been named A
through F. Ports A to D are internal SATA ports, while ports E and F are external SATA ports. By
changing the jumper setting on PEXSATA24E circuit board, you will be able to utilize four of
the ports simultaneously. Please designate which ports you wish to use, by adjusting jumper
settings according to the chart below. By default, Port A, B, C and D are working.
Hardware Guide
G (Jumper Settings)
JP Description Active Port
J2-25 1-2 close Enable SATA Connector D
2-3 close Enable SATA Connector E
J6-J9 1-2 close Enable SATA Connector C
2-3 close Enable SATA Connector F

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Installation
WARNING! PCI Express cards, like all computer equipment, can be severely damaged by static
electricity. Be sure that you are properly grounded before opening your computer case or
touching your card. StarTech.com recommends that you wear an anti-static strap when installing
any computer component. If an anti-static strap is unavailable, discharge yourself of any static
electricity build-up by touching a large grounded metal surface (such as the computer case) for
several seconds. Also be careful to handle the card by its edges and not the gold connectors.
Please note: The following instructions assume that the SATA drives that will be connected to
PEXSATA24E have been physically installed within the computer chassis. If this is not the case,
and you require instruction on how to install the hard drive in the computer chassis, please
consult the documentation that accompanied your purchase of the hard drive/computer.
Windows Vista™/7 Fresh Installation
Follow the instructions in this section if you are performing a new installation of Windows
VistaTM, and you wish to boot from a drive attached to PEXSATA24E:
1. Shut down all power connected to the computer, as well as all devices connected to the
computer peripherally (i.e. Printers, Monitors, Scanners etc.). As an added step to ensure safe
installation, unplug the power supply from the computer.
2. Remove the computer cover, allowing access to the motherboard and available slots. For
more detailed instruction on how to perform this step, please refer to the documentation
that was included with your computer at the time of purchase.
3. Locate an empty PCI Express slot, removing the metal bracket covering the accompanying
empty port/socket on the rear panel of the computer chassis.
4. Position the card above the open PCI Express slot, ensuring that the card is properly aligned
with the slot. Insert the card rmly into the slot, distributing force evenly across the length
of the board. Once inserted, secure the card into the adjoining socket (previously covered
by metal bracket, on the rear panel of the computer chassis), using the correct size screw (if
necessary, please consult documentation that accompanied purchase of computer).
5. Attach PEXSATA24E to the Serial ATA drive, using a SATA (data) cable.
6. Repeat steps 4 and 5 for each remaining hard drive that will be connected (internally) to
PEXSATA24E.
7. Replace the computer cover and re-connect all power to the computer.
8. Start the computer as you normally would to perform an operating system installation,
ensuring that the Windows Vista™/7 installation CD/DVD is present in the drive, and the BIOS
has been suitably adjusted to boot from the CD/DVD Drive.9. When the Windows Install
screen appears, ll in the necessary information and click Next. Follow the operating system
instructions until a page appears asking “Where do you want to install Windows?”. From here,

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click on Load Driver.
9. You will then be asked to provide the necessary driver les. The les can be accessed by CD,
DVD, or USB Flash Drive. As such, connect the drivers to the computer using one of these
methods, and click Browse to specify the location of the les. Then, click Next.
10. Windows VistaTM will then install the necessary les, after which PEXSATA24E will be
recognized as a usable drive. Select the drive on which you wish to install the operating
system, and click Next, to resume normal operating system installation.
Windows 2000/XP/2003 Server Fresh Installation
Follow the instructions in this section if you are performing a new installation of Windows 2000/
XP/2003, and you wish to boot from a drive attached to PEXSATA24E. Prior to installation, it is
advisable to create a driver diskette. To do so, please locate the following folder, located on the
Driver CD: D:\PCIe\4-SATA\Driver\i386 (where D: denotes the CD/DVD-ROM drive location)
Copy all les from this directory onto a blank oppy diskette. Remove the disk from the drive,
and label it accordingly.
1. Shut down all power connected to the computer, as well as all devices connected to the
computer peripherally (i.e. Printers, Monitors, Scanners etc.). As an added step to ensure safe
installation, unplug the power supply from the computer.
2. Remove the computer cover, allowing access to the motherboard and available slots. For
more detailed instruction on how to perform this step, please refer to the documentation
that was included with your computer at the time of purchase.
3. Locate an empty PCI Express slot, removing the metal bracket covering the accompanying
empty port/socket on the rear panel of the computer chassis.
4. Position the card above the open PCI Express slot, ensuring that the card is properly aligned
with the slot. Insert the card rmly into the slot, distributing force evenly across the length
of the board. Once inserted, secure the card into the adjoining socket (previously covered
by metal bracket, on the rear panel of the computer chassis), using the correct size screw (if
necessary, please consult documentation that accompanied purchase of computer).
5. If a oppy drive is available on the host system, attach PEXSATA24E to the Serial ATA drive,
using a SATA (data) cable. If no oppy drive is available, please skip to the section entitled
Installation Without a Floppy Drive
6. Repeat steps 4 and 5 for each remaining hard drive that will be connected (internally) to
PEXSATA24E.
7. Replace the computer cover and re-connect all power to the computer.

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8. Turn on the computer. Upon rst boot, Windows will instruct you to Press [ F6 ] for third party
SCSI or driver installation. As such, please hit F6 to continue.
Press [ S ] when setup asks if you want to specify an additional device, and insert the boot
diskette into your oppy drive, then press [Enter]
Select [Marvell Serial ATA Adapter], then press [Enter] .
Press [Enter] again to nish driver installation, then follow the on-screen instructions to
complete the Windows installation.
Please note: If a Security Alert warning pops up, click Yes, as this driver has passed Microsoft
compatibility testing.
Follow the setup instructions to select your choice for partition and le system. After setup
examines your disks, it will copy les from the CD to the hard drive selected above and restart
the system. After restart, the setup process will resume installing the new drive(s).
Installation Without a Floppy Drive
In the absence of an available oppy drive for driver installation, once PEXSATA24E has been
installed within the computer:
1. Connect the fresh (blank) drive to the motherboard SATA controller.
2. Power on the computer, and boot from the operating system Boot CD, and follow Microsoft’s
Windows installation procedure to complete the operating system installation.
3. Once the operating system has been installed on the drive, install the driver located at:
D:\PCIe\4-SATA\Driver\i386 (where D: denotes the CD/DVD-ROM drive location) on the
included Driver CD.
4. From the Device Manager, verify that the RAID controller has successfully been installed.
(For more information, please refer to page 5: Verifying Successful Installation. If the RAID
controller does not appear in the Device Manager, please reattempt to install the driver by
repeating step 3.
5. Once you have established that the driver installation was successful, power down the
computer, connect the intended hard disk to PEXSATA24E and power up the computer.
Windows 2000/XP/2003 Server/Vista™/7 Existing Installation
Follow the instructions in this section if you are connecting PEXSATA24E to drives on which
Windows 2000/XP/2003 has previously been installed.
1. Shut down all power connected to the computer, as well as all devices connected to the
computer peripherally (i.e. Printers, Monitors, Scanners etc.). As an added step to ensure safe
installation, unplug the power supply from the computer.
2. Remove the computer cover, allowing access to the motherboard and available slots. For
more detailed instruction on how to perform this step, please refer to the documentation
that was included with your computer at the time of purchase.
3. Locate an empty PCI Express slot, removing the metal bracket covering the accompanying
empty port/socket on the rear panel of the computer chassis.

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4. Position the card above the open PCI Express slot, ensuring that the card is properly aligned
with the slot. Insert the card rmly into the slot, distributing force evenly across the length
of the board. Once inserted, secure the card into the adjoining socket (previously covered
by metal bracket, on the rear panel of the computer chassis), using the correct size screw (if
necessary, please consult documentation that accompanied purchase of computer).
5. Attach PEXSATA24E to the Serial ATA drive, using a SATA (data) cable.
6. Repeat steps 4 and 5 for each remaining hard drive that will be connected (internally) to
PEXSATA24E.
7. Replace the computer cover and re-connect all power to the computer.
8. Power on the computer. Once Windows boots up, the Found New Hardware Wizard will
appear. If the connected drive(s) are running Windows XP (SP1 or earlier) or Server 2003 (SP1
or later), select No, not this time. Click Next.
9. Insert the Driver CD, and select Install the software automatically (recommended), then click
Next.
10. If the Hardware Installation window pops up, click Continue Anyway, then Finish. Please note
that this driver has been thoroughly tested for stability and compatibility.
11. Click Finish.
Verifying Successful Installation
To verify the successful installation of PEXSATA24E:
1. Right-click on My Computer and select Manage.
2. Select Device Manager.
3. Double-click on SCSI and RAID Controller, then double-click Marvell Serial ATA Gen 2 PCI
Express Adapter to display driver properties. A message should be displayed in the dialog
box, indicating that the driver has correctly been installed.

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Specications
Connectors 4x Internal SATA Connectors
2x External eSATA Connectors
Cables 1FT sata data cable (female connectors)
Chipset Marvell 88SX7042
Maximum Data Transfer Rate 300 Mbps
OS Support
Windows 2000/ XP(32/64bit)/ Server
2003(32/64bit)/ Vista(32/64bit)/ 7(32/64bit)/
Server 2008 R2, and Linux