Addonics Technologies ADSA3GPX8-4E User's Manual
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1. Wizard pops on the screen and the Silicon Image Sil3124 SATALink Controller is identified 3 Place the Driver Disk on your optical drive Select automatically look for driver on the wizard 4 Wait while the wizard installs the software 5 After driver installation it is recommended to restart your system Confirming Serial ATA Base Driver Installation f Right click the My Computer icon and select Properties 2 Click Device Manager in the Menu Tree 3 Click the sign in front of SCSI and RAID Controllers You should see Silicon Image Sil 3124 SATALink Controller www addonics com Technical Support M F 8 30am 6 00pm PST Phone 408 453 6212 Email www addonics com support query2. User Guide 4 Port eSATA RAID5 JBOD PCI E 8x Controller ADSA3GPX8 4E BIOS Jumper J4 Hard Drive Activity LED Jumper Connections eSATA Ports BIOS Jumper J4 Enable BIOS 1 2 RAID firmware is active Disable BIOS 2 3 Base firmware is active By default the BIOS jumper is set to enable BIOS 1 2 for the ADSA3GPX8 4E This means that when you boot into a system after POST the RAID BIOS of the controller card with the attach devices shows up The RAID driver needs to be installed If the BIOS jumper is set to disable BIOS 2 3 when you boot into a system after POST the RAID BIOS of the controller card does NOT show up The BASE driver needs to be installed v4 1 1 Technical Support If you need any assistance to get your unit functioning properly please have your product information ready and contact Addonics Technical Support at Hours 8 30 am 6 00 pm PST Phone 408 453 6212 Email http www addonics com support query Software Installation for RAID Note Install the SATA Utilities from the CD that came with your package first before installing the Host Controller A From the CD start up menu select SATA RAID Utilities Select Model ADSA3GPX8 4E B Unzip the file on your drive C Click on the folder that matches your OS Run the 3124 W 132 R_version msi Hardware Installations ie Power OFF PC and remove its cover 2 Select an empty PCI E 8x slot and insert the SATA Controller 3 M
3. akes sure to secure the bracket with a screw 4 Close the PC s cover Windows 2000 XP 2003 server Driver Installations le Turn computer ON When Windows boots up A New Hardware Found pops on the screen and the Addonics Serial ATA PCI Host Controller is identified 2 At the Add New Hardware Wizard Window click Next 3 Choose Select for the best driver for your devices and click Next 4 If using a driver that has not been digitally signed by Microsoft you will be asked if you want to continue the installation Click Continue 5 When the new hardware wizard has finish installing the Serial ATA card Click Finish to complete the installations Confirming Serial ATA RAID Driver Installation a Right click the My Computer icon and select Properties 2 Click Device Manager in the Menu Tree 3 Click the sign in front of SCSI and RAID Controllers You should see Silicon Image Sil3124 SoftRAID 5 Controller Note Another option to create a RAID set is to press F4 or CTRL S from the boot up screen Read and follow the instruction inside the BIOS screen Windows Base Driver Installation Note If you are only configuring independent drives using the host controller all you need to install is the driver and set the BIOS jumper to Disable BIOS 1 Connect the SATA host controller to an available PCI Express slot 2 Turn computer ON When Windows boots up the Found New Hardware
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