Serial ATA PCI Host Adapter AEC-6290/6295 User’s Manual Version:1.0 Copyright © 2003 ACARD Technology Corp.
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Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction ....................................... 5 1.1 Overview ................................................................ 5 1.2 Features ................................................................. 5 1.2.1 AEC-6290 .......................................................................... 5 1.2.2 AEC-6295 .......................................................................... 5 1.3 Specifications ........................................................ 5 1.
.3 In Win 9X/ME........................................................ 22 4.3.1 Install the Driver ............................................................ 22 4.3.2 Boot from AEC-6290/6295 ............................................ 22 4.4 In Linux ................................................................ 22 Chapter 5 Troubleshooting .............................. 23 Appendix A Make An Installation Disk ........... 24 Appendix B ASPITool32 Manager ...................
AEC-6290/6295 Manual Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 Overview ACARD AEC-6290 and 6295 are Serial ATA PCI host adapters. They meet serial ATA 1.0 and parallel ATA 133 specifications. Their advantages are robust data transmission, reduced pin counts, lower power requirement, thinner and longer cabling, etc. They have drop-in compatibility with the current operating environment, too. 1.2 Features 1.2.
AEC-6290/6295 Manual n Dimensions --- n Connectors --- AEC-6290: 13.0 (W) × 7.6 (H) cm AEC-6295: 17.5 (W) × 8.1 (H) cm AEC-6290: Two 4-pin SATA connectors AEC-6295: Two 4-pin SATA connectors Two 40-pin IDE connectors 1.4 Package When you open the package, please examine the following items.
AEC-6290/6295 Manual Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 2.1 Quick Installation Please follow the 4 steps to install AEC-6290 or 6295 at once. (1). Be sure that the system power has been off. (2). Open the housing of PC. (3). Insert AEC-6290/6295 into an available PCI slot firmly. (4). Screw AEC-6290/6295 onto the housing. 2.1.1 Use Serial ATA HDD When using a serial ATA HDD, follow the 3 steps. (1).
AEC-6290/6295 Manual 2.2 The Board Layout The layout of AEC-6290 board is shown as follows. Serial Port 2 Serial Port 1 LED Figure 2-1 The layout of AEC-6295 board is shown as follows.
AEC-6290/6295 Manual 2.3 Connection of Cable and Power Cord It is quite easy to connect the ATA 133 cable, serial ATA cable, and the power cord, because they are foolproof. Here we take AEC-6295 as an example. On the 4channel adapter Channel 3 and Channel 4 are two channels for connecting IDE hard drives while Channel 1 and Channel 2 for connecting serial ones. 2.3.1 Connect a Serial HDD (1). Connect the serial ATA cable to AEC-6295 and the serial hard drive. (2). Connect the power cord to the hard drive.
AEC-6290/6295 Manual But If your hard drive is not a serial one, you need a converter to connect. (1). Connect one end of the serial ATA cable to AEC-6295 and another to the ATAto-serial converter. (2). Connect the converter to the IDE HDD, then connect them with a Y-splitter power cord. Figure 2-4 2.3.2 Connect an IDE HDD (1). Find out a color line of the ATA 133 cable indicating pin 1 of the connector. (2). Find out pin 1 of the connector on the IDE hard drive. (3).
AEC-6290/6295 Manual Figure 2-5 NOTICE: The ATA 133 cable has three connectors. The blue connector is connected to AEC-6290/6295, the middle one to HDD set as Slave and the remaining one to HDD set as Master. 2.4 Compatibility AEC-6290 and 6295 support native serial ATA hard drives and DMA 133/100/66 hard drives. AEC-6290 needs to be used together with AEC-7900. For the newest compatibility, please visit http://www.acard.
AEC-6290/6295 Manual Chapter 3 BIOS Setup After installing AEC-6290/6295 and booting the host PC, you will see the following figure indicating your BIOS version, hard drive information, etc. Here we only take AEC-6290 as an example. Figure 3-1 Please press or to enter BIOS Setup Utility. Figure 3-2 On BIOS screen use <á>,<â> to change items, press or space bar to select, and press to cancel or exit.
AEC-6290/6295 Manual 3.1 IDE Devices The next figure shows the information of IDE devices connected to AEC-6290/6295. Figure 3-3 3.2 Adapter Setup n n n n n Int 13h Bios Enable: Set if to load the BIOS of AEC6290/6295 to the system upon booting. CD-ROM Bootable: Set if to boot from CD-ROM. Zip Supported: Enable this option when using Zip tape drive. Device Properties Ch1 Ser: Enable or disable the Serial ATA device on channel 1. Ch2 Ser: Enable or disable the Serial ATA device on channel 2.
AEC-6290/6295 Manual Figure 3-4 3.3 Utility n Quick Erase: It can quickly erase the data on a selected hard drive. Beware that the data and the partitions will be completely erased. Figure 3-5 3.4 Load Defaults This can recover the defaults of BIOS.
AEC-6290/6295 Manual 3.5 Exit Setup n n n Cancel: It makes ineffective or inoperative. Update Data & Exit: Save and leave. No update, Exit: Leave withoug saving.
AEC-6290/6295 Manual Chapter 4 System & Driver Installation Driver installation varies somewhat in different operating systems. You can install the driver of AEC-6290/6295 in an existing OS, or install a new OS to the hard drive connected to AEC-6290/6295. The second method can be said to boot from the adapter. 4.1 In Win 2000/XP We only take installing the driver of AEC-6295 in Windows XP as an example. 4.1.1 Install the Driver Please follow the steps given below to install the driver of AEC-6295. (1).
AEC-6290/6295 Manual (3). Follow the wizard. Windows XP will require the driver’s location. Select “Include this location in the search”. (4). Select “Browse” to find the driver’s directory such as A:\WinXP. Figure 4-2 (5). After the wizard finds the driver, click “Next” to install it.
AEC-6290/6295 Manual (6). Click “Continue Anyway” to continue the installation. Figure 4-4 (7). Follow the directions. The system will complete the setup automatically.
AEC-6290/6295 Manual (8). After setup, please boot the system again, and click “My Computer”. Figure 4-6 (9). Find “View system information”, and double click it.
AEC-6290/6295 Manual (10). In “System Properties” click “Hardware” and then “Device Manager”. Figure 4-8 (11). Under “SCSI and RAID Controllers” double click “ACARD AEC-6295 Serial ATA PCI Host Adapter” to see if the card has been installed successfully.
AEC-6290/6295 Manual NOTICE: During driver installation, if you encounter the problem of Windows logo, please click “Continue Anyway”. Windows logo is a mechanism designed to prevent OS from working abnormally because of installing unidentified software. Yet, the driver of AEC-6290 or 6295 is proven not to affect the entire work of OS. 4.1.2 Boot from AEC-6290/6295 Please follow the steps given below to install a new OS to the hard drive connected to AEC-6290/6295. Thus you can boot from the adapter. (1).
AEC-6290/6295 Manual (3) Follow the wizard to complete. After execution, boot the system again. 4.2.2 Boot from AEC-6290/6295 Please refer to 4.1.2. 4.3 In Win 9X/ME 4.3.1 Install the Driver (1). The procedures are similar to those in 4.1.1. Follow the wizard to complete. (2). After installation, boot the system again. Then click “My Computer”, “Control Panel”, “System”, “Device Manager”, and “SCSI or RAID Controllers”. If you can find AEC-6290/6295, that means successful installation. 4.3.
AEC-6290/6295 Manual Chapter 5 Troubleshooting After installing AEC-6290/6295, if it cannot work normally, please use the checklist given below to solve the problems. (1). Inspect if the power cord’s connectors are loose, or if the watt of power supply is not sufficient. (2). Inspect if the jumper settings on the hard drive are all Master or Slave. (3). Inspect if AEC-6290/6295 is firmly inserted into the PCI slot. (4). Inspect if the connectors of ATA 133 cable are loose or damaged.
AEC-6290/6295 Manual Appendix A Make An Installation Disk For installing an OS like Windows 2000/NT/XP into a hard drive with ACARD adapter, you need a floppy disk containing the adapter’s driver to boot the hard drive. Please follow the steps below to make an ACARD adapter’s driver disk. 1. Insert ACARD Support CD into CD-ROM. 2. Click “Explore This CD” to get the CD file window.
AEC-6290/6295 Manual 3. Under the “Driver” folder find your adapter’s model number. For example, AEC6880’s driver is Driver>IDE>AEC6880V1.3.
AEC-6290/6295 Manual 4. Choose the driver folder, and right-click “Send to 3.5” floppy”. Meanwhile insert an empty disk into floppy drive. 5. Now use the driver disk to boot the hard drive and install the OS.
AEC-6290/6295 Manual Appendix B ASPITool32 Manager The ASPITool32 Manager program has many functions aimed at making the hard drives work properly under the Windows OS while they are connected with the ACARD SCSI or IDE adapter. The ASPITool32 Manager program is proudly developed by ACARD. You may get the setup program from the ACARD Driver CD. ASPITool32 Manager Functions 1.FDsik: Create a partition on the hard drive. 2.Disk QErase: Quickly erase the contents of the hard drive.
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