eSATA II 2 Port PCIe HDD Controller RC-219 User Manual
eSATA II 2 port PCIe HDD Controller RC-219 User Manual 1. Introduction The Low Profile PCI-Express controller board supports Low profile PCI and regular size PCI both. The card can upgrade your desktop computer to have 2 ports Serial ATA transfer rate of 3 Gb/s (300 MB/s). SATA port can access SATA storage media such as hard disk drive, Zip drive, CD-ROM, CD-RW, DVD-ROM, DVD-RAM. It comes with universal drivers for Windows Vista, NT4.0, XP, 2000, Server2003. 1.1.
eSATA II 2 port PCIe HDD Controller RC-219 User Manual 2. Software Installation 2.1. Windows Vista, NT 4.0, 2000, XP, 2003 Fresh OS installation Follow the instructions in this section if you are performing a new installation of Windows Vista, NT 4.0, 2000, XP, Server 2003 and you wish to boot from a device attached to the SATA port. 1. Power off the system. Insert SATA Card into an available PCI slot. Connect serial ATA cable(s) between the SATA port and serial ATA device(s). Power up the system. 2.
eSATA II 2 port PCIe HDD Controller RC-219 User Manual 9. After the driver installation has completed you can follow the instructions in section 2.4 to verify controller was installed correctly. 2.3. Adding the HBA to an existing Windows Vista, 2000, XP, Server 2003 installation 1. Power off the system. Insert SATA Card into an available PCI slot. Power up the system. 2. During OS boot up, Windows will display the 'Found New Hardware Wizard'. 'Mass Storage controller'.
eSATA II 2 port PCIe HDD Controller RC-219 User Manual 2.5. Update new driver on Windows NT 4.0 1. After OS boots up, Click 'Start' 2. Under 'Settings', click 'Control Panel'. 3. Select 'SCSI Adapters' from the Control Panel. 4. Select the 'Drivers' tab and click 'Add'. 5. Click 'Have Disk'. 6. Insert the Driver CD in your CD-ROM/DVD drive and press 'Enter'. 7. Choose ' E:\SATA Express_2Port \Sil3132 \ WinXP_2000_2003_NT ' and click 'OK'. 8. Refer to instructions in section 2.