SATA II PCIe Pro Quick Installation Guide Introducing the SATA II PCIe Pro The SATA II PCIe Pro is an ultra high-speed dual channel Serial ATA Generation 2 controller for use in PCI Expressenabled system. Features and Benefits • • • • • Compliant with PCI Express Base Specification 1.0a Compliant with Serial 1.
Package Contents • • • SATA II PCIe Pro adapter Driver CD Quick Installation Guide Board Layout HDD LED pins (Front chassis LED; connects horizontally) External connectors HDD Activity LED Figure 1. SATA II PCIe Pro Board Layout Hardware Installation General instructions for installing the card are provided below. Since the design of computer cases and motherboards vary, refer to your computer’s reference manual for further information, if needed.
2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Unplug the power cord and remove your computer's cover. Remove the slot bracket from an available PCIe slot. Carefully align the card to the selected PCIe slot push the board down firmly, but gently, until it is well seated. Replace the slot bracket holding screw to secure the card. Replace the computer cover and reconnect the power cord. Windows Driver Installation This section provides information on how to install the SATA II PCIe Pro drivers.
6. Press Enter to continue and follow on-screen instructions to complete the installation. Existing Windows 2000 Installation 1. Install the board and boot up Windows 2000. 2. At the Found New Hardware Wizard, click Next. 3. Select Search for a suitable driver for my device (recommended) and click Next. 4. Insert the driver CD, check CD-ROM drives, uncheck the other boxes, and click Next. Click Next again to continue. 5. Click Finish and restart Windows to complete the driver installation.
Existing 32-bit Windows XP/Server 2003 Installation 1. Install the board and boot up Windows. 2. At the Found New Hardware Wizard. XP (w/SP1 or earlier)/Server 2003: continue to step #3. XP (w/SP2 or later)/Server 2003 (w/ SP1 or later): select No, not this time, then click Next. Note: Most systems will install the driver automatically after inserting driver CD. 3. 4. 5. Insert driver CD, select Install the software automatically (Recommended), then click Next. Click Next, then click Finish.
Existing 64-bit Windows XP/Server 2003 Installation 1. Install the board and boot up Windows. 2. At the Found New Hardware Wizard: XP (w/SP1 or earlier)/Server 2003: continue to step #3. 3. XP (w/SP2 or later)/Server 2003 (w/ SP1 or later): select No, not this time, then click Next. Insert the driver CD, select Install the software automatically (Recommended), then click Next. Note: Most systems will install the driver automatically after inserting driver CD. 4.
32-bit Windows Vista™ New 32-bit Windows Vista Installation 1. Install the board and follow Microsoft procedures to install Windows accordingly. 2. At Where do you want to install Windows?, click Load Driver. 3. Insert driver CD, then click Browse. 4. Double click CD Drive (D:). (change D: to match your CD-ROM drive letter). 5. Highlight Floppy folder, then click OK. 6. Select Silicon Image SiI 3132...Controller (D:\Floppy\SI3132.inf), then click Next. 7.
4. 5. 6. 7. Double click CD Drive (D:). (change D: to match your CD-ROM drive letter). Double click 64bit folder, highlight AMD64, then click OK. Select Silicon Image SiI 3132...Controller (D:\64bit\AMD64\SI3132.inf), then click Next. Follow on-screen instructions to complete Windows Vista installation. Existing 64-bit Windows Vista Installation 1. Install the board and boot up Windows. 2.
BIOS Configuration The SATA II PCIe BIOS will appear everytime your system starts up. If the bios doesn't show, please try your controller in another PCIe slot. During this (Post) process, the bios will show up and indicate the devices attached to it. External Device Connection External Serial ATA devices should come with their own accessories. In most cases, you just need to power up the external device and connect it to the external port.
Mac OS Driver Installation This section provides information on how to install the SATA II PCIe Pro drivers. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Install the SATA II PCIe Pro and boot up your system. Insert driver CD. At the desktop double click Drivers icon. Double click Mac folder. Double click Sil3132_1.1.9u_S.1_Pkg.pkg. Click Continue, Continue, Continue, then Agree. In OS 10.5, click Change Install Location. If not, please continue with step #7. Select destination drive, then click Continue, then click Install.
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