Installation guide

3. Remove the computer cover.

4. Remove the slot bracket from an available PCIe slot.

5. To install the card, carefully align the card's bus

connector with the selected PCIe slot on the

motherboard. Push the board down firmly, but

gently, until it is well seated.

6. Replace the slot bracket holding screw to secure the

card.

Device Connection

The eSATA II PCIe i/e supports one internal and one

external Serial ATA hard disk drive.

Internal Serial ATA port

1. Install the hard disk drive into the chassis.

2. Connect the Serial ATA hard disk drive to the system

power supply using the SATA 15-pin power cable.

3. Connect one end of the SATA data cable to the hard

disk drive.

Figure 2. Hard disk drive connections

Note: For hard disk drives with both SATA power

connector and legacy 5-pin connector, use either the

SATA power connector or the legacy 5-pin power

connector. Using both power connectors at the

same time will damage the hard disk drive.

SATA data cable

SATA 15-pin

power cable