Acard AEC-6860M, User Manual

Page 1: ...Copyright 2000 AHARD RAID 66 AEC 6860M PCI to IDE RAID 0 Controller for Mac IDE Hard Drives User s Manual Version 1 0 ...

Page 2: ...marks of ACARD Technology Corp IBM is a trademark of the International Business Machine Corporation Apple and the PowerMac Logo are registered trademarks of Apple Corporation All brand names and trademarks are properties of their respective owners This manual contains materials protected under International Copyright Laws All rights reserved No part of this manual may be reproduced transmitted or ...

Page 3: ...ion 3 2 1 Quick start hardware installation 3 2 2 AHARD RAID 66 adapter compatibility list 5 2 3 What you should know before the installation 5 2 4 AHARD RAID 66 cable power installation 7 2 5 Configuring your AHARD RAID 66 8 2 6 System Installation 9 2 6 1 Normal Mode Installation 9 2 6 2 Striping Mode RAID 0 Installation 13 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 17 Appendix 1 18 ...

Page 4: ...provement can be as high as 300 For PowerMac G4 AHARD RAID 66 will allow Mac to add more IDE drives or to use hardware RAID by adjust the easy RAID DIP Switch setting The AHARD RAID 66 adapter is the first Mac add on card to support ANSI X3T9 2 CAM ATA4 ATA5 data transfer rate up to 66 MB sec and meets the demand of multimedia real time video It is also backward compatible with traditional ATA mod...

Page 5: ...hen you open the AHARD RAID cabinet please check the following packing list One AEC 6860M Two ATA 66 Cables Two hard disk mounting kits eight Screws One User s Manual 1 3 2 Parts Specification Power requirement voltage 5VB 5 current 0 5A Max Environment Temperature Operating 0 o C to 70 o C Storage 20 o C to 85 o C Humidity 15 to 90 Models AEC 6860M Dimentions Length 14 cm Width 2 cm Height 12 cm ...

Page 6: ...way RAID card commands are different than the ON Board IDE controller it will create reading writing error so we strongly recommend that after hardware installation just treat the IDE hard disk as a new disk If you want AHARD RAID 66 to do striping after processing initialize under normal mode then adjusting AHARD RAID 66 DIP switch for a striping mode to process disk initialize again 2 1 Quick st...

Page 7: ...he Primary Ultra IDE port CN2 IDE2 The Secondary Ultra IDE port ATA 66 Cable Layout Connect to AHARD RAID 66 Adapter IDE ports CN1 CN2 Connect to IDE hard drive Slave Connect to IDE hard drive Master CN1 IDE1 CN2 IDE2 RAID DIP Switch 1 2 ON ...

Page 8: ...lowing tips may help you to get the best performance of your system Striping Mode If two hard disks are in different storage capacity AHARD RAID 66 will treat smaller one as a standard capacity and double the standard capacity as a total available disk capacity For one pair connection jumper setting on each hard disk must set at the same position either both Master or both Slave Two hard disks can...

Page 9: ...g two hard disks connected with AHARD RAID 66 at the same IDE port on same cable by one connector cable please identify that the hard disk jumper must be set as one Master and one Slave position on each hard disk The two hard drive can not be set as both Master or both Slave If using two IDE connector port on AHARD RAID 66 to connect with 4 hard disks jumpers setting and hard disks boot sequence w...

Page 10: ...arddisk 2 4 AHARD RAID 66 cable power installation Before you connect AHARD RAID board to your device recognize the different interface connectors of SCSI and IDE on the board The longer connector on external circuit board which has 68 pins is the SCSI connector Inside the cabinet there is IDE ribbon cable connection Please note this connector will be connected to IDE harddisk For the Hard Disk s ...

Page 11: ...ode Generally when your device is using the RAID adapter card as an extending IDE port to connect IDE hard disk or other IDE device you should set the DIP switch 1 and 2 as OFF The default value is OFF 2 Striping Mode RAID 0 RAID 0 is dedicated as pair of disk drives that store striping data yet appear to the computer as a single drive You should set the DIP switch 1 as OFF and 2 as ON the RAID 0 ...

Page 12: ... 6 1 Normal Mode Installation MacOS installation 1 Be sure your hardware had install correctly 2 Insert Mac OS CD ROM to your Macintosh 3 Power on your Macintosh and press C key 4 Enter MacOS and the MacOS CD Windows popup 5 Click on Utilities ...

Page 13: ...AHARD RAID 66 10 6 Click on Driver Setup 7 Choose the hard disk you connect to AHARD RAID 66 then press Initialize button 8 Then you can start to install an new OS on the hard drive ...

Page 14: ...pply Logo pop up Then choose Apple System Profiler your will find out the informa tion Please check the information to see if the computer system status is what you want to be Normal or Striping mode Follow the instruction below to see how to check the system information Step 1 Click on Apply Logo and choose Apple System Profiler to show your hard disk drives information ...

Page 15: ...AHARD RAID 66 12 Step 2 Choose Devices and Volumes then on SCSI Bus to click on each ID to pop up the disk information ...

Page 16: ... do the striping mode installa tion please do the initialize under normal mode first then turn off your computer to set the DIP switches for striping mode MacOS installation 1 Be sure your hardware had install correctly 2 Insert Mac OS CD ROM to your Macintosh 3 Power on your Macintosh and press C 4 Enter MacOS and the MacOS CD Windows popup 5 Click on Utilities ...

Page 17: ...AHARD RAID 66 14 6 Click on Driver Setup 7 Choose the hard disk you connect to AHARD RAID 66 then press Initialize button 8 Then you can start to install an new OS on the hard drive ...

Page 18: ...pply Logo pop up Then choose Apple System Profiler your will find out the informa tion Please check the information to see if the computer system status is what you want to be Normal or Striping mode Follow the instruction below to see how to check the system information Step 1 Click on Apply Logo and choose Apple System Profiler to show your hard disk drives information ...

Page 19: ...AHARD RAID 66 16 Step 2 Choose Devices and Volumes then on SCSI Bus to click on each ID to pop up the disk information ...

Page 20: ... host adapter Verify the adapter card is seated in its slot on the motherboard 4 Check all connectors and cables Check internal IDE connector device power connector and ribbon cable are connected well Ribbon cables are easily damaged because of un proper fold You can try a new cable known to be good Make sure no connector pins are bent Verify pin 1 on the interface cable is aligned with pin 1 on t...

Page 21: ...860M F W Version System Configuration Main Board vendor BIOS version SCSI adapter Chipset Memory Dispay card Other I O card OS version Hard Disk Configuration Hard Disk Model type Capacity Firmware version IDE Device Connect CD ROM model CD R model MO or Removable HDD Others Problem Description MALAEC6860MX10 0 ...