Maxtor Basics ATA/100, Installation Manual

Page 1: ...Ultra ATA 100 PCI Adapter Card INSTALLATION GUIDE INSTALLATION GUIDE ...

Page 2: ...ng precautions are not followed damage to the adapter card may result which may void your product warranty Please see the Warranty section for additional information Adapter cards are sensitive to electrostatic discharge ESD damage Handle the Ultra ATA 100 Adapter Card by its sides DO NOT touch the printed circuit board assembly DON T connect disconnect any cables when the system power is on DON T...

Page 3: ...ds that you make a backup copy of the files on any existing hard drives prior to installing the new adapter card Refer to your computer user s manual for detailed data backup instructions For your records document your system s current BIOS system setup settings prior to installing the adapter card Some system BIOS may need to be set for add on IDE adapter Uninstall any hard drive installation sof...

Page 4: ...I Devices DVD ROM Tape Backup If your ATAPI device is not UDMA 66 or 100 compliant and is currently working fine please leave it on that channel If you experience problems when attaching a ATAPI device and the device is not seen by its installation software please call that device manufacture for new software NOTE If you re installing this card in conjunction with a new Maxtor hard drive please ph...

Page 5: ...includes the components shown here Familiarize yourself with each of these items Depending on your particular computer setup some or all of these parts may be needed to complete the Adapter Card installation UDMA IDE Interface Cable necessary for UDMA 66 100 devices Diskette Ultra ATA 100 Drivers Ultra ATA 100 PCI Adapter Card ...

Page 6: ... PCI expansion slot on the system s motherboard 1 To prevent ESD damage make sure you are properly grounded before handling the Ultra ATA 100 PCI Adapter Card and any other system components 2 Remove the cover of your system 3 Remove the inside slot cover of an available 32 bit PCI slot on the motherboard 4 Install the Ultra ATA 100 PCI Adapter Card into the open slot Figure 1 Figure 1 Installing ...

Page 7: ...ome OEM systems require a BIOS change for SCSI add in cards Drives attached to the Ultra ATA 100 PCI Adapter Card cannot boot Windows NT without driver support See Software Installation Option C Step 1C for details 1 Configure the jumpers of the hard drive s you re preparing to install with the Ultra ATA 100 PCI Adapter Card with the appropriate master slave settings You may need to refer to your ...

Page 8: ...ws NT already installed see the NOTE above for more information The colored edge of the cable indicates pin 1 Figure 3 The blue cable connector must be attached to IDE 1 on the Ultra ATA 100 PCI Adapter Card 4 If two drives are connected via the same cable make sure that one drive is configured as a mas ter drive and connected to the back connector of the UDMA interface cable Figure 3 UDMA Interfa...

Page 9: ...drives to the Ultra ATA 100 PCI Adapter Card The Ultra ATA 100 PCI Adapter Card package contains one UDMA interface cable You will need an additional UDMA interface cable if connecting more than two Ultra ATA 100 hard drives to the Ultra ATA 100 PCI Adapter Card Helpful Hint If upon booting your system doesn t recognize the card change the card to a different PCI slot ...

Page 10: ...munication between devices e g the Ultra ATA 100 PCI Adapter Card and an operating system This section contains four different options for installing the Ultra ATA 100 Drivers Option A Installing Drivers with a New Windows 98 Millennium Installation Option B Installing Drivers with Pre Existing Windows 98 Millennium Installation Option C Installing Drivers during Windows NT 4 x 2000 Fresh Installa...

Page 11: ...guring the hard drive s partition and format your hard drive s 2 Install Windows 9x 3 After installation go to the Start menu and select Settings 4 From the Settings menu select Control Panel 5 In the Control Panel window double click on the System icon Option A Installing Drivers with a New Windows 98 Millennium Installation ...

Page 12: ... 7 In the hierarchical display under Other Devices is a listing for PCI Mass Storage Adapter Select it and then press the Properties button Option A Installing Drivers with a New Windows 98 Millennium Installation cont 8 Select the Driver tab in the Properties window choose Update Driver and then press Next ...

Page 13: ...ORW WARD ARD 9 Select Search for a better driver than the one your device is using now recommended and press Next Option A Installing Drivers with a New Windows 98 Millennium Installation cont 10 Select Specify Location and then type A in the text box ...

Page 14: ...e drive 12 Press the Next button A message informing you that Windows has found Maxtor Ultra ATA 100 Adapter should appear Option A Installing Drivers with a New Windows 98 Millennium Installation cont 13 Press Next then Finish then Yes when asked if you want to restart your computer Be sure to remove the diskette from drive A ...

Page 15: ...I Adapter Refer to steps 3 through 9 of Option A for remain ing driver installation instructions Option B Installing Drivers with Pre Existing Windows 98 Millennium Installation Driver Confirmation To confirm that the driver has been properly loaded choose Settings from the Start menu Select Control Panel and then double click on the System icon Choose the Device Manager tab and then click the in ...

Page 16: ...boot On the reboot press the F6 key when the message Setup is inspecting your computer s hardware configuration appears Option C Installing Drivers during Windows NT 4 x 2000 Fresh Installation c CD ROM Disk Install boot from the CD ROM disk and press the F6 key several times when the message Setup is inspecting your computer s configuration appears 2 Press S to configure an additional adapter 3 I...

Page 17: ...t Control Panel from the Settings menu 3 Double click on the SCSI Adapters icon which generates the SCSI Adapters dialog box 4 Choose Drivers and press Add Option D Installing Drivers with a Pre Existing Windows NT 4 0 2000 5 In the Install Drivers dialog box press Have Disk 6 When Install From Disk appears insert the Ultra ATA 100 Driver diskette in drive A and select OK 7 When the Install Driver...

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Page 19: ...buse unreasonable use mistreatment or neglect Damage caused during installation of the Card Damage caused by the equipment or system with which the Card is used Damage caused by modification or repair not made or authorized by Maxtor Cards whose Maxtor Serial Number has been removed or defaced Damage caused by use of non Maxtor packaging Damage caused by improper or improperly used packaging Damag...

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