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Serial ATA 4-Channel PCI-M
Quick Installation Guide

04-0356B

Introducing the 

Serial ATA 4-Channel PCI-M

The 

Serial ATA 4-Channel PCI-M

 is an ultra high-speed

four channel Serial ATA controller.  It achieves burst data

transfer rates up to 150MB/s (1.5Gbps) and supports

hard disk drives with capacities greater than 137GB.

Features and Benefits

Compliant with Serial ATA Specification, rev. 1.0

Compliant with PCI Specification, revision 2.3

Provides four independent channels to support up

to four Serial ATA hard disk drives

Co-exists with on-board controller

Can be used as the boot controller when a bootable

hard disk drive is attached

Supports 32-/64-bit wide PCI slot at 33MHz

System Requirements

G3 (blue & white) or later with one available PCI slot

Mac OS X v10.1.x or later

Package Contents

Serial ATA 4-Channel PCI-M 

board

2 Serial ATA cables

Serial ATA power cable (dual connector)

"Y" split power cable

Software CD

This quick installation guide

Summary of Contents for SC-SA4M12

Page 1: ...Specification rev 1 0 Compliant with PCI Specification revision 2 3 Provides four independent channels to support up to four Serial ATA hard disk drives Co exists with on board controller Can be used...

Page 2: ...ts and handle cards only by their external edges 1 Turn OFF the power to your computer and any other connected peripheral devices Unplug the computer s power cord 2 Openyourcomputer scaseandinstallthe...

Page 3: ...0 1 x Firmware Update on page 4 before proceeding 2 Connect the hard disk drive to the system power supply using the Serial ATA power cable 3 Connect one end of the Serial ATA cable to the hard disk d...

Page 4: ...idelines Make sure no drives are connected to the Serial ATA 4 Channel PCI M This utility can only be used in Mac OS X v10 1 x Close all applications before updating the firmware You must have adminis...

Page 5: ...h the Mac OS X CD ROM Press and hold letter C on the keyboard while your system is booting from the CD ROM 3 When Mac OS X finishes booting click Installer in the menu bar 4 Click Open Disk Utility 5...

Page 6: ...ain to initialize the drive 8 Close Disk Utility when finished The new drive should appear as Untitled on the desktop Troubleshooting Q I am installing OS X on a new hard drive connected to the PCI M...

Page 7: ...llow these steps to have the product repaired or replaced Step 1 Submit your RMA request Go to www siig com click Support then RMA to submit a request to SIIG RMA If the product is determined to be de...

Page 8: ...ive manufacturer warranty High quality control standards are evident by the overall ease of installation and compatibility of our products as well as one of the lowest defective return rates in the in...

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