User manual SEAGATE SATA300 PCI CARD

[. . . ] This will ground you to minimize the risk of exposing the hard drive to electrostatic discharge. Make sure that pin 1 on the connector is aligned with pin 1 of the cable. Consult your system case manual for more details on the LED connections for your case. The SATA/300 PCI Card has two SATA/300 ports that each support one Serial ATA drive and one parallel Ultra ATA/133 port that supports two Ultra ATA/IDE hard drives. [. . . ] insert the SATA/300 PCI Card driver diskette into drive A: and press Enter. Choose Windows Maxtor SATA300 PCI Card from the list that appears on screen, and then press Enter. Press S to use the driver on the floppy disk and then press Enter to continue with installation. The Windows 2000 Setup screen will appear again saying "Setup will load support for the following mass storage devices:" The list will include Windows Maxtor SATA300 PCI Card. If there are any additional devices to be installed, specify them now then continue to the next step. Setup will now load all device files and complete the Windows 2000 installation. If you have an existing installation of Windows 2000 or XP on a SATA or Ultra ATA drive that you wish to connect to the SATA/300 PCI card, DO NOT connect the drive to the card yet. You must install the Windows driver for the SATA/300 PCI Card before connecting your hard drive to the card. The following section details the installation of SATA/300 PCI Card drivers on a system that has Windows XP already installed and running. After installing the SATA/300 PCI Card and rebooting your system, Windows XP will detect a Mass Storage Controller and display the Found New Hardware Wizard. ) In the Found New Hardware Wizard window, select "Install from a list or specific location (Advanced)" and click Next. Select "Search for the best driver in these locations, " then select the "Include this location in the search" checkbox and click the Browse button. When the New Hardware Wizard has finished installing the SATA/300 PCI Card driver, click Finish. Connect the interface and power cables to any hard drives you wish to attach to the card, then restart your system. Upon restart with the new drive connected, Windows should notify you that it has found a new storage device and asks if you would like to proceed with the format to use the drive in the system. If your system does not have a floppy drive, you may need to connect a 3. The following details the installation of the driver while performing a new installation of Windows XP. If you received a driver diskette with this card, continue to the next step. If you received a MaxBlast CD containing drivers for this card, boot your system to the MaxBlast CD and select the option to create a SATA PCI card driver diskette. when prompted by the Windows installer to install a third-party SCSI or RAID driver , press F6. When the Windows XP Setup window is generated, press S to specify an Additional Device(s). Choose Windows Maxtor SATA300 PCI Card from the list that appears on screen, and then press Enter. [. . . ] By way of example, if a Product is purchased from Maxtor or Maxtor's authorized reseller by you in Europe, Africa or the Middle East, you may have additional warranty rights which are explained at www. Please note that you are expressly not permitted to use the Products in conjunction with the operation of nuclear facilities, aircraft navigation, aircraft communication, aircraft flight control, aircraft air traffic control systems, weapons devices or systems, or in any devices or systems in which a malfunction (including, without limitation, software related delay or failure) would result in foreseeable risk of injury or death to the operator of the device or system, or to others. This Statement of Limited Warranty shall be exclusively interpreted in accordance with the English language with the meaning of its terms. Should any provisions of this Limited Warranty be declared invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, the balance of this Limited Warranty will remain in full force and effect. [. . . ]