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SATA 150 RAID 2 Port PCI Host RC201 User Manual Contents 1. Introduction .......................................................................................... 2 2. What Is RAID ........................................................................................ 3 3. BIOS Installation ( RAID...

Page 3 - Integrated PCI DMA engines.

SATA 150 RAID 2 Port PCI Host RC201 User Manual Important Message: 1. Before controller card installation, we recommend to study the PDF file of SATA Raid manual at enclosed CD folder \ SATA Raid_2Port \ SiI3x12 \ Win98_me_2000_xp_nt4.0 \ Gui first. This Raid manual has more information on R a i d a...

Page 4 - RAID or un-RAID function

SATA 150 RAID 2 Port PCI Host RC201 User Manual 1.1.2. High Speed Serial ATA Interface Two special shielded and durable SATA1 connectors for plugging more than 1,000 times D u a l h i g h s p e e d S e r i a l A T A i n t e r f a c e p o r t s , e a c h s u p p o r t i n g 1 s t generation Seria...

Page 5 - For Existing Hard Drives with Data

SATA 150 RAID 2 Port PCI Host RC201 User Manual 3.1. Creating Striped Sets (RAID 0) This RAID array to be used on New/Blank hard drives. Striping will “destroy” all existing data on the original hard drive. Auto Configuration is recommended. For applications that require custom chunk size, Manual Co...

Page 6 - RAID BIOS; during boot or by; SATARaid GUI; Software Installation

SATA 150 RAID 2 Port PCI Host RC201 User Manual 3.4. Rebuilding Mirrored Sets This function is used when any HD in mirror is failure. Your data is still safety. System will notice and help you rebuild mirror by replacing new HD to the broken part. When a failure to one member occurs, you will be not...

Page 7 - Press

SATA 150 RAID 2 Port PCI Host RC201 User Manual d. Press F6 at the beginning as the blue screen scanning. This will let PC boot from a HD controller instead of motherboard HD. e. Keep the floppy in floppy drive and follow the installation. Press “ S ” when the screen shows as the following picture. ...

Page 8 - enter; ” to left the setting.

SATA 150 RAID 2 Port PCI Host RC201 User Manual Choose the correct OS for your future system. Keep the floppy disk in floppy drive. PC will notice you as below if you take them off from the drive. The installation of RC-201 by floppy drive will be completed and the system will detect the HD which no...

Page 9 - SATA RAID PCI Host Adapter; Windows ME Driver Installation; For New Windows ME Systems

SATA 150 RAID 2 Port PCI Host RC201 User Manual f. Once the system can find the HD connecting to RC-201, you can follow the normal steps to complete the Windows installation. 3. If you want to create a mirror with a HD with existing OS and a fresh HD, the data on existing HD will copy to fresh HD an...

Page 10 - For Existing Windows ME Systems

SATA 150 RAID 2 Port PCI Host RC201 User Manual procedures to install Windows accordingly. 2. Once Windows has been installed, click My Computer , then click Properties . Click Device Manager tab. 3. Double click Other Devices then PCI RAID Controller . 4. Click Driver tab, then Update Driver . 5. I...

Page 11 - This device is; Windows 2000 Driver Installation; For New Windows 2000 Systems

SATA 150 RAID 2 Port PCI Host RC201 User Manual Driver , click Open then OK . 5. Highlight Silicon Image Sil-3x12 SATA Raid Controller and click OK . Verification of the Proper Installation for Windows NT 4.0 1. Double click My Computer/Control Panel/SCSI Adapters . 2. Highlight Silicon Image Sil-3x...

Page 12 - This device is working properly

SATA 150 RAID 2 Port PCI Host RC201 User Manual Add Windows XP Driver on Original Booting Device 1. After the SATA RAID PCI Host Adapter and attached drives are configured, boot up Windows. 2. A t t h e F o u n d N e w H a r d w a r e W i z a r d , c h e c k I n s t a l l f r o m a l i s t o r speci...