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                                  AHARD RAID 66

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2.6 System Installation

2.6.1 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

” .

Summary of Contents for AHARD RAID 66

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: ...arks 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 tradem...

Page 3: ...on 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 Configur...

Page 4: ...rovement 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 f...

Page 5: ...en 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 re...

Page 6: ...ay 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 ne...

Page 7: ...e 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 C...

Page 8: ...owing 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 dou...

Page 9: ...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 eac...

Page 10: ...rddisk 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 e...

Page 11: ...de 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...

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 M...

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: ...ply 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 F...

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...

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: ...ply 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 F...

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...

Page 21: ...60M 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 ver...

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