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Addonics Technologies, Inc. 

ADSA4R-E

 

(4-Port External SATA PCI Controller Card

SPECIFICATIONS 

 
Chip Set:  

Silicon Image Sil3114 integrated host  

                   

Controller 

Interface:  

PCI bus compatible 

I/O Ports:  

(4) eSATA Connectors 

Regulatory approvals:  FCC, CE 
Features: 

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Up to 150 Mbytes/sec (1.5 Gbits/sec) per port 

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4 External SATA (eSATA) ports with the 

new SATA 

External connector

 

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Work with any SATA drive 

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Use as a non-RAID or RAID controller 

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Built-in RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 1+0, 

RAID 1+ S

 

support 

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Support large hard drives of 137 GB or greater 

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Upgradeable firmware 

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Hot-plug capability 

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Fits standard height Desktop case

 

 

 

 

System Requirements: 

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Computer with one available PCI slot 

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Windows DOS/NT/2000/XP/2003 server 

RAID 0/1 described 
Stripe (RAID 0):

 Greatly increases the performance of data 

transfer by simultaneously writing data to 2 drives. 

Mirror (RAID 1):

 duplicates or mirrors t he data on both 

drives. No data will be lost if one of the drives fails. 

Mirror-Striping (RAID 0+1)

 Combined both Striping and 

Mirroring technologies to provide both the performance 
enhancements that come from Striping and the data 
availability and integrity that come from Mirroring. 

RAID 1+S (Mirrored-Sparing) 

Can automatically replace the 

failed drive and rebuild the system when booting HDD failed. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

INSTALLATIONS 

 

Hardware Installations:  
 

1.  Power OFF PC and remove its cover. 
2.  Select an empty PCI slot and insert the SATA 

Controller. 

3.  Makes sure to secure the bracket with a screw. 
4.  Close the PC’s cover. 
5.  Turn PC ON. 

 

Software Installation: 
 
Windows NT4.0, 2000, XP, 2003 Driver Installations 

 

1.  Turn computer ON. When Windows boots up,  “A 

New Hardware Found” pops on the screen and the 
Addonics Serial ATA PCI Host Controller is 
identified. 

2.  At the “Add New Hardware Wizard Window, click 

“Next” 

3.  Choose “Select for the best driver for your devices”, 

and click “Next” 

4.  Insert the Drivers Diskette and check the “Floppy 

Drive” option. Click “Next” 

5.  If using a driver that has not been digitally signed by 

Microsoft, you will be asked if you want to continue 
the installation. Click Continue. 

6.  When the new hardware wizard has finish installing 

the Serial ATA card. Click “Finish” to complete the 
installations. 

 

Confirming Serial ATA Driver Installation 

 

1.  Right click the My Computer icon and select 

properties. 

2.  Click Device Manager in the Menu Tree. 
3.  Click the “+” sign in front of SCSI controllers. Silicon 

Image SATA controller should appear. 
 

Important Note: 
 

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To do a RAID SET, you can press F4 or CTRL+S 
from the boot up screen. Read and follow the 
instruction inside the BIOS screen. 

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You can also install the SATA GUI utility Under 
Windows to monitor the RAID Set. It is under the 
Utility section of the driver disc. 

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Use the controller BIOS setup for creating RAID 
SET. 
 

SUPPORT 

 
Main: 

Addonics Technologies 
2466 Kruse Drive  
San Jose CA 95131 
Phone: 408 433-3899 

 

Fax: 408 433-3898 
Internet: 

http://www.addonics.com

 

 

Technical Support

 

(8:30 am to 5:30 pm PST) 

Phone: 408 433-3855 
Email: 

[email protected]

 

Note: Specifications subject to change without notice. 

 

 

 

 

 

Copyright © 1998 - 2005 Addonics Technologies, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.

 

 

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