SeriTek/1V4 Key Features and Benefits
Plug-and-Play ease of use
Completely self-contained booting functionality, no driver installation necessary
Boosts overall system performance with per-port data transfer rates of up to 150MBytes/sec or
1.5Gbits/sec
Supports Power Mac G5 PCI-X (Peripheral Component Interconnect Extended) bus
Compatible with all PCI-based Power PC Macintosh computers
Supports Mac OS 9, and OS X version 10.1.5 or later
Provides performance and protection: Supports native OS X RAID 0/1; OS 9 RAID with 3rd party
software
User-upgradeable firmware
48-bit LBA support for drive sizes larger than 137GB
Perfect for upgrading and expanding legacy and G5 Macintosh computers
PCI-X 1.0a compliant 64-bit at 133/100/ 66MHz bus speeds
Backward compatible with standard 32/64-bit PCI at 33MHz and 66MHz bus speeds
Direct Port Access: Enhanced performance by allowing data transfer to all four drives simultaneously
Bus master operation enhances multitasking during disk transfers and increases CPU efficiency: The
CPU is free to handle other tasks during data transfers between the PCI Bus and system memory
Data protection: Supports OS X RAID, OS 9 Software RAID (third party software), and other storage
utilities
Reduced setting on storage devices (no master/slave) means easier installation and replacement
Ideal for a variety of Power Macintosh applications: Desktop publishing, Audio/Video storage and
editing, photo/graphics storage and editing, servers, and gaming.
Serial ATA Hard Drive Compatibility
Note: Early Hitachi Serial ATA hard drives are incompatible with the SeriTek/1V4 Host Adapter.
This is due to a seldom-used Serial ATA feature called SSC, which is enabled on these hard
drives. The SeriTek/1V4 does not support this feature. Hitachi Serial ATA hard drives introduced
after December, 2004 should be compatible with SeriTek/1V4. Check FirmTek
’
s website at
www.firmtek.com for the latest compatibility information.
At the time this manual was written, the following Hitachi Deskstar hard drives have the SSC
feature disabled, and
are compatible
with the SeriTek/1V4 host adapter:
Model 7K400 (400GB)
–
Part Numbers 0A30984 and 0A30985
Model 7K250 (250GB)
–
Part Number 0A30340
Model 7K250 (160GB)
–
Part Number 0A30339
Model 7K250 (120GB)
–
Part Number 0A30338
Model 7K250 (80GB)
–
Part Number 0A30337
Other Serial ATA hard drives from manufacturers such as Maxtor, Seagate, and Western Digital
do not have this feature enabled by default and are therefore compatible.
