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LaCie eSATA PCI Card • 

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Introduction

User Manual 

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1. Introduction

Thank you for your purchase of your new LaCie eSATA PCI Card! 
Based on the revolutionary new Serial ATA technology, these PCI 
cards feature the latest technological advancements in interface 
connectivity and have the bandwidth to handle both the most 
demanding applications and environments.

The LaCie eSATA PCI Card was built for performance, and inte-
grates easily into systems that require high data transfer speeds 
to serve up files quickly and efficiently, maximizing your storage 
system utilization and enhancing your productivity. These cards 
support hot-pluggability and, due to their support of the Serial 
ATA specification, offer serious advantages in terms of reliability, 
scalability, interoperability and data integrity.

 

Your LaCie PCI Card Capabilities

 

Boot from external drives under Windows or Mac

 

Supports a burst transfer rate of 150MB/s

 

Anti-static handle

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Inserting 

your LaCie PCI Card

 

Driver 

Installation

Summary of Contents for eSATA PCI Card

Page 1: ...1 Package Content 6 2 2 View of the Card 6 3 Installing Your LaCie PCI Card 7 3 1 Electrostatic Discharge ESD 7 3 2 Jumper Shunt Adjustment 8 3 2 1 Mac Users 8 3 2 2 Windows Users 8 3 3 Inserting You...

Page 2: ...s and can radiate radio frequency en ergy and if not installed and used in ac cordance with the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio com munications Operation of this equipment i...

Page 3: ...ard in an en vironment that is too cold or humid may damage the unit IMPORTANT INFO Any loss corrup tion or destruction of data while using a LaCie drive is the sole responsibility of the user and und...

Page 4: ...s built for performance and inte grates easily into systems that require high data transfer speeds to serve up files quickly and efficiently maximizing your storage system utilization and enhancing yo...

Page 5: ...arge for information on how to properly ground yourself IMPORTANT INFO During installation or removal always hold your card by the anti static gripping pad TECHNICAL NOTE Serial ATA is a new technolog...

Page 6: ...ace cables 2 Jumpers Mac users need to change this configuration before installing the card See 3 2 Jumper Adjustment for Mac Operating System for details 2 1 Package Content 1 LaCie eSATA PCI Card De...

Page 7: ...scharge or ESD ESD can cause two different types of damage to computers and peripherals 1 Catastrophic which is the complete loss of de vice functionality and 2 Latent Defect where the device is only...

Page 8: ...d s hardware RAID function Do not adjust the jumper shunt unless you intend to connect a LaCie d2 Quadra v3 hard drive to the card If the jumper shunt is not adjusted connecting a LaCie d2 Quadra v3 h...

Page 9: ...slots the LaCie PCI Card may be installed in either a 32 or 64 bit PCI card slot If necessary you may need to remove the expan sion slot cover and you may also need to remove any add in boards which...

Page 10: ...You must install drivers for Windows 2000 XP and Vista Once the card has been detected on your operating sys tem install the correct driver from the Utilities CD ROM and follow the on screen instruct...

Page 11: ...d reliability Serial ATA also uses 32 bit cyclic redun dancy checking CRC on all transfers to ensure correct data transmissions Due to this CRC capability Serial ATA performs protection and recovery f...

Page 12: ...k properly con tact us via the provided Web link Before contacting us make sure that you are in front of your computer and that you have the following information on hand Your card s serial number Com...

Page 13: ...tp www lacie com fr contact LaCie Germany Contact us at http www lacie com de contact LaCie Italy Contact us at http www lacie com it contact LaCie Japan Contact us at http www lacie com jp contact La...

Page 14: ...placement goods or expense or inconvenience caused by service interruptions Under no circumstances will any person be entitled to any sum greater than the purchase price paid for the card To obtain wa...

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