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Manual Revision 1.0

August 25, 1999

-USB66

PCI UltraDMA-66 &
USB Controller Card.

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Page 1: ... and company names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respectives holders These specifications are subject to change without notice Manual Revision 1 0 August 25 1999 EP USB66 PCI UltraDMA 66 USB Controller Card ...

Page 2: ...ce For updated product release information you may visit our websites at http www epox com http www epox com tw or http www epox nl Products mentioned in this manual are mentioned for identification purposes only Product names appearing in this manual may or may not be registered trademarks or copyrights of their respective companies The product name and revision number are both printed on the dia...

Page 3: ...to answer all of your questions online From our website you can find answers to many common questions drivers BIOS updates tech notes and important technical bulletins If you are still unable to locate the solution you are seeking you always have the option to contact our support technicians directly North American website English language http www epox com sales epox com support epox com European...

Page 4: ...out 7 Chapter 3 Software Installation 9 Motherboard BIOS Configuration 9 Windows 95 98 UltraDMA 66 10 Windows 95 98 USB Hub 12 Windows NT 4 0 UltraDMA 66 13 Windows NT 4 0 USB Hub 16 Appendix A Frequently Asked Questions 17 Additional Sources of General Information EPoX http www epox com http www epox com tw http www epox nl Highpoint http www highpoint tech com ...

Page 5: ...ter 1 Chapter 1 Chapter 1 Introduction Introduction Introduction Introduction Introduction Components Checklist A EP USB66User smanual B EP USB66 Card C UltraDMA 33 66 cable D USBLOOPBACK cable E Windows 95 98 NT drivers A User s manual B C E D C D Rom or ...

Page 6: ...ontrollers onboard your motherboard Setup is completely automatic as the card will autodetect the best possible transfer mode for each attached ATAPI or EIDE device UltraDMA 66 Controller Features Summary Sustained transfer rates of up to 66 MBytes sec Up to 133 MBytes sec burst data transfer rates on the PCI Local Bus PCI 2 1 Plug Play compatible Can coexist with other IDE and SCSI controllers LB...

Page 7: ...can severely damage your equipment Handle the EP USB66 and any other device in your system with extreme care and avoid unnecessary contact with system components on the mainboard Always work on an antistatic surface to avoid possible damage to the mainboard from static discharge Always have the power supply unplugged and powered off when inserting and removing devices within the computer chassis D...

Page 8: ... Drive Installation Configurations of drives can vary from system to system depending upon the user s needs Below are some basic tips for installation 1 Power off the computer and unplug the power supply 2 Set any configuration jumpers master slave single etc that may need to be changed on the drives You may wish to refer to your drive s manual for configuration information 3 Install secure the dr...

Page 9: ...ependant upon the motherboard s BIOS This is usually configurable in the motherboard s BIOS in the BIOS Features Setup section using the option named Boot sequence or similar If the user wishes drives attached to the EP USB66 to have boot priority over any attached to the motherboard s IDE controllers then they should configure this option to have SCSI first The motherboard s BIOS will consider th...

Page 10: ... 5 Double click on the Add New Hardware applet 6 Click on the Next button 7 There is a window that ask you Do you want Windows to search for your new hardware choose No then click on the Next button 8 There is a Window listing hardware types select the SCSI controllers then click on the Next button 9 Put the install diskette into the drive A and then click on the Have Disk button 10 Click on the O...

Page 11: ...iver button 9 Click on the Next button 10 There is a window that ask you Do you want Windows to search for your new hardware choose No then click on the Next button 11 There is a Window listing hardware types select the SCSI controllers then click on the Next button 12 Put the install diskette into the drive A and then click on the Have Disk button 13 Click on the OK button 14 Click on the Next bu...

Page 12: ...SR2 1 or Windows 98 If your system uses an older version of Windows 95 before the OSR2 1 release then you need to upgrade your operating system to at least Windows 95 OSR2 1 or use Windows 98 Since Windows 95 OSR2 1 w USB support and Windows 98 already support USB no further action is required by the user Windows will be able to detect the USB device automatically and install driver support ...

Page 13: ...ng Your Hard Disk to know how to partition and format a hard disk drive a Open My Computer b Open Control Panel c Double click icon SCSI Adapters d Click Drivers e Click Add f Click Have Disk g Insert the floppy diskette containing HPT366 Windows NT 4 0 device driver into drive A and type in A NT Enter then click OK h Select HPT366 Ultra DMA Controller you will be asked to enter the full path to t...

Page 14: ... no longer boots follow these steps to recover a Undo any hardware changes you have made to the computer since it was last operational b Reboot the computer Watch the display carefully during booting up If the following message appears press the Spacebar and follow the instructions on the display screen to continue booting with the last known good configuration Press spacebar NOW to invoke the Las...

Page 15: ...very time you boot Windows NT To eliminate the warning message you must update the Windows NT software configuration as described in the following steps a Open My Computer b Open Control Panel c Double click SCSI Adapters d Click Drivers e Select HPT366 Ultra DMA Controller then click Remove Systems Without Windows NT 4 0 Already Installed 1 Start Windows NT setup from CD ROM or NT install disks 2...

Page 16: ... 0 USB Hub Driver Installation Systems With or Without Windows NT 4 0 Already Installed Sorry Windows NT does not support USB devices If you wish to take advantage of USB devices you should use Windows 95 OSR 2 1 w USB support Windows 98 or Windows 2000 ...

Page 17: ...f your questions In this section you will find commonly asked questions our support department is asked by users Tips to install PC cards w Take time to ground yourself before handling your new motherboard or PC cards Static electricity causes intermittent non fatal damage which may be hard to diagnose w Make sure the cables are installed in the correct direction PIN 1 colored stripe w Before inst...

Page 18: ...zed by the motherboard BIOS if attached to the motherboard s onboard IDE controllers Use the CMOS utility and perform an IDE HDD AUTODETECT or you can optionally enter the parameters for the drive yourself For hard drives over 512MB be sure the BIOS uses LBA mode so the operating system can have access to the total available space For drive s attached to the EP USB66 no BIOS detection is needed as...

Page 19: ...6 a smaller cluster size is better because a small file takes up a whole cluster if there is even one byte in it the leftover space is called slack FAT16 does not support partitions larger than 2GB FAT32 is an improvement as it supports drives up to 2 Terabytes in size and cluster sizes are 4K for partitions smaller than 8GB Note that the minimum size of a FAT32 partition created with FDISK is 512...

Page 20: ...rt Microsoft has released both a new 2 1 CD and an update patch that is available through OEMs This patch is nominally called usbsupp exe although various OEMs have renamed it to their liking This is not a public release or download and if you have it it will ONLY work on versions of OSR2 and no others We do not have copies for release as we are a manufacturer and not an OEM You will need to conta...

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