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‘SATAStar Series’ 

Macintosh OSX 2-Port SATA CardBus Adapter 

Quick Installation Guide

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

Fueling Your Digital World is the Heart of NitroAV. 

 
Make  sure  your  laptop  stays  on  the  edge  of  technology  and  speed. 
The  2-Port  NitroAV  ‘SATAStar  Series’  32-Bit  CardBus  is  the  most 
powerful  and  flexible  solution  available  to  accommodate  storage 
devices  and  peripherals  with  the  new  Serial-ATA  interface.  With  data 
transfer  speeds  up  to  150MBytes/sec  (real-world  observations:  over 
3.5X  speed  of  USB  2.0  and  much  faster  then  Firewire800),  SATA  is 
quickly becoming the gold standard for high-speed data transfer.  This 
card  instantly  adds  two  Serial  ATA  ports  to  your  laptop  computer, 
letting you connect cutting-edge SATA drives. A professional and cost-
effective way to add Serial ATA performance your laptop. 
 

 
 

Summary of Contents for SATASTAR series

Page 1: ...on available to accommodate storage devices and peripherals with the new Serial ATA interface With data transfer speeds up to 150MBytes sec real world observations over 3 5X speed of USB 2 0 and much faster then Firewire800 SATA is quickly becoming the gold standard for high speed data transfer This card instantly adds two Serial ATA ports to your laptop computer letting you connect cutting edge S...

Page 2: ...CardBus attached device SPECIFICATIONS Software Operating System Requirements Supports Mac OS Mac OS 10 2 and higher Drive Formatting Supports Apple Drive Setup Utility version 1 5 or later or other third party software Hardware Compatible Models Macintosh PowerBooks Bus Interface PCMCIA Number of External Drives Supported 2 Removable media devices supported under OS 10 2 and higher Data Transfer ...

Page 3: ...ded on internal drive boot disk Driver will be loaded in the System Library Extension of the boot Drive One installed you will need to restart In the future the driver will be loaded at startup NOTE You need be an admin user if you are a normal user you will be prompted to enter a admin password to install the driver Hardware Installation Just plug in the card into the PCMCIA slot No Shutdown or R...

Page 4: ...ine should be connected in following manner Connect the SATA cable to the Hard Disk Power UP the Hard Disk Connect the SATA cable to the PC card Insert the card into the PC slot Start the machine and the hard disk will be mounted automatically Scenario 3 Hot plugging the hard disk when the system is up and running To connect some other Hard Disk removing the previous one follow the instruction Mak...

Page 5: ... and user can continue doing various Drive related operations Incase the transfer is in process between the 2 SATA Drives connected to the channels transfer is terminated and makes the driver to malfunction until the next reboot Hence it is strongly recommended that the user should ensure the completion of transfer operations RAID SUPPORT Software RAID 0 1 is supported Refer the help documentation...

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