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1. A WIN9X ME in the text box Press the Next button A message informing you that Windows Me has found Win9x ME Promise AX8931A IDE Controller should appear Press Next then Finish then Yes when asked if you want to restart your computer Be sure to remove the diskette from drive A alling Drivers 15 AX8931A Mini PCI IDE Control Board User s Manual Installing Drivers with Existing Windows Me System The following section details the installation of AX8931A drivers on a system that has Windows Me already installed and running If you re installing the AX8931A drivers on a system during an installation of Windows Me see Installing Drivers During Windows Me Installation 1 After installing the AX8931A controller card and configuring the hard drives power up the system and boot The Add New Hardware Wizard will appear informing you that it has found a PCI Mass Storage Controller Click on Next and from the generated list box choose Specify the location of the driver Advanced Click on Next and from the generated choices choose Specify a location Insert the AX8931A Driver diskette in drive A Type A WIN9X ME in the text box that appears Click on Next A message informing you that Windows Me has found Win9x ME Promise AX8931A IDE Controller should appear Click on Next and then on Finish Choose Yes when asked if you want to restart your c2. Master Slave or Cable Select settings You may need to refer to your hard drive s manual for more information The instructions here assume you will be installing a single drive on to the AX8931A card Install the hard drive in the proper hard drive bay of your system Attach the Ultra ATA cable to the hard drive and to one of the IDE connector on the AX8931A controller card The colored edge of the cable s indicates pin 1 and the blue cable connector must be attached to the AX8931A connector 4 Proceed to the Installing Drivers section 6 Installing The AX8931A AX8931A Mini PCI IDE Control Board User s Manual NOTE You must use an 80 wire 40 pin cable when connecting an Ultra ATA100 133 hard drive to the AX8931A controller card The AX8931A package contains one 80 wire 40 pin cable Please also note that use of a cable longer than the ATA standard of 18 may result in system instability Installing The AX8931A 7 This page does not contain any information AX8931A Mini PCI IDE Control Board User s Manual Chapter 3 Installing Drivers This section details the AX8931A driver installation procedure when used with various operating systems If you have purchased an AX8931A for your existing PC you will need to install the appropriate driver for your current operating system If you own a PC with an existing AX8931A card drivers were already installed with the system You would only need to re install dr
3. 4 Choose the Hardware tab and then click the Device Manager tab 5 Click the in front of SCSI controllers WinXP Promise AX8931A IDE Controller should appear 3 3 Windows NT 4 x Installing Drivers During New Windows NT 4 0 Installation 1 Start the system installation by booting from the Windows NT disk a Floppy install boot the system with the Windows NT installation diskettes b Floppyless install boot from floppy and type WINNT B After files have been copied the system will reboot On the reboot press the F6 key when the message Setup is inspecting your computer s hardware configuration appears c CD ROM disk install boot from the CD ROM disk and press the F6 key when the message Setup is inspecting your computer s hardware configuration appears 2 When the Windows NT Setup window is generated press S to Specify an Additional Device s Use 1 or to select Other and press the Enter key 4 Insert the driver diskette into drive A and press the Enter key Choose WinNT Promise AX8931A IDE Controller from the list that appears on screen then press the Enter key 6 The Windows NT Setup screen will appear again saying Setup will load support for the following mass storage devices The list will include WinNT Promise AX8931A IDE Controller Installing Drivers 13 AX8931A Mini PCI IDE Control Board User s Manual NOTE If you need
4. do so at this time Once all devices are specified continue to the next step 7 From the Windows XP Setup screen press the Enter key Setup will now load all device files and then continue the Windows XP installation Installing Driver in Existing Windows XP System WARNING f you will be moving the boot drive containing the existing Windows XP operating system to the AX8931A card the AX8931A driver MUST be loaded on to this hard drive while it is still attached to your existing hard drive controller Do not attach this drive or any other hard drive to the AX8931A controller card before completing this step After installing the AX8931A card and rebooting your system Windows XP setup will show a Found New Hardware dialog box Under Windows XP Mass Storage Controller will be displayed 1 Insert the AX8931A driver CD into CD ROM 2 Choose Install the software automatically and press the Enter key 3 Choose WinXP Promise AX8931A IDE Controller from the list 12 Installing Drivers AX8931A Mini PCI IDE Control Board User s Manual that appears on screen and then press the Enter key 4 If using a driver that has not been digitally signed by Microsoft you will be asked if you want to continue the installation Click on Continue anyway Confirming Windows XP Installation 1 From Windows XP open the Control Panel from My Computer 2 Click on Performance and maintenance 3 Click on the System icon
5. go to the Start menu and choose Settings From the Settings menu choose Control Panel In the Control Panel window double click on the System icon In the System window choose the Device Manager tab In the hierarchical display under Other Devices is a listing for PCI Mass Storage Controller Choose it and then press the Properties button Choose the Driver tab in the Properties window and then press the Update Driver button When asked if you want Windows to search for the driver choose Yes recommended Insert the AX8931A Driver diskette into the A drive then press Next When Windows informs you that it was unable to find the drivers press Other Locations In the Select Other Location dialog box type A WIN9X ME Press OK Windows should inform you that it has found Win9x ME Promise AX8931A IDE Controller Press Finish If Windows can t find the ULTRA MPD file type AN WIN9X ME in the Copy files from text box Choose Yes when asked if you wish to restart the system and remove the diskette Installing Drivers 19 AX8931A Mini PCI IDE Control Board User s Manual Installing Drivers with Existing Windows 95 1 After installing the AX8931A controller card and configuring the hard drives see Hardware Installation on page 5 power up the system and boot Windows The Update Device Drive Wizard will a
6. hard drives Dual independent channel PCI IDE bus master controller PCI Plug amp Play compatibility Onboard BIOS with LBA translation and Extended Int 13 supporting IDE hard drives up to 144PB 144 000 000 GB Flash able BIOS allows easy upgrades 1 3 Physical Environmental Dimensions 2 36 x 2 30 6 00cm x 5 85cm Operating Temperature 32 F to 122 F 0 C to 50 C Relative Humidity 5 to 95 non condensing Warranty One year limited parts and labor 2 Introduction AX8931A Mini PCI IDE Control Board User s Manual 1 4 Board Dimension Unit inch mm 0 0990 Jha L231 i IF rai ED o zm Em ug a Ma Bo ES fired I 2 1240 _ 33 93 coded L39733 1 5 Board Layout 2 40 1 39 2 40 1 39 CNET i NEN Us D Akeo3t Bey T mmi RWI Introduction 3 This page does not contain any information AX8931A Mini PCI IDE Control Board User s Manual Chapter 2 Installing The AX8931A This section is to help you prepare the AX8931A card for installation into your existing system Please read through this chapter carefully before attempting to install AX8931A You should record the system s current CMOS system setup settings before making any changes WARNING AX8931A like every other valuable part of your system is subject to static electricity Be sure that you re prope
7. to specify any additional devices to be installed do so at this time Once all devices are specified continue to the next step From the Windows NT Setup screen press the Enter key Setup will now load all device files and then continue the Windows NT installation After a successful installation the SCSI Adapter Setup box will show that the WinNT Promise AX8931A IDE Controller driver has been installed Installing Drivers with Existing Windows NT 4 0 WARNING f you wish to use your current bootable drive with the 10 11 14 Windows NT4 operating system on the AX8931A perform the steps below while the boot drive is still attached to your existing onboard IDE controller Do not attach any drives to your AX8931A until the steps below are complete Choose Settings from the Start menu Choose Control Panel from the Settings menu Double click on the SCSI Adapters icon which generates the SCSI Adapters dialog box Choose Drivers and then press Add In the Install Drivers dialog box press Have Disk When the Install From Disk appears insert the AX8931A Driver CD in CD ROM Assume that CD ROM driver is D Type D NT4 in the text box then choose OK When the Install Driver dialog box appears select WinNT Promise AX8931A IDE Controller and then press OK When the Select SCSI Adapter Option dialog box appears press Install After a su
8. AX8931A Mini PCI IDE Control Board User s Manual Disclaimers The information in this manual has been carefully checked and is believed to be accurate AXIOMTEK Co Ltd assumes no responsibility for any infringements of patents or other rights of third parties which may result from its use AXIOMTEK assumes no responsibility for any inaccuracies that may be contained in this document AXIOMTEK makes no commitment to update or to keep current the information contained in this manual AXIOMTEK reserves the right to make improvements to this document and or product at any time and without notice No part of this document may be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic mechanical photocopying recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of AXIOMTEK Co Ltd Copyright 2003 by AXIOMTEK Co Ltd All rights reserved February 2003 Version A1 Printed in Taiwan Trademarks Acknowledgments AXIOMTEK is a trademark of AXIOMTEK Co Ltd Other brand names and trademarks are the properties and registered brands of their respective owners ESD Precautions Integrated circuits on computer boards are sensitive to static electricity To avoid damaging chips from electrostatic discharge observe the following precautions W Do not remove boards or integrated circuits from their anti static packaging until you are ready to install them W Before handling a board
9. SR ERE SENOEENE 19 Chapter 4 Troubl eshooting 21 Chapter 5 BIOS Upgrade 23 Table of Contents V vi This page does not contain any information AX8931A Mini PCI IDE Control Board User s Manual Chapter 1 Introduction 1 1 General Description The AX8931A is a mini PCI card which is designed to support motherboards with a PCI bus speed of 33MHz The card is backward compatible allowing you to install the controller into a 33MHz PCI bus motherboard where it will allow maximum data transfers of up to 133MB per second across the bus Please note that actual transfer rates will depend on the capabilities of each device attached to the controller The controller installs easily into any available mini PCI slot on your system s motherboard The AX8931A controller card provides two IDE channels that support Ultra ATA 100 133 protocols perfect for such demanding applications as real time video multimedia and high performance operating systems AX8931As5s two IDE connectors each support a master slave combination of IDE devices including Ultra ATA EIDE IDE Fast ATA and ATAPI Devices of different standards can be connected to AX8931A without performance degradation due to the independent programmable timing registers in the controller s design Introduction 1 AX8931A Mini PCI IDE Control Board User s Manual 1 2 Specifications Provides up to 133MB sec bandwidth CRC checking with Ultra ATA
10. ccessful installation the SCSI Adapter Setup box will show that the WinNT Promise AX8931A IDE Controller driver has been installed Power off your system and then attach your hard drive s see page 5 for more details to the AX8931A controller card Installing Drivers AX8931A Mini PCI IDE Control Board User s Manual 3 4 Windows Me Installing Drivers During Windows Me Installation The following details the installation of the AX8931A drivers while installing Windows Me with the AX8931A controller card already in place If you re installing the AX8931A drivers on a system with Me alre Sys 1 oa fF ODN 11 12 Inst ady installed see Installing Drivers with Existing Windows Me tem Install Windows Me fully After installation go the Start menu and choose Settings From the Settings menu choose Control Panel In the Control Panel window double click on the System icon In the System window choose the Device Manager tab In the hierarchical display under Other Devices is a listing for PCI Mass Storage Controller Choose it and then press the Properties button Choose the Driver tab in the Properties window choose Update Driver and then press Next Choose Specify the location of the driver Advanced then press Next Insert the AX8931A Driver diskette into the A drive Choose Specify a Location and then type
11. ended 4 Click on Next and from PCI Mass Storage Controller choose Finish Insert the AX8931A Driver diskette in drive A Click on Next and from the generated choices choose Specify a location Type A WIN9X ME in the text box that appears Click on Next A message informing you that Windows has found Win9x ME Promise AX8931A IDE Controller should appear 9 Click on Next and then on Finish 10 Choose Yes when asked if you want to restart your computer Be sure to eject the diskette from drive A Confirming Driver Installation in Windows 98 To confirm that the driver has been properly loaded in Windows 98 perform the following steps 1 Choose Settings from the Start menu 2 Choose Control Panel and then double click on the System icon 3 Choose the Device Manager tab and then click the in front of SCSI controllers Win9x ME Promise AX8931A IDE Controller should appear 18 Installing Drivers AX8931A Mini PCI IDE Control Board User s Manual 3 6 Windows 95 Installing Drivers During New Windows 95 Installation 1 N Oa fF WN 10 11 12 13 14 15 After installing the AX8931A controller card and configuring the hard drives see Controller Card Installation on page 5 partition and format your hard drive s if necessary Install Windows 95 normally After installation
12. for the following mass storage devices The list will include Win2000 Promise AX8931A IDE Controller NOTE If you need to specify any additional devices to be installed do so at this time Once all devices are specified continue to the next step From the Windows 2000 Setup screen press the Enter key Setup will now load all device files and then continue the Windows 2000 installation Installing Driver in Existing Windows 2000 System WARNING f you will be moving the boot drive containing the existing Windows 2000 operating system to the AX8931A card the AX8931A driver MUST be loaded on to this hard drive while it is still attached to your existing hard drive controller Do not attach this drive or any other hard drive to the AX8931A controller card before completing this step After installing the AX8931A card and rebooting your system Windows 2000 setup will show a New Hardware Found dialog box Under Windows 2000 PCI Mass Storage Controller will be displayed 1 10 Choose Add New Hardware Wizard from the list and then press Enter Choose Add Troubleshoot a device and press next then new hardware wizard will show device list Choose Mass Storage controller and press next and next screen press finish Choose display a list the known drivers for this device so that I can choose a specific driver then press next It will show all Windows 2000 supported SCSI adapter drivers P
13. ive exceeds 64GB Solution The version of FDISK EXE that is included with Windows 95 98 Me does not correctly report the capacity of drives that exceed 64GB This is a cosmetic not actual limitation Microsoft has an updated version of FDISK EXE that corrects this problem More information and the updated FDISK EXE can be found at http support microsoft com Problem 4 While booting Windows NT4 0 Windows 2000 or Windows XP during a floppyless install the message Inaccessible Boot Device appears Solution The F6 key was not pressed at the appropriate time Reboot the system and press the F6 key when the message Setup is inspecting your computer s hardware configuration appears in Windows NT4 or the message Press F6 if you need to install third party SCSI or RAID driver appears in Windows 2000 and XP Problem 5 While booting Windows NT 4 0 Windows 2000 or Windows XP during a CD ROM disk install the message No Hard Drives Found appears Solution The F6 key was not pressed at the appropriate time Reboot the system and press the F6 key when the message Setup is inspecting your computer s hardware configuration appears or the message Press F6 if you need to install third party SCSI or RAID driver appears in Windows 2000 and XP Problem 6 Miscellaneous problems such as the AX8931A BIOS not appearing during boot the AX89314 driver not loading or slow data transfer rates Solutio
14. ivers if re installing an operating system or installing an updated driver If you want to install a new system on your PC you need to make an AX8931A driver floppy first First of all you need to find a PC with system and CD ROM already Then you should put AX89314 driver CD into CD ROM and a new floppy into floppy driver Copy all filers under driver CD path A8931A driver into floppy Thus you will have an AX8931A driver floppy 3 1 Windows 2000 Installing Driver During New Windows 2000 Installation 1 Start the installation a Floppy Install Boot the computer with the Windows 2000 installation diskettes b Floppyless Install Boot from floppy and type WINNT After files have been copied the system will reboot On the reboot press F6 after the message Setup is inspecting your computer s hardware configuration appears c CD ROM Install Boot from the CD ROM Press F6 after the message Press F6 if you need to install third party SCSI or RAID driver appears 2 When the Windows 2000 Setup window is generated press S to Specify an Additional Device s Insert the driver diskette into drive A and press Enter key 4 Choose Win2000 Promise AX8931A IDE Controller from the list that appears on screen and then press the Enter key Installing Drivers 9 AX8931A Mini PCI IDE Control Board User s Manual 5 The Windows 2000 Setup screen will appear again saying Setup will load support
15. n Move the AX8931A to a different PCI slot 22 Troubleshooting AX8931A Mini PCI IDE Control Board User s Manual Chapter 5 BIOS Upgrade The following instructions detail the steps that need to be taken in order to upgrade the BIOS of your AX8931A controller card BIOS Basic Input Output System controls the booting operation of the AX8931A If you receive information regarding an update for the AX8931A BIOS from the Promise Technology website or technical support download the update and then follow these instructions to install the update NOTE Before updating the AX8931A BIOS you can save the old BIOS by choosing option 1 in the main menu Backup Current ROM BIOS to File Type the path and file name where you wish to save the old BIOS i e AAOLDBIOS BIN 1 Create a bootable DOS floppy and copy the file PTIFLASH EXE and the file containing the updated BIOS to the floppy diskette 2 The file PTIFLASH EXE is a DOS program a DOS boot floppy diskette must be used to run the program 3 At the A gt prompt type PTIFLASH The main menu should be generated 4 n the main menu choose option 2 Update BIOS From File In the pop up dialog box that appears enter the path and name of the BIOS file you wish to update to i e AAULBIOS BIN NOTE If after typing in the path and file name while trying to update the BIOS you receive the message This file is not found make sure you ve ente
16. n the hierarchical display under Other Devices is a listing for PCI Mass Storage Controller Choose it and then press the Properties button Choose the Driver tab in the Properties window choose Update Driver and then press Next Choose Search for a better driver than the one your device is using now recommended then press Next Insert the AX8931A Driver diskette into the A drive the text box Press the Next button A message informing you that Windows has found Win9x ME Promise AX8931A IDE Controller should appear Press Next then Finish then Yes when asked if you want to restart your computer Be sure to remove the diskette from drive A Installing Drivers 17 AX8931A Mini PCI IDE Control Board User s Manual Installing Drivers with Existing Windows 98 The following section details the installation of AX8931A drivers on a system that has Windows 98 already installed If you re installing the AX8931A drivers on a system during a Windows 98 installation see Installing Drivers During Windows 98 Installation 1 After installing the AX8931A controller card and configuring the hard drives power up the system and boot Windows 2 The Add New Hardware Wizard will appear informing you that it has found a PCI Mass Storage Controller 3 Click on Next and from the generated list box choose Search for best driver for your device Recomm
17. omputer Be sure to eject the diskette from drive A Confirming Driver Installation in Windows Me To confirm that the driver has been properly loaded in Me perform the following steps 1 2 16 Choose Settings from the Start menu Choose Control Panel and then double click on the System icon Choose the Device Manager tab and then click the in front of SCSI amp RAID controllers Win9x ME Promise AX8931A IDE Controller should appear Installing Drivers 3 5 AX8931A Mini PCI IDE Control Board User s Manual Windows 98 Installing Drivers During Windows 98 Installation The following details the installation of the AX8931A drivers while installing Windows 98 with the AX8931A controller card already in place If you re installing the AX8931A drivers on a system with Windows 98 already installed see Installing Drivers with Existing Windows 98 1 a BON o 10 Choose Specify a Location and then type A WIN9X ME in 11 12 13 After installing the AX8931A controller card and configuring the hard drive s partition and format your hard drive s if necessary Install Windows 98 normally After installation go the Start menu and choose Settings From the Settings menu choose Control Panel In the Control Panel window double click on the System icon In the System window choose the Device Manager tab I
18. or integrated circuit touch an unpainted portion of the system unit chassis for a few seconds This helps to discharge any static electricity on your body W Wear a wrist grounding strap available from most electronic component stores when handling boards and components This page does not contain any information Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction 1 1 1 General Description ueeeseeseeeeeeeneneeeee 1 1 2 Specifications eiie uck eniro Ine ERESESENNERARKRKOR RAE EE 2 1 3 Physical Environmental eeeeennn 2 1 4 Board Dimension cicsiescnccesandveerenssnbenbsassachenebasmassnancan 3 1 5 Board Eayout re eiie te eese ie dben 3 Chapter 2 Installing The AX8931A 5 2 4 Controller Card Installation 5 2 T Jp umper Settings itehiERRHREERERERERERERBRERENERBRDREN ER Nus 6 2 2 Hard Drive Installation suseesse 6 Chapter 3 Installing Drivers 9 3 4 Windows 2000 iier rans ph tbyu ono eR ninnan 9 3 2 WindOWS XP e rrenicteo ose nh eh eot hnR Pe eR ERROR CAR BERbcR NER ESAE 11 3 9 Windows NT 4 X nieto tenni enu bn miu en PER IRR PR oA OR EIE 13 3 4 Windows MG viii ccscscccscsccscsacseicccsten castes nre K OR Rhe pru E REP IE 15 3 5 WINKOWS 9B eroe eter nios en bes em csi AIR eR Perca LEER 17 3 6 Windows 95 csse tnu PR ERRRERERANARRRKUERNESCRURE
19. ppear informing you that it has found a PCI Mass Storage Controller Insert the AX8931A Driver diskette in drive A Click on Next Windows will inform you that it has found the Win9x ME Promise AX8931A IDE Controller Click on Finish and when prompted to insert the AX8931A Driver diskette click on OK If a message informing you that the file ULTRA MPD cannot be found go to the Copy files from text box and type A WIN9X ME Choose Yes when asked whether you want to start your computer Be sure to remove the diskette from drive A Confirming Driver Installation in Windows 95 To confirm that the driver has been properly loaded in Win 95 98 perform the following steps 1 2 20 Choose Settings from the Start menu Choose Control Panel and then double click on the System icon Choose the Device Manager tab and then click the in front of SCSI controllers Win9x ME Promise AX8931A IDE Controller should appear Installing Drivers AX8931A Mini PCI IDE Control Board User s Manual Chapter 4 Troubleshooting Problem 1 The following warning appears in the AX8931A BIOS WARNING BECAUSE OF 40 CONDUCTOR CABLE S USED Dx WOULD BE DOWN TO ULTRA33 MODE PLEASE USE 80 CONDUCTOR CABLE S IF ULTRA66 OR ABOVE MODE WANTED Solution A 40 wire 40 pin IDE cable is being used with an Ultra ATA 133 capable hard drive in the AX8931A hard drive
20. red the correct path and file name 1 The utility will then update the AX8931A BIOS and an Update Success message will appear 2 Restart the system NOTE When the AX8931A BIOS appears make sure that the BIOS version is the new version BIOS Upgrade 23 24 This page does not contain any information
21. ress Have disk Insert the AX8931A driver CD in CD ROM Assume that your CD ROM is D Type D AX8931A Win2000 in the text box Press OK Choose Win2000 Promise AX8931A IDE Controller from the list that appears on screen and then press the Next key Press Yes to confirm continue the installation and copy the driver Installing Drivers AX8931A Mini PCI IDE Control Board User s Manual to system 10 Remove the floppy diskette and click on Finish to restart the system Windows 2000 will then restart for the driver installation to take effect Confirming Windows 2000 Installation 1 From Windows 2000 open the Control Panel from My Computer followed by the System icon 2 Choose the Hardware tab and then click the Device Manager tab 3 Click the in front of SCSI controllers Win2000 Promise AX8931A IDE Controller should appear 3 2 Windows XP Installing Driver During New Windows XP Installation 1 Start the installation a Floppy Install Boot the computer with the Windows XP installation diskettes b Floppyless Install Boot from floppy and type WINNT After files have been copied the system will reboot On the reboot press F6 after the message Setup is inspecting your computer s hardware configuration appears c CD ROM Install Boot from the CD ROM Press F6 after the message Press F6 if you need to install third party SCSI or RAID d
22. river appears 2 When the Windows XP Setup window is generated press S to Specify an Additional Device s Insert the driver diskette into drive A and press Enter key 4 Choose WinXP Promise AX8931A IDE Controller from the list that appears on screen and then press the Enter key NOTE Immediately following the loading of the selected driver the Installation P rogram will notify you of following The driver you provided seems to be newer than the Windows default driver Windows already has a driver that you can use for WinXP Installing Drivers 11 AX8931A Mini PCI IDE Control Board User s Manual Promise AX8931A IDE Controller Unless the device manufacture prefers that you use the driver on the floppy disk you should use the driver in Windows 5 Press S to use the driver on the floppy disk and then press enter to continue with installation If you press enter to use Windows default driver you will encounter the following error message in the next phase of the installation Setup did not find any hard disk drives installed in your computer NOTE Restart installation and then use option S to load driver from floppy disk 6 The Windows XP Setup screen will appear again saying Setup will load support for the following mass storage devices The list will include WinXP Promise AX8931A IDE Controller NOTE If you need to specify any additional devices to be installed
23. rly grounded AXIOMTEKCo recommends that you wear an anti static strap or touch a grounded object and that your system is unplugged before installing AX8931A 2 1 Controller Card Installation Installing the AX8931A controller card in a system is a simple process The card fits into any available 32 bit mini PCI connectors must be PCI 2 1 or 2 2 compliant 1 Install the AX8931A controller card into the mini PCI connect see Figure 1 below 2 Attach your system case s 4 pin LED cable to the LED connector on the AX8931A controller card see CN3 on Jumper Settings Make sure that pin 1 on the connector is aligned with pin 1 of the cable Figure 1 Installing The AX8931A 5 AX8931A Mini PCI IDE Control Board User s Manual 2 1 1 Jumper Settings SWI 1 2 off 3 4 on for AX8931A 1 2 on 3 4 off for AX8931and AX8931B CN3 e o0o00 Pin 1 IDE 1 LED Pin 2 IDE 1 LED Pin 3 IDE 2 LED Pin 4 IDE 2 LED 2 2 Hard Drive Installation WARNING If you wish to use your current bootable drive with the Windows NT4 2000 or XP operating system on the AX8931A do NOT connect this hard drive to the AX8931A controller before installing the NT 2000 or XP driver You MUST install the NT 2000 or XP driver first see INSTALLING DRIVERS section to the boot drive using your existing hard drive controller 1 Configure the jumpers of the hard drive you re preparing to connect to the AX8931A using the proper
24. setup To access Ultra ATA 133 timing and take advantage of the full capabilities of your Ultra ATA 133 hard drive you must use an 80 wire 40 pin IDE cable One 80 wire 40 pin cable is included with the AX8931A package The colored edge of the cable s indicates pin 1 and the blue cable connector must be attached to the AX8931A connector Problem 2 Determining hard drive performance Solution During the AX8931A BIOS the maximum transfer rate timing of the hard drive s connected to the AX8931A controller card will be displayed next to the model name of the hard drive Example DO Maxtor 4G160H8 LBA 152GB ULTRA DMA 6 DO identifies the master drive on the primary IDE port 1 on the AX8931A controller card NOTE if there is more than one device attached the next device will be designated as D1 and so on Maxtor 4G160H8 represents the model name number LBA signifies that the drive size is being translated so that the system can make use of the drive s full capacity 152GB represents the drive s capacity ULTRA DMA 6 identifies the maximum transfer rate Slower transfer rates include ULTRA DMA 0 1 2 3 4 or 5 DMA 0 1 2 or 3 PIO 0 1 2 3 or 4 To make full use of the performance enhancements of AX8931A use only Ultra DMA 6 drives Troubleshooting 21 AX8931A Mini PCI IDE Control Board User s Manual Problem 3 FDISK reports a much lower drive capacity if a single dr
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