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1. are experienced and qualified for assistance 2 The computer has been properly installed with our supported Windows operating system WARNING Before installing and activating RAID function please make sure you have a complete backup of your existing data from your hard drives Manufacturer is not responsible for data loss due to abuse misuse or neglect Should you have any installation problem please contact your dealer for assistance Installing the controller card into the computer 1 Turn off your computer and all external devices connect to it 2 Disconnect your computer from the power sources 3 Open the computer case Refer to your computer user manual for more details 4 Find an available PCI slot and remove the slot bracket Save the bracket screw for later use 5 Align the controller card horizontally with respect to the slot and insert it into the slot firmly and evenly Take care not to force it into the slot Once you have properly positioned the controller card into the slot fasten it to the computer case with the screw you have just saved 6 Mount the hard disk s on the computer case 7 Connect the power cable to the hard disk s 8 Connect the hard disk s to the controller card with the required cables 9 Secure the computer case and switch on your computer Hard disk LED JP1 AE 46 Fig 1 Hard disk LED Setup RAID set with the hard disks installed Caution all data in the hard disks will2. MANL V6421 2 EN 20070504 User Manual Introduction The VIA VT6421 Ultra ATA 133 and SATA Combo PCI 32 bit Host Controller Card give a great flexibility to the users to have both PATA and SATA Hard disk attaching to one PCI card and it saves one PCI slot in order to have an addition card to be inserted into the system This is helpful when the number of expansion slots having in a system is a great concern to the users Features Support 32 bit PCI Bus Master Mode running at 33 MHz Compliant with PCI Specification version 2 2 Support x PATA 2x SATA Totally software transparent with PATA and SATA Fully plug and play supported Windows 98SE ME NT4 0 2000 XP XP 64 bit Vista OS supported Support RAID 0 1 0 1 JBOD Parallel ATA interface Supports Ultra DMA Mode transfers up to Mode 6 timing Transfer rate up to 133MB s 48 bit LBA mode for connecting HDD more than 137GByte Support PIO mode 4 2 1 0 Complies with ATA ATAPI 6 Support totally 2 PATA IDE drives Serial ATA interface Support Serial ATA 1 0 Specification Transfer rate up to 1 5Gb s Support totally 2 SATA devices Before the installation of the controller card let us make the following assumptions 1 The end users must have the basic knowledge of installing an internal device and its driver to a PC If they are not sure about their abilities or have any queries please call their local dealers immediately or find somebody who
3. be lost in the following procedures 1 Tum on the computer 2 When the BIOS on the controller card is activated press Tab to enter into BIOS menu 3 Use Up and Down Arrow to select the Create Array and press Enter to confirm 4 Select the second row to choose the type RAID Array required RAIDO0 Striped combine two hard disk into one RAID1 Mirrored make a copy of one hard disk to another JBOD combine two hard disk into one RAIDO 1 need 4 hard disks attached 5 Select Auto Setup For Capacity to choose the hard disk automatically and start creating RAID set or Select Disk Drives to choose the hard disks manually and press Ese to exit If choosing the hard disks manually select Start Create Process to create RAID set Press Ese to go back to top manual The information of the RAID setting is displayed in the bottom part of the screen ae PS ts FY Press Esc to exit Installing Windows driver for the controller card 1 Turn on the computer 2 Insert the Drivers amp Utility CD into the CDROM assuming drive D 3 Once Windows is running a new controller is detected 4 Press Cancel to exit the Found New Hardware Wizard 5 Go to the Windows Explorer and browse to the following directory D VIA VT642x Windows 6 Double click on Setup exe to install the driver 7 Follow instructions on the on screen manual until the driver is fully installed Installing software driver on Vista for the controller card 1 Tu
4. rn on the computer N Insert the Drivers amp Utility CD into the CDROM assuming drive D 3 Once Windows is running a new controller is detected and ask for its software driver 4 Choosing I don t have the disc Show me other options 5 Click on Browse computer for driver software advanced 6 Browse to the following folder D VIA VT642x Windows VIAStor DRIVER Raid winxp 7 Click Next to continue Follow the on screen instruction until the driver is installed completely Always choose to install the driver if Vista is asking the following The publisher could not be verified Are you sure you want to install this device software 10 Finally click on Close when all the components have been installed Notice If the hard disks installed are blank do not forget to set partition and format them before use Updating the operating systems software drivers The updated software drivers are always available for download on the following website http www drivers download com Search for DL code DL 0311112 from Drivers Search All specifications and information are subjected to change without prior notice All logos and trademarks referenced are the registered trademark of their respective owners
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