Promise Technology 66 Pro user manual SuperTrak66 Controller Card, Cables

SuperTrak66™ User's Manual Chapter 2

SuperTrak66 Controller Card

Seen in Figure 1, the SuperTrak66 controller card has several physical features of interest for purposes of installation: A SIMM socket for EDO memory (minimum 8MB required), 4 IDE channel connections (1 “master” drive per channel), an alarm buzzer, a battery, and 4 LEDs on the card’s backplane.

NOTE: The SuperTrak66 controller card, like every other valuable part of your PC, is sensitive to static electricity. Be sure that you are properly grounded (Promise recommends that you wear an anti-static strap, or place a free hand on a grounded object), and that your PC is unplugged before installing any of the SuperTrak66 components.

EDO Simm Slot

IDE channels

	Onboard CPU
LEDs	UDMA/66	Battery
	ASIC

Alarm

Figure 1: SuperTrak66 controller card

Cables

Ultra ATA/66 drive cables are provided with the SuperTrak66 controller card. These cables must be used with Ultra ATA/66 drives in order to realize full Ultra ATA/66 specs. They differ from older 40-wire/40-pin IDE cables by adding an extra ground wire between each data wire, resulting in an 80-wire/40-pin cable.

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