Rosewill RC212 user manual Hardware Installation

SATA+ULTRA ATA RAID CONTROLLERRC212 User Manual

character A through D. Ports C & D are internal SATA ports and A & B are external SATA ports. By changing the jumper setting on the PCI SATA+PATA RAID card that allows you to utilize 2 ports of this card at the same time. Please set which port to work by jumper setting. By default, Port C and D are working.

Hardware Installation

1.Turn Off the power to your computer.

2.Unplug the power cord and remove your computer’s cover.

3.Remove the slot bracket from an available PCI slot.

4.To install the card, carefully align the card’s bus connector with the selected PCI slot on the motherboard. Push the board down firmly.

5.Attach your internal or external devices to the PCI SATA+PATA RAID card.

6.Replace the slot bracket’s holding screw to secure the card.

7.Replace the computer cover and reconnect the power cord.

Important message for user

1.Backup all your data in HD before setting any RAID.

2.New HD connecting to RC-212 is recommended to “initial” and “format” before setting a RAID. Otherwise, PC might find nothing in the system.

3.Please read the PDF file of “SATARAID5-UserGuide_v1.40” for basic RAID knowledge.

4.If you want to boot from correct HD either from motherboard HD or RC-212 HD, please change from BIOS “booting sequence”.

5.Although SATA HD is a “hot swap” design, it is strongly recommended that all users turn off the power before you add any HD to PC.

6.If you want to use RC-212 as a un-RAID card, please do not enter the RAID BIOS and

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