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Hardware Installation 2-1
User’s Manual
Chapter 2. Hardware Installation
This IDE RAID controller card is as easy to install as any other computer peripheral. It uses
the Plug & Play design concept. First, plug this controller card into any PCI slot on your
motherboard. Second, connect the Ultra ATA/100 devices to its IDE connectors using the
included Ultra ATA/66 cables.
2-1. Installing the Hot Rod 100 Pro
Installing this controller card into your computer is a simple process. You just have to insert
the card into any available PCI slot on the motherboard (see figure below).
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Open your computer case.
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Remove the inside slot cover of an available PCI slot on the motherboard.
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Insert this controller card into the open slot.
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Fasten the controller card bracket to the case.
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Attach the two-threaded IDE HDD LED connector of the computer case to HDD-LED
connector on this controller card. (Note: Watch out the pin orientation.)
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Connect the Ultra ATA/100 HDD to the IDE connectors on this controller card.
Figure 2-1: The installation of the Hot Rod 100 Pro controller card