AEC-67160 Ultra160 PCI Ultra160 SCSI Adapter for PC User ’s Manual Ver:1.0 © Copyright ACARD Technology Corp. Ver:1.0.20010723.
AEC-67160 Ultra160 SCSI Adapter Contents Chapter 1 Introduction ............................................................... 4 1.1 Introduction ........................................................................... 4 1.2 Features ................................................................................. 5 1.3 Specifications ....................................................................... 5 1.4 Board layout ..........................................................................
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AEC-67160 Ultra160 SCSI Adapter Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 Introduction ACARD technology corp. dedicate to make SCSI interface to be a standard interface in PC and server field with stable function, high transfer rate and very low cost. The ACARD SCSI adapter AEC-67160 is specificity designed to speed up the high perform hard disk drive for server, Internet and RAID system or 3D image, medical imaging, CAD/CAM designer.
AEC-67160 Ultra160 SCSI Adapter 1.2 Features PCI Bus Master frees CPU from I/O task loading Synchronous transfer rate up to 160MB/Sec ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Supports low profile for Rackmount IPC Powerful advanced setup function Supports multi-threaded and multi-tasking O.S. Supports Scatter/Gather operation Automatic FIFO threshold selection Auto termination control Device supports: Hard drive, Removable disk, Optical disk, CD-ROM*, CD-R/RW*, Tape Driver*, etc.
AEC-67160 Ultra160 SCSI Adapter 1.4 Board layout AEC-67160 Board Layout CN1 68-pin Ultra160 LVD SCSI internal connector CN2 68-pin Ultra160 LVD SCSI external connector AEC-67160: CN1: Connect to the 68-pin Ultra160 SCSI flat cable to connect the SCSI devices. CN2: Connect to the 68-pin Ultra160 SCSI round cable to connect the SCSI devices.
AEC-67160 Ultra160 SCSI Adapter Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 2.1 Installing the Ultra160 SCSI Adapter Step 1: Turn off the computer. Step 2: Plug out the power core and all the connection of external devices from your system. Step 3: Referring your original case user’s manual to see how to open your case. Step 4: Select one unused PCI expansion slot of your computer. Unscrew the slot cover and remove it. Step 5: Remove the SCSI host adapter from the anti-static bag and hold its metal bracket part.
AEC-67160 Ultra160 SCSI Adapter Step 3: Find out pin 1 of the connector on your device. Step 4: Select one available connector on the cable, then plug it into your internal device connector aligning with pin-1 to pin-1. Step 5: If you have two or more devices, please repeat Step 2 and Step 3 to install you remaining devices. Step 6: Please set the last SCSI device terminator on. Note: For terminating your internal SCSI device, please refer to your original SCSI device supplier or manufacture.
AEC-67160 Ultra160 SCSI Adapter 2. Connecting more than one devices One of the SCSI features is that you can connect two or more devices simple by place them one after another to the host SCSI adapter serially. Step 1: Make sure the external SCSI cable is match to the numbers of pin of external SCSI adapter and devices. Step 2: Plug one end of the high-density external SCSI cable into the host adapter external connector.
AEC-67160 Ultra160 SCSI Adapter Chapter 3 BIOS Setup Plug the AEC-67160 SCSI card in the PCI slot, while the PC remains power on. When you see the following message you can press or to issue setup utility. ACARDBIOS (C) 2001 ACARD TECHNOLOGY CORP. PCI MASTER Ultra160 SCSI 06-06-2001 Chip_0 All Rights Reserved ACARD PCI MASTER Ultra160 LVD/SE SCSI Model : AEC-67160 Ver. 1.
AEC-67160 Ultra160 SCSI Adapter 3.1 The setup utility screen 3.1.1 FUNCTIONS DESCRIPTION 3.1.1.1 SCSI DEVICE This message shows whether the SCSI device has been mounted or not.
AEC-67160 Ultra160 SCSI Adapter 3.1.1.2 ADAPTER SETUP "Host Adapter SCSI ID: Adapter ID number. Default is 7 "Host Adapter BIOS: Use host adapter BIOS. Default Enable "PCI Master-DMA Burst Mode: This selection is the burst mode for PCI Master DMA. Default is Enable "Host adapter SCSI termination: For SCSI terminator activate or inactivate. Default is Automatic "Support removable disk as a fixed disk: This function is for removable disk select as Fixed disk.
AEC-67160 Ultra160 SCSI Adapter 3.1.1.2.1 SCSI SPEED SETUP SCSI speed setup: Select this item then press “Enter” to select the SCSI speed. 3.1.1.2.
AEC-67160 Ultra160 SCSI Adapter 3.1.1.3 DIAGNOSTICS The Diagnostic function is used to test the protocol in this card. The message appears as below: 3.1.1.4 UTILITY 3.1.1.4.
AEC-67160 Ultra160 SCSI Adapter 3.1.1.4.2 Verify If met the verify error the message would shown as below and ask whether to reassign or not. 3.1.1.4.
AEC-67160 Ultra160 SCSI Adapter 3.1.1.5 LOAD DEFAULTS It provides a defaults set function when the input data confuse or conflicted. 3.1.1.6 EXIT SETUP When you press ESC to quit the setup utility, the messages appear as the picture below. You can choose the “Update Data” or “No Update Date” to EXIT.
AEC-67160 Ultra160 SCSI Adapter Chapter 4 Software Configuration 4.1 Introduction You may need an additional device driver to use all of the features or simple work in another operation system. The descriptions of the driver in the disk as follow. # Disk $ROOT Readme.txt: A quick installation guide for using setup32.exe file Setup32: Automatic setup program TXTSETUP.OEM: Install Information $Windows 95/98/ME Directory (Directory of Win9X) AEC67160.MPD: For Windows 95/98/ME SCSI device driver AEC67160.
AEC-67160 Ultra160 SCSI Adapter 4.2 Device Driver Installation 4.2.1 Windows 95/98/ME Environment Automatic Setup Install Automatic Setup for Windows 95/98/ME before plugging the SCSI adapter into the system. 1. Insert disk1. 2. Press [Start] then click on [Run]. 3. Type A:\setup32.exe or press [Browse] to find this file. 4. Press [enter]. Then it will install SCSI driver. 5. Shut down the system. After completing software automatic installation, plug the SCSI adapter into the system.
AEC-67160 Ultra160 SCSI Adapter 3. Select the“Search for the best driver for your device (Recommended)“. Then click on “Next”. 4. Windows will tell you that the system has found the driver for it and is going to install the dirver.
AEC-67160 Ultra160 SCSI Adapter 5. Select “Specify a location“. Please insert the directory of AEC67160.inf for it (such as a:\WIN9X). 6. Please follow the rest of the instructions, system will complete the setup automatically. 7. Restart the computer.
AEC-67160 Ultra160 SCSI Adapter Verify the SCSI Host Adapter After the system has boot-up, follow the instructions below to check the Device Manager and find out whether the AEC-67160 has installed successfully or not. The method of entering the “Device Manager” as below. Step 1. Enter “My Computer”, and shows the below message.
AEC-67160 Ultra160 SCSI Adapter Step 2. Double click on the “Control Panel”, which shows below message. Step 3. Double click on the “System”. Enter the “Device Manager” then click on the “SCSI controllers” to check whether you have installed the ACARD AEC-67160 adapter successfully or not.
AEC-67160 Ultra160 SCSI Adapter Updating Driver in Windows 95/98/ME Environment After installed the AEC-67160 driver, it might require updating the driver to the latest version or are installation may required due to installation failure. In the case, please go to the “Control Panel” and follow the procedures to change the driver. 1. Go to Device Manager. 2. Select on SCSI controller. Please aware that the SCSI Adapter has not installed properly when a “!” sign has shown in front of SCSI Controller.
AEC-67160 Ultra160 SCSI Adapter 1. Then click on “Properties”. 2. Choose Drivers then press the “Update Driver”. 3. Then follow the “Manual Installation’s Step 2 to step 7” to complete the installation. If the Windows 95/98/ME system could not identify which device links to the AEC-67160, a yellow question mark will be shown in front of the “Other Device” instead of the SCSI Controller. Then select the Other Device icon to change the driver.
AEC-67160 Ultra160 SCSI Adapter 4.2.2 Windows NT Environment Driver installation is required when it is the First Time to Setup Windows NT into the System AEC67160.SYS is designed for Microsoft Windows NT miniport drivers. It allows driver connects to SCSI devices (which support by Microsoft) 1.Insert Windows NT boot disk and booted from floppy disk. (If booted from CD-ROM or installed from hard disk, please press “F6” for the first booting screen) 2.Follow the Windows NT setup procedure. 3.
AEC-67160 Ultra160 SCSI Adapter To maximise the data transmission, it is highly recommended for all Windows NT user to install the newest AEC-67160 driver to the system. Add SCSI driver into Windows NT 4.00 1. Double click on “My Computer”, enter “Control Panel” 2. Double click on “SCSI Adapters”.
AEC-67160 Ultra160 SCSI Adapter 3. Choose Drivers then click on “Add”. 4. Click on “Have Disk” to select the right driver for the SCSI adapter.
AEC-67160 Ultra160 SCSI Adapter 5. Key-in the directory of driver for Windows NT, such as “A:\Winnt ” 6. Please follow the instructions to complete the installation.
AEC-67160 Ultra160 SCSI Adapter 4.2.3 Windows 2000 Environment Driver installation is required when it is the First Time to Setup Windows 2000 into the System AEC67160.SYS is designed for Microsoft Windows 2000 miniport drivers. It allows driver connects to SCSI devices (which is supported by Microsoft) 1.Insert Windows 2000 boot disk and boot from floppy disk. (If boot from CD-ROM or install from hard disk, please press “F6” for the first booting screen) 2.Follow the Windows 2000 setup procedures. 3.
AEC-67160 Ultra160 SCSI Adapter The driver can be installed manually after plug in the AEC-67160. Please follows the instructions at below: 1. Turn on the computer after plug the adapter in. The system will search for “New Hardware”. 2. The system will detect the new devices and ask for directory to access the device driver. Please select “Search for a suitable driver for my device (Recommended)“. Then click “Next“ to move on.
AEC-67160 Ultra160 SCSI Adapter 3. Following the wizard, Windows will ask for the driver files’ locations. Please select “Specify a location”. 4. Then select “Browse“ to search for the driver’s directory of AEC67160.inf for it (such as a:\Win2000).
AEC-67160 Ultra160 SCSI Adapter 5. The wizard will find a driver for SCSI adapter. Click on “Next“ to install the driver. 6. Click on “Yes” to continue the installation.
AEC-67160 Ultra160 SCSI Adapter 7. Follow the instructions, the system will complete the setup procedures automatically.
AEC-67160 Ultra160 SCSI Adapter Verify the SCSI Host Adapter After the system has boot-up, follow the instructions below to check the Device Manager and find out whether your AEC-67160 has installed successfully or not. Please enter to the “Device Manager” by the following procedures. Step 1. Enter “My Computer”. Step 2.
AEC-67160 Ultra160 SCSI Adapter Step 3. In “System Properties” screen choose “Hardware” first then click on “Device Manager”. Step 4. In the “SCSI and RAID controllers” item double click on “ACARD AEC67160 PCI Ultra160 LVD/SE SCSI Adapter” to make sure whether the device has connected to AEC-67160 successfully or not.
AEC-67160 Ultra160 SCSI Adapter Chapter 5 Troubleshooting When the AEC-67160 Ultra160 SCSI Adapter has installed but not function properly, please follow by the troubleshooting at below. 1. Check power supply. When it starts to check the malfunction devices, please check the power status (ON / OFF). 2. Check host adapter. Ensure the adapter card is seated properly in the slot on the motherboard. 3. Check all connectors and cables.
AEC-67160 Ultra160 SCSI Adapter Appendix 1 Optional SCSI-IDE Bridge Products Overview The AEC-7720U/AEC-7720UW Ultra/Ultra Wide SCSI-IDE bridge is dedicate as a general-purpose bridge of SCSI (Small Computer System Interface) to IDE (Integrated Device Electronics) interface. With ACARD micro-controller core built-in, it enables a much flexible and stable usage for highly exploring application. AEC-7720U/AEC-7720UW supports a wide range of IDE devices such as hard disk drive, CD-ROM, CD-R, DVD-ROM, etc.
AEC-67160 Ultra160 SCSI Adapter AEC-7720UW Bridge Adapter CN1 - SCSI ID Switch connector & Activity LED jumper CN2 - 68-pin SCSI connector CN1 CN3 - TP jumper, default is ON CN2 SCSI ID Switch Connector SCSI Connector CN4 - TE jumper, default is ON CN1 Active LED CN5 - 4-pin DC power connector Left CN7 - 40-pin female IDE port CN3 TP Jumper CN4 TE Jumper CN7 IDE Port 38 CN5 Power Connector
AEC-67160 Ultra160 SCSI Adapter Appendix 2 Technical Support Form Email: support@acard.com http://www.acard.
