User Guide

ASUS PCI-SC875 User’s Manual 3
This section explains how to physically install the SCSI card in your computer and
connect SCSI devices to it. You may need to run your computer’s Setup program as
part of the installation process. After the host adapter is physically installed, you
can change its configuration with the SDMS SCSI utility
You can install multiple SCSI cards in your computer if enough PCI bus slots are
available. Each SCSI card has two separate SCSI channels. If you install multiple
SCSI cards in your computer, you can enable the onboard BIOS on just one SCSI
card or on more than one of the SCSI cards.
Inserting the Host Adapter in a PCI Slot
1. Remove the cover from the computer case.
2. Carefully remove the host adapter from the antistatic bag. If you need to set the
adapter down, put it on top of the bag.
IMPORTANT: Keep the host adapter in its antistatic bag until you are ready
to install it. Before you pick up the adapter, ground yourself by touching an
unpainted surface on the computer chassis. Even a little static electricity can
destroy a host adapter component!
3. Find an unused 5volt PCI bus expansion slot that supports bus mastering. Make
sure this slot is unobstructed.
4. Remove the corresponding expansion slot cover from the computer chassis. The
slot cover is the metal strip in the back of the computer chassis that covers the
opening for the adapter’s external connector.
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WARNING: Computer motheboards and components contain very delicate
Integrated Circuit (IC) chips. To protect the motherboard and other compo-
nents against damage from static electricity, you should follow some precau-
tions whenever you work on your computer.
1. Unplug your computer when working on the inside.
2. Hold components by the edges and try not to touch the IC chips, leads, or
circuitry.
3. Use a grounded wrist strap before handling computer components.
4. Place components on a grounded antistatic pad or on the bag that came with
the component whenever the components are separated from the system.
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(Inserting Adapter)