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EP-USB66 Table of Contents Chapter 1: Introduction .............................................. 5 Components Checklist .......................................... 5 Overview of EP-USB66 ......................................... 6 Chapter 2: Hardware Installation .............................. 7 Directions ............................................................... 7 Detailed Board Layout ........................................... 7 Chapter 3: Software Installation ................................
EP-USB66 Introduction Chapter 1 Introduction Components Checklist A EP-USB66 User’s manual B C D E EP-USB66 Card UltraDMA-33/66 cable USB LOOPBACK cable Windows 95/98/NT drivers User’s manual A B C C D D -R o m or E Page 5
Introduction EP-USB66 Overview of EP-USB66 The EP-USB66 is a complete IDE and USB solution for the most demanding hardware configurations. A combination UltraDMA-66 EIDE controller and Universal Serial Bus (USB) Hub makes the EP-USB66 a superb addition to any PC based system. UltraDMA-66 Controller The UltraDMA-66 portion built using the advanced HPT-366 PCI Host Adapter chip is capable of up to 133 MBytes/sec burst data transfer rates on the PCI Local Bus.
EP-USB66 Hardware Installation Chapter 2 Hareware Installation Directions Thank you for using EPoX products! This chapter will discuss some general steps needed in order to get your new diagnostic card installed and operational. Safety precautions: Static electricity can severely damage your equipment. Handle the EP-USB66 and any other device in your system with extreme care and avoid unnecessary contact with system components on the mainboard.
Hardware Installation EP-USB66 PCI Card Installation Installing the EP-USB66 is a simple task. Simply remove your computer’s case cover to gain access to the inside of the computer. The card will fit into any 32-bit PCI slot on the motherboard. Below are some basic steps for installation. 1. Power off the computer and unplug the power supply. 2. Remove the computer’s case cover. 3. Remove the slot cover of an available PCI slot. 4. Install the EP-USB66 PCI card into the available PCI slot and secure. 5.
EP-USB66 Spftware Installation Chapter 3 Software Installation Motherboard BIOS Configuration UltraDMA-66 Controller The EP-USB66 has its own onboard BIOS that will automatically configure any IDE devices attached to the card. For this reason the user does not need to configure any additional options in their BIOS for parameters, heads, sectors, etc. Booting of the system and to what drives and/or controllers have boot priority are dependant upon the motherboard’s BIOS.
Software Installation EP-USB66 Windows 95/98 UltraDMA-66 Driver Installation Systems With Windows 95/98 Already Installed Usually, when you plug the EP-USB66 card adapter into your system and boot up the Windows 95/98 system, the system will be able to detect the “HPT366 Ultra DMA host Adapter” automatically and ask you to install the driver for HPT366. You can follow the instructions prompted by the system to install the driver. Otherwise, you can install the driver by the following steps: 1.
EP-USB66 Spftware Installation Systems Without Windows 95/98 Already Installed Install Windows 95/98 as normal. Once Windows 95/98 setup is completed the EPUSB66 card’s UltraDMA-66 controller may be listed with a yellow exclamation or question mark in the Device Manager or Control Panel / System Icon. This is because Windows 95/98 detected the device during setup but did not have a driver available. 1. Windows 95/98 must be installed on the system prior to installing the driver. 2.
Software Installation EP-USB66 Windows 95/98 USB Hub Driver Installation Systems With or Without Windows 95/98 Already Installed USB in any configuration requires at least Windows 95 OSR2.1 or Windows 98. If your system uses an older version of Windows 95 before the OSR2.1 release then you need to upgrade your operating system to at least Windows 95 OSR2.1 or use Windows 98. Since Windows 95 OSR2.1 (w/USB support) and Windows 98 already support USB no further action is required by the user.
EP-USB66 Spftware Installation Windows NT 4.0 UltraDMA-66 Driver Installation Systems With Windows NT 4.0 Already Installed The HPT366 based controller has been designed to let you add additional high performance device(s) to your current computer system. Therefore your computer should have the Windows NT 4.0 operating system already installed. When Windows NT is up, install the UltraDMA-66 card device driver as follows: 1.
Software Installation EP-USB66 3. Partitioning Your Hard Disk If the hard disk drive attached to the HPT366 host adapter has not been partitioned and formatted yet, you need to partition it first. To partition the hard disk drive attached to the HPT366 host adapter, follow tips below: a. Click the Startup button. b. Go to Administrative Tools (Common). c. Run Disk Administrator. d. Select disk number you would like to partition. e. Select the menu Partition. f.
EP-USB66 Spftware Installation b. Make sure that a power cable is properly attached to each drive attached to the HPT366 host adapter. If the driver has been started and you still cannot access the hard disk drive attached to the HPT366 host adapter, the hard disk drive might have not been partitioned and formatted yet. You may need to partition and format it. 5. Removing a Host Adapter Removing a host adapter can be as simple as physically removing it from the slot when your computer is shut down.
Software Installation EP-USB66 Windows NT 4.0 USB Hub Driver Installation Systems With or Without Windows NT 4.0 Already Installed Sorry Windows NT does not support USB devices. If you wish to take advantage of USB devices you should use Windows 95 OSR 2.1 (w/USB support), Windows 98, or Windows 2000.
EP-USB66 Appendix Appendix A Fr equentl y Ask ed Questions equently Asked Technical Support Welcome to the EPoX technical support pages. We are working hard to answer all of your questions. In this section you will find commonly asked questions our support department is asked by users. Tips to install PC cards w Take time to ground yourself before handling your new motherboard or PC cards. Static electricity causes intermittent/non fatal damage which may be hard to diagnose.
Appendix EP-USB66 When I boot up my computer I get a floppy (or hard drive) failure. Is my motherboard and/or EP-USB66 card bad? With your floppy, and most other devices, it is very important that all cables line up to pin 1. Most cables have a colored stripe on them. That color stripe must line up to the pin 1 on the IDE controller port.
EP-USB66 Appendix Will the IDE ports on the EP-USB66 work with my hard drive and CD-ROM? If your devices are 40 pin they will most likely be detected. If your hard drive is listed as IDE, EIDE, UltraDMA-33 or UltraDMA-66 it should function fine. A wide range of devices such as CD-R, CD-RW, DVD, ATAPI CD-ROM, LS-120, Tape and ZIP devices are also supported. If using UltraDMA-66 drives you must use an 80-conductor / 40-pin ‘UltraDMA-66’ IDE cable (1 included) to attach the drive to the controller card.
Appendix EP-USB66 IMPORTANT: If you wish to use FAT32 you must also use Windows 95 B (or later) as your operating system. Previous versions of Windows 95 and all versions of OS use FAT16 and are not compatible. Where do I get USB drivers from? Most versions of Windows 95 have no drivers for USB. This includes the Retail release, the service pack 1 for the Retail release, OSR 1, and OSR 2. The new version for OEM's, OSR 2.1 does have support. Microsoft has released both a new 2.
