User manual
SATA300 TX4302 User Manual
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Yes. The SATA300 TX4302 Controller card is designed to accommodate the
newer PCI bus speed and is backward compatible with 33MHz speeds.
How can I change the resources that the SATA300 TX4302 uses?
The SATA300 TX4302 Serial ATA Controller cards are fully PnP. This
means all the resources that it uses are given to it by the PnP BIOS on the
motherboard. The SATA300 TX4302 supports IRQ sharing, but this will not
work unless ALL the concerned devices support the feature. If your
motherboard allows you to control the assignment of these resources, you
may be able to remedy the problem by:
• Changing the IRQ assignments to the PCI slots in the motherboard
BIOS during boot up.
• Reset the configuration data in your CMOS. This is usually an option in
the PnP section of your CMOS.
• Otherwise, switch the SATA300 TX4302 card to a different PCI slot.
Drive Issues
Do the disk drives on the SATA300 TX4302 Controller have to be the same
size?
No. The disk drives connected to the SATA300 TX4302 Controller do not
have to be the same size, make or model.
I already have an older Promise controller. Can I move the disk drives to my
new SATA300 TX4302 controller?
Yes, provided your drives are Serial ATA disk drives.
If I have a problem with one of the drives on the SATA300 TX4302
Controller, how can I low-level format it to correct the problem?
Do NOT do this! Low-level formatting the physical drives is not only
unnecessary but it generally does not correct problems commonly
experienced during use, such as bad sectors or ECC/CRC.
Try running the disk drive manufacturer’s diagnostic utility. The action
typically requires you to connect the drive directly to the motherboard
controller. If the utility cannot correct the problem, replace the disk drive.
Do I have to install disk management software on my array in order to
access the full storage capacity of drives?
No! Disk management software will only complicate things. The logical drive
should be fully addressable by your OS as it is. Remember that some
operating systems have varying limits on the sizes of partitions and logical