Promise Technology FastTrak TX4000 User Manual

FASTTRAK TX4000 QUICK START GUIDE Version 1.2

FastTrak TX4000 10 Defining Typical Application Usage Allows the user to choose the type of PC usage that will be performed in order to optimize ho

Quick Start Guide 11 Step 5: Installing Software Drivers Following are driver installation procedures for the Windows operating systems that support

FastTrak TX4000 12 New Windows XP Installation The following details the installation of the FastTrak TX4000 drivers while installing Windows XP. 1.

Quick Start Guide 13 Existing Windows XP Installation After installing the FastTrak TX4000 card and rebooting your system, Windows XP setup will sho

FastTrak TX4000 14 New Windows 2000 Installation The following details the installation of the FastTrak TX4000 drivers while installing Windows 2000

Quick Start Guide 15 Existing Windows 2000 After installing the FastTrak TX4000 card and rebooting your system, Windows 2000 setup will show a “New

FastTrak TX4000 16 New Windows ME Installation The following details the installation of the FastTrak TX4000 drivers while installing Windows ME. 1.

Quick Start Guide 17 Existing Windows ME Installation The following section details the installation of FastTrak TX4000 drivers on a system that has

FastTrak TX4000 18 New Windows NT4.x Installation The following details the installation of the FastTrak TX4000 drivers while installing Windows NT4

Quick Start Guide 19 Existing Windows NT4.x Installation The following section details the installation of FastTrak TX4000 drivers on a system that

FastTrak TX4000 2 Copyright © 2002 Promise Technology, Inc. Copyright by Promise Technology, Inc. (Promise Technology). No part of this manual may b

FastTrak TX4000 20 New Windows 98 Installation The following section details the installation of the FastTrak TX4000 drivers while installing Window

Quick Start Guide 21 Existing Windows 98 Installation The following section details the installation of FastTrak TX4000 drivers on a system that has

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Quick Start Guide 3 Step 1: Unpacking Your FastTrak TX4000 When you receive the FastTrak TX4000 Series Controller Card, the package should contain t

FastTrak TX4000 4 Step 2: Installing the FastTrak TX4000 Card The FastTrak TX4000 Controller card fits into any available 32-bit PCI slot (must be

Quick Start Guide 5 Step 3: Installing the Hard Drives Important If you wish to include your current bootable ATA drive using the Windows NT4.x, W

FastTrak TX4000 6 IDE 2IDE 4IDE 3IDE 1LED Pin 1 Figure 2. TX4000 card You must use an 80-wire, 40-pin cable when connecting a hard drive to the Fast

Quick Start Guide 7 Step 4: Creating Your Disk Array The FastBuild Configuration Utility offers several menu choices to create and manage the drive

FastTrak TX4000 8 Creating Arrays Automatically The Auto Setup (1) selection from the Main Menu can intuitively help create your disk array. It will

Quick Start Guide 9 Optimize Array for Select whether you want Performance (RAID 0), Security (RAID 1 or RAID 0+1) under the Optimize Array for sett