Magma EB1H User Manual

Chapter 2     Hardware Installation               13  

If the installation was unsuccessful you may see a small yellow 

 

(bang) in front of the PCI Express Root Port, or nothing may be visible 
at all. 

If any of these devices are not displayed as shown above, you should 
shut down your system (computer first, then ExpressBox) and reconnect 
the cables and the Magma ExpressCard to ensure that you have a solid 
connection. Restart Magma ExpressBox

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; then restart the computer.  

Next, try to verify the installation again, as shown above. If you are still 
having problems, review 

Chapter 3 Troubleshooting

 before contacting 

Magma Technical Support at (858) 530-2511. Additional troubleshooting 
help is available online at 

http://www.magma.com/support

. 

When using Mac OS X no additional software or drivers are needed to 
verify correct the installation the Magma ExpressBox

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. However; your 

3rd Party card may require a driver to work properly. Contact the card’s 
manufacturer to obtain the latest drivers.  

For desktop installations only, the following screen maybe displayed the 
first time you turn on your computer with the Magma ExpressBox

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 host 

card installed.  

 

Choose OK.  

MacOS X is prompting you to choose a PCI Express profile that 
maximizes the performance of your attached devices.  The Magma 
ExpressBox

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 functions at x1 PCI Express speed so it will operate at 

maximum no matter which slot is used.