Lindy 51135 Leaflet

 
 
 
 
 
 

 

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Thank you for purchasing the LINDY RAID SATA II 4 Port PCI Host 
Adapter. This add-on card provides a 32 bit, PCI interface on the host 
side and four, fully compliant Serial ATA II ports on the device.  
 
The card can be used to upgrade your desktop computer to have 4 
Serial ATA Channels and to support RAID 5, RAID 0+1, RAID 0, RAID 1 
and JBOD features. It can control four independent Serial ATA channels. 
Each channel has its own Serial ATA bus and will support one Serial 
ATA device. 
 
The card supports Serial ATA Generation 1 & Generation 2 transfer 
rates of up to 1.5Gbps / 3Gbps. It comes complete with drivers for 
Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows 2003. 
 

 
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4 Port SATA II PCI Host Adapter 

LINDY No. 51130 

ƒ This 

Manual 

ƒ Driver 

CD 

 

 
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Compliant with PCI Specification, revision 2.2. 

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Integrated PCI DMA engines. 

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32 bit fully compliant PCI host interface. 

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Four high speed SATA ports, each supporting 1st generation & 2nd 
generation SATA data rates of 1.5Gbps/ 3Gbps. 

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Provides RAID 0 (Striping) to greatly increase the performance of 
data transfer by simultaneously writing data to 2 drives. 

LINDY No. 51135

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Provides RAID 1 (Mirroring) to protect the data from a disk failure 
by writing identical data to 2 drives. 

ƒ RAID 

0+1 

(Mirrored-Stripping) combines both Striping and Mirroring 

technologies to provide both the performance enhancements that 
from Striping and the data availability and integrity from Mirroring. 

 

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Fully compliant with SATA specifications. 

For Home and Office Use 
Tested to Comply with FCC Standards 

The Individual features for the different models  
 
LINDY No. 51130: SATA II – RAID 4 Internal Ports 
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Supports four independent internal ports 

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Special shielded and durable SATA connectors on each internal 
port 

 
LINDY No. 51135: SATA II – RAID 4 External Ports 
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Supports three internal ports and one external port  

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Special SATA II connectors on the external Port (eSATA) to support 
Mobile HDD, Mobile CD-ROM, Mobile DVD and Mobile CD-RW etc.

  

 

Before installing the controller card we recommend you study the SATA 
Raid5 manual PDF on the supplied CD. You can find it in the following 
directory: 
 

1. 

Power off your computer 

2. 

Remove the case cover screws and remove the case 

3. 

Locate a spare 32-Bit PCI slot 

4. 

Unscrew the PCI slot blanking plate and retain the screw 

5. 

Carefully insert the PCI card into the slot. Make sure it is seated 
correctly 

6. 

Secure the card using the retained screw 

7. 

Replace the case and reinstall the screws 

8. 

Power on your computer and proceed 

 

 

Creating and deleting RAID sets is a function found in the BIOS. During 
boot up, the RAID setting message will appear and pause for a few 
moments to allow the user to choose what to do. This board will act as a 
normal NON-RAID card when the BIOS is not configured for RAID.  
 
 

5.1  Creating Striped Sets (RAID 0) 
1. 

As the BIOS boots, press CTRL+S or F4 to enter the RAID utility. 

2. Select 

Create RAID set. Press Enter. 

3. Select 

RAID 0 then press Enter. 

4. Select 

Number of hard drive. Press Enter.  

5. Select 

RAID size. Press Enter. 

6. Press 

Y to save your settings. 

7. Press 

CTRL+E and then press Y to exit the setup. 

8.  Continue with conventional Fdisk and Format steps as if you were 

installing a conventional hard drive. 

9. 

Your RAID configuration is complete. Please proceed to the software 
installation section. 

 
5.2  Creating Mirrored Sets (RAID 1) 
1. 

As the BIOS boots, Press CTRL+S or F4 to enter the RAID utility. 

2. Select 

Create RAID set. Press Enter. 

3. Select 

RAID 1 then press Enter. 

4. Select 

Auto configuration. Press Enter. 

5. Press 

Y to save your settings. 

6. Press 

CTRL+E and then press Y to exit the setup. 

7. 

Continue with conventional Fdisk and Format steps as if you were 
installing a conventional hard drive. 

8. 

Your RAID configuration is complete. Please proceed to the 
software installation section. 

  
5.3  Creating a Mirrored-Striped Set (RAID 10) 
1. 

As the BIOS boots, press CTRL+S or F4 to enter the RAID utility. 

2. 

Select Create RAID set. Press F2. 

3. 

Select RAID 10 then press Enter. 

4. 

Select Auto Config. Press Enter. 

5. 

Press Y and then press ESC to exit the setup. 

6. 

Continue with conventional Fdisk and Format steps as if you were 
installing a conventional hard drive. 

7. 

Your RAID configuration is complete. Please proceed to the 
software installation section.