SATA Articles

What capacity hard drive can I attach to my FastTrak S150 TX and Sata150TX controllers?

2004-06-17T16:09:00.0000000

Product: SATA150 TX4

Product Description: HBA

Platform: all

Firmware/Bios Version: all

Solution: The FastTrak S150TX and Sata150TX controllers have a 48-bit LBA BIOS to support drives larger than 137 GB.

Can I use older drives on the FastTrak S150 TX2plus and SATA150 TX2plus controller's parallel ATA connector?

2004-06-17T16:06:00.0000000

Product: SATA150 TX2 Plus

Platform: Windows

Solution: The parallel ATA connector on the FastTrak TX2plus and SATA150 TX2plus supports Ultra ATA/100 and Ultra ATA/133 drives.

I get error message Data Is Invalid when trying to install or update the Promise driver.

2004-06-17T16:04:00.0000000

Product: SATA150 TX2 Plus

Product Description: HBA

Platform: all

Firmware/Bios Version: all

Additional Description: This error is due to a protection problem in the Windows registry and can occur with a variety of drivers (sound cards and SCSI drivers have been reported).

To fix this problem :

Go to Start, Run... and type "REGEDT32.EXE" without the quotes to run the Registry Editor.

Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\PCI and you will see a number of keys of the form "VEN_xxxx", where xxxx are strings like "1102&DEV_0004&SUBSYS_00011103&REV_04". Under each of these folders will be another folder with a long numerical name.

Open each folder and look for the "DeviceDesc" which matches the hardware you are trying to install. Highlight the key "VEN_xxxx" for that device and select 'Security'-'Permissions' from the top menu and then check "Full Control" and click OK.

Close REGEDT32 and then continue with the installation of your device.

How do I boot from the Ultra100TX2 if I already have a SCSI card in the system?

2004-06-17T16:02:00.0000000

Product: SATA150 TX2 Plus

Product Description: HBA

Platform: all

Firmware/Bios Version: all

Booting from Ultra 100TX2 w/additonal SCSI Controller in System, BIOS, Configuration, PCI Slot preference, CMOS BIOS settings.

If you have an actual SCSI controller in the system, the computer will attempt to boot from whichever controller is seen first. To get one controller to be seen before another, you must get it’s BIOS to load first. Manipulating the BIOS address that the card is set to use normally does this. However, the Ultra100 is fully PnP. This means that only the PnP BIOS on the motherboard can control which resources our card uses. In most cases, the PCI slot with the highest priority will be assigned the lowest BIOS address. On most motherboards, the PCI slot with the highest priority is PCI slot #1.

Why can't I see the Promise card scan during the system boot?

2004-06-17T15:38:00.0000000

Product: SATA150 TX2 Plus

Product Description: HBA

Platform: all

Firmware/Bios Version: all

Additional Description: The Power On Self Test or "POST" should show devices attached to system during the boot

Solution: There are several reasons why this cannot be seen. You may have the splash screen from the system BIOS enabled (could be shadow or quiet boot) and this should be disabled for diagnostic.

This usually indicates a conflict with another device in the system. To determine which device is conflicting, remove all other PCI peripherals and disable all devices on the motherboard such as USB, LAN, and SCSI. Also, for troubleshooting purposes, try disabling USB boot, PXE boot, Rapid Boot/Quick boot, and Silent Boot. If the card is still not seen there may be a motherboard BIOS conflict. Try the Promise card in another motherboard to confirm this.