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HP Dc7900 | Using eSATA on HP Compaq dc7900 Business PCs - Page 1
Using eSATA on HP Compaq dc7900 Business PCs Introduction 2 Benefits of eSATA 2 BIOS / Software / Hardware Considerations 3 BIOS Interface 3 Software Drivers 5 Hardware 8 Limitations 10 1
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external mass storage devices, leading to eSATA (External Serial Advanced Technology Attachment) technology. Both the HP Compaq dc7900 Business PC Small Form Factor (SFF) and Convertible Minitower (CMT) form factors have full eSATA support. Benefits of eSATA There are many competing external storage
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/ Software / Hardware Considerations BIOS Interface The system BIOS enumerates eSATA devices as removable storage devices. There is no F1 notification with the insertion or removal of an eSATA device. The Removable Media Boot
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previous HP Compaq dc7xxx Business PCs, which had a default SATA emulation mode of IDE (legacy). While the eSATA port works in IDE mode, hot-plug functionality is not available. The SATA emulation mode must be set to AHCI or RAID for hot-plug support. In addition, a hot-plug capable AHCI driver must
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hot-plug support does require an AHCI driver with hot-plug support to be loaded in the operating system. In addition, the system must be set to SATA emulation mode of AHCI or RAID in BIOS (See "BIOS Interface" on page 3). The Windows XP or Vista image that ships with the HP Compaq dc7900 Business PC
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tool designed to insert mass storage drivers into an offline Microsoft Windows XP image. For more information and instructions on OPK or MSDINST.EXE go Newmsd.inf contents: [SysprepMassStorage] PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2822&CC_0104 = C:\AddAHCI\iastor.inf PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_3A02&CC_0106 = C:\AddAHCI\iaahci
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packages for Windows Vista. For more information and instructions on OPK or PKGMGR.EXE, go to http:// For example: HP-AHCI.xml is located in C:\AddAHCI pkgmgr.exe /o:"C:\;C:\Windows" /n:"C:\AddAHCI\HP-AHCI.xml" HP-AHCI.xml contents driver is located at C:\Compaq\MSD. The preinstalled Vista AHCI driver
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match what is in the INF or the AHCI driver will fail and the system will not boot. Hardware Both SFF and CMT form factors of HP Compaq dc7900 Business PCs have an eSATA connector on the system board. The following table provides the color coding for the SATA connectors: SATA Connector SATA0 SATA1
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Figure 5 Internal eSATA cable and bracket Figure 6 eSATA connector and bracket on an HP Compaq dc7900 SFF 9
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Figure 7 eSATA hard drive connecting to the eSATA bracket port Limitations eSATA hot-plugging is available only with BIOS and operating system support. eSATA hot-plugging is not possible in an operating system without an AHCI driver that supports hot-plugging such as DOS, Windows 9x, Windows NT4.0,

Section	Page
Using eSATA on HP Compaq dc7900 Business PCs	1
Introduction	2
Benefits of eSATA	2
Figure 1 Bandwidth comparison for external hard drive interfaces	2
BIOS / Software / Hardware Considerations	3
BIOS Interface	3
Maximum eSATA Speed	3
Figure 2 Maximum eSATA speed and SATA emulation in F10 Setup	3
Figure 3 Maximum eSATA speed warning	4
SATA Emulation Mode	4
eSATA Port Availability	5
Figure 4 eSATA device security	5
Software Drivers	5
1. Existing Windows Vista images.	5
2. New operating system installation.	6
3. Enhancing existing Windows XP images from IDE mode.	6
a. Boot into WinPE.	6
b. Run MSDINST.EXE from OPK.	6
c. Reboot the system.	6
d. Enter F10 Setup and change SATA Emulation mode to AHCI.	6
e. Reboot the system into Windows XP.	6
6. Enhancing existing Windows Vista images from IDE mode.	7
a. Boot into WinPE.	7
b. Run PKGMGR.EXE from OPK.	7
c. Reboot the system.	8
d. Enter F10 Setup and change SATA Emulation mode to AHCI.	8
e. Reboot the system into Windows Vista.	8
6. Updating existing Windows Vista images from Native AHCI to Intel AHCI.	8
Hardware	8
Figure 5 Internal eSATA cable and bracket	9
Figure 6 eSATA connector and bracket on an HP Compaq dc7900 SFF	9
Figure 7 eSATA hard drive connecting to the eSATA bracket port	10

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Using eSATA on HP Compaq dc7900 Business PCs

Introduction

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Benefits of eSATA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

BIOS / Software / Hardware Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

BIOS Interface

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Software Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

Hardware

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Limitations

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