Hardware requirements, Driver installation for host controller card – CalDigit S2VR HD Manual User Manual

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Hardware Requirements

• PC or Mac with an available PCI-e or PCI-x slot 500 Mhz or faster**

• CD-ROM drive

• 1GB of RAM minimum

**Note: You may be able to install the S2VR solution into an older Mac or PC, however your overall

performance will be slower than with newer systems

.

For uncompressed HD video editing, we recommend a Dual

G5 or newer CPU with1GB machine or better.

Installing the Host Controller Card FASTA-4e or FASTA-4x

Your S2VR HD comes with a Host Adapter card, PCI-e or PCI-x. You must have this card properly installed in your
computer in order for your computer to work with the S2VR HD Storage System.

1. Turn off your computer and unplug the AC cord, attached to wall or power strip, etc.
2.
Remove the cover of your computer and locate an available PCI-e or PCI-x slot on your motherboard & install
the required Host Adapter card.




Important Note: PCI-e and PCI-x cards are NOT interchangeable please check with your computers
original documentation to see which of these interfaces are supported in your particular system.

The PCI-x card will work with older PCI slots, however your performance will be reduced.

Driver Installation for Host Controller Card

1. Turn computer on.
2. Insert CD in CD-ROM drive.
3. Open CD, then open file CalDigit FASTA-4.pkg by double clicking on it.

4. Introduction Screen, CLICK Continue.






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