This guide outlines the essential steps for setting up your ACE Lab PC-3000
Following the physical setup, the focus shifts to the operating system environment. ACELab recommends a specific, stable environment, typically favoring versions of Windows such as Windows 10 or Windows 7, depending on the specific software build. It is highly advised to use a fresh, clean installation of the OS to avoid driver conflicts and ensure maximum system resources are available for the resource-intensive recovery processes. After the OS is loaded, the next step is driver installation. When the PC-3000 hardware is detected by the system, the user must manually direct the Device Manager to the specific drivers provided by ACELab. This step is crucial; without the correct driver signature, the software will be unable to communicate with the hardware controller, rendering the suite non-functional.
Disable Driver Signature Enforcement (temporary):
Phase 7: Connecting Your First Drive (Test Run)
Use a dummy drive first. Not a customer's data drive.
6.2 Drive Port Mapping
- Go to Utilities → Ports Configuration.
- For each SATA port on the PC-3000 card, assign:
Common Pitfalls (And How to Fix Them)
| Symptom | Likely Fix | | :--- | :--- | | "No card found" | Reseat the PCIe card. Reinstall Jungo drivers. | | Blue screen on boot | SATA mode must be IDE. Disable C-States in BIOS. | | Dongle not recognized | Install Sentinel HASP drivers manually from the DVD. | | COM terminal gibberish | Baud rate mismatch. Set to 9600 or 38400 in utility. |