4 Port SATA PCI Expansion Card &IDE VIA VT6421a chipset |
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Average Customer Rating:  
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Brand: Generic
EAN: 5000116057412
Label: nl
Manufacturer: nl
Model: VIA
Publisher: nl
Studio: nl |
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- Chipset: VIA VT6421a.
- Interface: 3 x Serial ATA ports (2 internal, 1 external) & 1 Ultra ATA port
- Supports SATA 1.0, 1.1 & 2.0.
- Ideal for flashing Xbox 360 Hard Drives
- Operating systems supported: Windows 98SE, Windows ME, Windows 2000,Windows XP & Windows Vista. Contents: SATA PCI adaptor,SATA data cable, Driver CD.
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Product Description
This 4 Port SATA PCI Card is with IDE and is compliant with Serial-ATA 1.0, 1.1 & 2.0 spec to upgrade your PC for Dual Serial ATA RAID Channels and one Parallel ATA (IDE).
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Problems, 2008-07-01
The low score, in my case, due to the device that I purchased not being compatible with the turn of the century P4 and PIII I use with the year 2000 dated Win 98SE. It did a bit better with the XP on my P4.
I now feel a need to change my motherboards, that seems likely due to effects of the Win 98 driver, a guess, though these boards should still be fully useable if I ever find a second hand MS disk of the Win 2000 OS. That comes for damage limiting Norton Utilities with channel 1 on my current HD expansion cards, not noticeable with an XP type OS.
My card was made by a Chinese company, using VIA components, so I had expected better.
The 4 port refers to two independent SATA 1 ports, one channel mirrored to allow an external drive or an internal. That means compatible with SATA 2 because of how SATA 2 is. There is also an PATA IDE port, allowing up to 2 additional PATA drives.
Not a 4 port card!, 2008-09-24
Having recived this card I now realise this is two port SATA card. One of the ports can be connected internerally or externally. The "fourth" port is an IDE port.
Seems like a pretty deceptive product name to me.
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