User Manual
IDE to SATA HOST Adaptor RC203
IDE to SATA Host Adapter
1.Introtuction
This Bridge Board is a converter solution for the Serial ATA Device. It has a standard 22 pin SATA
port which can interface to a Serial ATA device (hard disk, CDROM, DVD, CD-RW, etc).
It accepts Parallel ATA (IDE) commands through the 40 pin IDE connector from the host, decodes
the commands and converts them to Serial ATA commands to the device. Response from the
device through the SATA bus are deciphered, processed and converted to parallel ATA protocol
and sent to the host.
The SATA-to-Ultra ATA/33 Converter Board supports the Serial ATA Generation transfer rate
of .5 Gb/s (50 MB/s) on the serial ATA side and is compatible with Ultra ATA-33 on the parallel
ATA side.
1.Features
1.1.Overall Features
• Compatible with Ultra ATA 33 specifications.
• Supports all types of SATA storage devices. (DVD, DVD-RAM, MO, CD-ROM, CD-RW,
Hard Disk, ….)
1.2. Serial ATA Features
• Compliant with Serial ATA .0 specifications.
• Supports Serial ATA Generation transfer rate of .5Gb/s.
• Supports Spread Spectrum in receiver.
2. Installation
. Decide the master or slave of this future IDE device
and choose the right choice by jumper.
Master
Slave
