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Serial ATA PCI
Quick Installation Guide
04-0265F
Introducing the Serial ATA PCI
The
Serial ATA PCI
is an ultra high-speed dual channel
Serial ATA controller board for use in Pentium-class
computers. It achieves burst data transfer rates up to
150MB/s (1.5Gb/s) and supports various brand of hard
disk drives with capacities greater that 137GB.
Features and Benefits
•
Add up to two high-speed SATA hard drives
•
New Serial ATA cable - easier to install & provides
better air circulation
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Compliant with Serial ATA 1.0 specification
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Compliant with PCI 2.3 specification
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Supports data transfer rate up to 1.5Gb/s
(150MB/s)
•
Two independent bus master DMA channels with
256-byte FIFOs per channel for host reads and writes
•
Breaks the 137GB barrier! Works with various brands
of large capacity Serial ATA hard disk drives
System Requirements
•
Pentium
®
or equivalent PC with an available PCI
slot
•
Windows
®
98SE / ME / NT4.0 / 2000 / XP (32-/64-
bit) / Server 2003 & 2008 (32-/64-bit) / Vista (32-/
64-bit)