StarTech.com 2 Port PCI Express Internal SATA II Controller Card PEXSATA22I

I bought this product not to expand SATA headers but to replace them. My mini-itx motherboard seemed to have fried SATA headers so I bought this pci card instead of buying a new motherboard which would cost me around $70. It worked great right out of the box with Windows Vista x86 and I guess it would work great with any version or edition of Windows (either x86 or x64). No problems with it, cheap and solid. Completely satisfied with my purchase.

I purchased this item about a month ago (04/2010) for a Dell i630 running Windows 7 Pro (64-bit). I use it to control two LightScribe-capable DVD drives as I use the internal 4 ports to support 4 hard drives. The card I received does not come with a Windows 7 driver, however, the Vista driver seems to work just fine. I recommend this controller card for non-critical usage. For me it "just worked" out of the box.

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Product Description This 2 Port PCI Express Internal Serial ATA Controller Card adds two internal SATA II (SATA /300) ports to a computer through simple installation into an available x1 PCI Express slot. Supporting data transfer speeds of up to 3.0 Gbps, the SATA controller card features Native Command Queuing support to ensure optimum performance. Using a native PCI Express single chipset, the internal SATA controller card provides enhanced compatibility, reliability and performance for your storage needs. The controller card includes both standard form factor and low profile brackets, allowing you to add SATA capability to virtually any PCI Express enabled computer, regardless of the case form factor

Product Features
• Adds dual internal SATA ports at speeds up to 3 Gbps for either full or low profile computer systems
• Supports hard drives larger than 136GB with 48-bit LBA and native PCI Express chipset instead of a bridge chip to ensure fast, reliable operation
• Backed by a StarTech.com lifetime warranty and free lifetime technical support
• 2 internal SATA ports
• 48-bit Logical Block Addressing (LBA)
• Boot ROM enabled
• Drive Hot-Plugging support
• Support for Native Command Queuing

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