Feature

●6 SATA III ports with transfer speeds up to 6.0Gbps; backward compatible with SATA I/II at 1.5/3.0Gbps
●PCIe x4 Lanes board. Support both UEFI and Legacy Boot ROM. Work with UEFI or Legacy BIOS motherboards.
●Support SATA Command-based Port Multiplier switching and up to 30 SATA drives via six 5-port PM connections.
●No driver installation is required on Windows 10/8/7/Vista, Server 2008 and later, Linux, Mac OS 10.x and later.
●Fully RoHS compliant. Made in Taiwan.


Description

Add six SATA 6G ports with up to 6 Gbps data rates to your UEFI or Legacy computer.

Features

  • Connector:
    • 6x SATA (7 pin; DATA) Plug Receptacle
    • PCI Express x4 Male
  • Controller: ASMedia ASM1166
  • Software:
    • No driver installation is required on Windows 11/10/8/7/Vista, Server 2016/2012/2008 and later; Linux; Mac OS X 10.x and later. The AHCI drivers are natively built-in on most Operating Systems
    • Boot ROM on board support OS Booting for Windows and Linux
    • Combo UEFI & Legacy (CSM) Boot ROM supports both UEFI and Legacy BIOS modes
  • Data transfer rate:
    • Up to 6 Gbps
  • System Requirement:
    • An empty PCIe x1, x4, x8, or x16 slot.
  • Supports PCIe 3.0 and PCIe 2.0 motherboards
  • Compliant with PCI Express 3.0
  • Fully compliant with Serial ATA 3.2 and AHCI rev 1.4
  • Supports SATA Port Multiplier, HDD, SSD, Optical Drive and Blu-Ray Drive
  • Supports ATA and ATAPI commands
  • Supports SATA Command-based Port Multiplier and up to 30 SATA drives via 6x 5-port PMs
  • Supports SATA Hot-plug, and Native Command Queuing (NCQ)
  • Low Profile PCIe form factor card on a regular size bracket with an additional Low Profile bracket included
  • Pin headers on board for Device LED connection
  • Fully RoHS compliant
  • Made in Taiwan

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  • Combo UEFI & Legacy (CSM) Boot ROM supports both UEFI and Legacy BIOS modes
  • No driver installation is required on Windows 11/10/8/7/Vista, Server 2016/2012/2008 and later; Linux; Mac OS X 10.x and later. The AHCI drivers are natively built-in on most Operating Systems
  • Supports Six (6) Port Multipliers with Command-based switching, resulting maximum 30 SATA drives in total when connecting with six 5-port PMs.
    • Number of Ports That Support Port Multiplier: 6
    • Number of Drives Supported Through Port Multiplier: 1 to 5
    • Number of Port Multipliers: 6

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In The Box

  • 6-Port SATA 6G AHCI PCI Express Host Adapter Card
  • One (1) low profile PCIe bracket
  • Quick Installation Guide

Product information