Feature

●4 SATA III ports with transfer speeds up to 6.0Gbps; backward compatible with SATA I/II at 1.5/3.0Gbps
●PCIe x2 Lanes board with combo UEFI and Legacy Boot ROM enable the support of both UEFI and Legacy BIOS motherboards.
●Support SATA Command-based Port Multiplier switching and up to 20 SATA drives via four 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 four SATA 6G ports with up to 6 Gbps data rates to your UEFI or Legacy computer.

Features

  • Connector:
    • 4x SATA (7 pin; DATA) Plug Receptacle
    • PCI Express x2 Male
  • Controller: ASMedia ASM1164
  • 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 x2, 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 20 SATA drives via 4x 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
  • Temperature: Operating 0 - 85 ºC; Non-Operating -25 - 85 ºC
  • Humidity: Operating 20% - 80%; Non-Operating 15% - 90%
  • 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 20 SATA drives in total when connecting with six 5-port PMs.
    • Number of Ports That Support Port Multiplier: 4
    • Number of Drives Supported Through Port Multiplier: 1 to 5
    • Number of Port Multipliers: 4

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In The Box

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

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SATA Standard: SATA III SATA III SATA III SATA III SATA III SATA III
SATA Ports: 2 2 2 4 4 6
PCIe Interface: PCIe 2.0 x1 PCIe 2.0 x2 PCIe 2.0 x2 PCIe 2.0 x2 PCIe 3.0 x2 PCIe 3.0 x4
Controller Chip: ASM1061 ASM1062 ASM1062R Marvell 88SE9230 ASM1164 ASM1166
HW RAID: No No RAID 0/1/SPAN RAID 0/1/10 No No
Port Multiplier: No 2 x 1:5 PM 2 x 1:5 PM @Non-RAID mode 1 x 1:4 PM 4 x 1:5 PM 6 x 1:5 PM
Boot ROM: Legacy CSM Legacy CSM Legacy CSM Legacy CSM Legacy / UEFI Legacy / UEFI
Compatible System: Windows OS, Mac OS, Linux Windows OS, Mac OS, Linux Windows OS, Mac OS, Linux Windows OS, Mac OS, Linux Windows OS, Mac OS, Linux Windows OS, Mac OS, Linux
Country of Origin Taiwan Taiwan Taiwan Taiwan Taiwan Taiwan