Customer Review: I tried this device on an old pentium mx machine and it worked great, it recognized my usb keys and an external 500GB disk. It also recognized my usb mouse and keyboard.
Customer Review: Will let you run 8 SATA drives from two 8087 break out cables. Card works fine in my x16 PCI-E video slot (using onboard video for the server). Only con is no documentation, but you shouldn't really need any. Cables are not included, but since the cables you want vary on your setup that is also ok.
Customer Review: I ordered 2 of these, and the first one works fine, delivering appropriate transfer rates. The second is either a defect or result of a poorly designed product, at the very least indicitive of a lack of Quality Control at the factory. These come with a rubber cover that goes on the end of... more info
Customer Review: I bought a SATA hard drive and when I opened up my computer case to install it, I discovered that I only had 2 SATA ports on my motherboard, both of which were already being used. I needed a cheap way to add the hard drive to my computer and this did the job. I had no problems installing the card... more info
Customer Review: I have just purchased this card for use in an at-home ESX4i system. The card is immediately recognized without any additional driver hackery, and shows up as a controller in ESXi. There is a cable included, which allows me to attach my SATA disks. HOWEVER. As the manual states, which you'll see... more info
Customer Review: So I did a lot of research on PCIe RAID cards, and decided this card was a contender. In actual application, what you find out is that they use the WHOLE DISK for whatever RAID type you select. Arcane, and also an inexcusable thing to leave out of all documentation. So if you are like me, perhaps... more info