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PCI Sata card needed help
Hi all, my friend bought a raid card with 6 sata ports on it but when we
found out it isnt compatable with his mobo and his win 7 (but it is compatable with his win xp) we decided to skip the raid card and have just the extra 6 sata port somehow so is there a PCI card with 3, 4 or 6 sata ports to use with hard drives at 1TB? We have used up all his mobos sata ports and one of them is broken from a shody repair at a computer shop. Thanks, GK. |
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PCI Sata card needed help
On Feb 10, 5:21 pm, "Gabriel Knight" wrote:
Hi all, my friend bought a raid card with 6 sata ports on it but when we found out it isnt compatable with his mobo and his win 7 (but it is compatable with his win xp) we decided to skip the raid card and have just the extra 6 sata port somehow so is there a PCI card with 3, 4 or 6 sata ports to use with hard drives at 1TB? We have used up all his mobos sata ports and one of them is broken from a shody repair at a computer shop. Thanks, GK. Rosewill or Sybia, among others, on newegg. I've had some issues with 1.5-2TB and those cards mb controllers haven't. But they can be fun trying at other angles (got a SSD for instance that might be interesting for augmenting to a smaller 250G drive and the OS -- let the MB handle any real work with heavy drives). Really a mixed batch overall as far as reviews -- just have to get in there and look it over for the best chance. Mine wasn't much at all, fair enough sale for only two ports -- just doubt, in hindsight, I'll ever settle for a MB with less than 4 sata ports again. (Bad enough when upgrading the sound for a better card and increasingly no more than one PCI these days). Like I said, you should be at advantage with 1T drives on a decent controller selection. |
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PCI Sata card needed help
On Mon, 11 Feb 2013 09:21:15 +1100, "Gabriel Knight"
wrote: Hi all, my friend bought a raid card with 6 sata ports on it but when we found out it isnt compatable with his mobo and his win 7 (but it is compatable with his win xp) we decided to skip the raid card and have just the extra 6 sata port somehow so is there a PCI card with 3, 4 or 6 sata ports to use with hard drives at 1TB? We have used up all his mobos sata ports and one of them is broken from a shody repair at a computer shop. Thanks, GK. I've never seen a 3 port. 4 port cards are common. I've never seen a non-raid 6 port. |
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PCI Sata card needed help
Gabriel Knight wrote:
Hi all, my friend bought a raid card with 6 sata ports on it but when we found out it isnt compatable with his mobo and his win 7 (but it is compatable with his win xp) we decided to skip the raid card and have just the extra 6 sata port somehow so is there a PCI card with 3, 4 or 6 sata ports to use with hard drives at 1TB? We have used up all his mobos sata ports and one of them is broken from a shody repair at a computer shop. Thanks, GK. Just to show you they exist... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...Group_chipsets 88SX6081 8-port SATA II PCI-X Controller http://web.archive.org/web/200404141...0-%20Final.pdf Typically, chips like that are controlled by a RAID processor. For example, there might be an XOR processor underneath the black heatsink in this picture. RocketRAID 2322 (listed on Amazon for $274) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16816115028 With a decent driver, that chip could likely be used stand-alone on a plugin card. With perhaps, an EEPROM with BIOS Extended INT 0x13 routine on it (so the card can be used to boot the computer). But as far as I know, nobody makes such a card. I haven't been able to find one. ******* Most users with old PCI-only computers, would assume they're limited to SIL3112 or SIL3114 based solutions. But StarTech has been working on low-profile adapters. You could combine one of these with a low-profile PCI Express storage controller card (x1 slot). http://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-E...to+pci+express PCI Express chip | Bridge \ | |-- One of the two StarTech adapters does this... PCI Bus / Say I were to find a SIL3132 PCI Express card, in low profile format. In this example, not only does the PCB have a low profile, but they even included the correct low profile faceplate. You could combine this card with the previous product, to achieve putting a PCI Express controller, in a PCI-only computer. Note that physically, you always have to use low-profile card, since otherwise the resulting stack of stuff, would be too tall. If a 32 bit 33MHz PCI bus is used, the sustained disk transfer rate might peak at 100 to 110MB/sec. Whereas, the PCI Express chip itself, might be capable of going much faster. That would be important if connecting a 500MB/sec SATA III SSD. http://www.amazon.com/SD-LP-PEX2IR-P...ywords=sil3132 ******* Now, if I combined one of these with the StarTech adapter, I get my eight ports. But I think this card costs $185. A bit expensive, when what I wanted was a $50 card. http://www.addonics.com/products/ad2ms6gpx8.php Note that the odds of all these bits and pieces lining up, is poor. I'm just demonstrating that there is enough "junk" available from the silicon companies, to build a solution. The x8 card may not fit in the x1 adapter, for example. (It would, if an open-ended connector was used on the StarTech adapter board.) ******* An alternative, is to use something like a couple SIL3114 cards. But then, I don't know if the driver handles that situation correctly. Some manufacturers seem to lack imagination, and they don't bother to do the firmware and software, such that multiple cards will work properly. The SIL3132 chip, apparently the RAID driver is supposed to know how to combine multiple SIL3132 chips (up to 20 disks total???). But there could be other chips, where one plugin card works fine, but if a second card is added, it either isn't detected, or it doesn't work right. Before buying two or more cards of any storage product, you need to find a testimonial from someone who has tried it, and proved it works. Adaptec is normally pretty good at supporting multiple identical cards. ******* You can use a Port Multiplier box. Such a box, accepts one SATA port from the motherboard, and makes five ports on the disk side. The protocol supports up to maybe fifteen disks (addressing limit), but hardware isn't made with that large a fanout. Since a Port Multiplier box typically retails for $100, it isn't exactly cheap. And it requires a host chip (like a SIL3132), that supports FIS (frame interleaved switching???). The tricky part, is figuring out whether an existing motherboard port, could host one of these. (More research required...) http://www.sataport.com/ SIL3132 card ---- Port 0 ---- five_port-port_multiplier_box ---- 5X (FIS) ---- Port 1 ---- five_port-port_multiplier_box ---- 5X Using a solution like that, about $230 or so, might get you ten ports for separate disks. This is an example of a chip that could be used to build a Port Multiplier box. "SiI3826 SATA Port Multiplier" http://www.siliconimage.com/products...t.aspx?pid=202 (Previous generation SIL3726 port multiplier. If the 3826 is pin compatible, perhaps designs can be upgraded with no effort.) http://web.archive.org/liveweb/http:...DS-0121-C1.pdf ******* So far, two SIL3114 cards is about the only thing that comes remotely close to a $50 solution. Whereas a budget of $400 probably yields a lot of different solutions. And generally speaking, no matter what you select, it requires research. And having a PCI-only motherboard doesn't help matters, because at least a part of the industry has transitioned to PCI Express. Paul |
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PCI Sata card needed help
On 10/02/2013 22:21, Gabriel Knight wrote:
Hi all, my friend bought a raid card with 6 sata ports on it but when we found out it isnt compatable with his mobo and his win 7 (but it is compatable with his win xp) we decided to skip the raid card and have just the extra 6 sata port somehow so is there a PCI card with 3, 4 or 6 sata ports to use with hard drives at 1TB? We have used up all his mobos sata ports and one of them is broken from a shody repair at a computer shop. Thanks, GK. I use an Adaptec RAID 1430SA http://www.adaptec.com/en-us/product...ry/aar-1430sa/ pick it up on ebay somewhere for a few $$ i have 3 x 2TB and a single 3TB running of it in a win 7 x64 but update boards firmware/bios first JIm |
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