Rosewill RC205 Computer Hardware User Manual


 
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User Manual
SATA-150 1-Int/1-Ext Port PCI Adapter RC205
This Manual for the Models of 2 Channels SATA HBA:
Model A: Low Profile Serial ATA Internal 2 Ports
Model B: Low Profile External 1 Port + Internal 1 Port
Model C: Low Profile Internal 1 Port + External 1 Port + Bracket Power
Model D: External 2 Ports + Bracket Power
1. Introduction
The Low Profile Serial ATA 2 Channels PCI Host Adapter is a PCI to dual Serial ATA host controller
board which can support Low profile PCI and regular size PCI both. It provides a 32bit, 33/66
MHz PCI interface on the host side and dual, fully compliant Serial ATA ports on the device side
to access SATA storage media such as hard disk drive, ZIP drive, CD-ROM, CD-RW, DVD-ROM.
The board can be used to upgrade your desktop computer to have dual Serial ATA Channels. It
accepts host commands through the PCI bus, processes them and transfers data between the
host and Serial ATA devices. The board should be connected to SATA target device and will take
the data, serialize it and output it for transmission over the SATA interface. The board can control
two independent Serial ATA channels. Each channel has its own Serial ATA bus and will support
one Serial ATA device.
The board supports a 32-bit 33/66 MHz PCI bus revision 2.2 and the Serial ATA Generation 1
transfer rate of 1.5 Gb/s (150 MB/s).
It comes completely with drivers for Windows 98, Windows Millennium, Windows NT 4.0,
Windows 2000 and XP.
1.1. Features
1.1.1. PCI Interface
• Compliant with PCI Specification, revision 2.2.
• Integrated PCI DMA engines.
• 32 bit, 33/66MHz fully compliant PCI host interface.
1.1.2. High Speed Serial ATA Interface
• Dual high speed Serial ATA interface Channels, each supporting