1
eSATA II ExpressCard
Quick Installation Guide
04-0417C
Introducing the eSATA II ExpressCard
The eSATA II ExpressCard is an ultra high-speed dual
channel Serial ATA Generation 2 controller.
Features and Benefits
• Adds two eSATA (external Serial ATA) ports to
your ExpressCard equipped notebook or desktop
computer for external drive connections
• Supports data transfer speeds up to 3 Gb/s (300
MB/s)
• Compliant with Serial ATA 1.0a specification with
support for full complement of SATA II optional
features
• Supports Native Command Queuing (NCQ), Non-
zero offsets NCQ, and Out-of-order data delivery
NCQ
• Independent command fetch, scatter/gather, and
command execution
• Supports SATA hard disk hot-plugging
• Breaks the 137 GB barrrier! Supports various brands
of large capacity Serial ATA hard disk drives
System Requirements
• ExpressCard-enabled system with an available
ExpressCard/54 slot
• Windows
®
7 (32-/64-bit) / Vista (32-/64-bit) / XP
(32-/64-bit) / Server 2003 & 2008 (32-/64-bit) / 2000