User Manual
1
DP SATA II PCIe
Installation Guide
04-0936A
Introduction
The DP SATA II PCIe is designed to add two Serial ATA
channels for connecting up to two hard disk drives to
your PCIe equipped system.
Features and Benefits
• Compliant with PCI Express Base Specification
Revision 1.0a
• Compliant with Serial ATA 1.0a specification with
support for full complement of SATA II optional
features
• PCI Express 1-lane (x1) SATA II adapter works with
PCI Express slots with different lane width
• Installs in any available PCI Express slot and
supports data transfer rates up to 3.0Gbps (300MBps)
• Spare enhanced low profile bracket is included to
work in low profile chassis
• Supports Native Command Queuing (NCQ), Non-
zero offsets NCQ, and Out-of-order data delivery
NCQ
• Independent command fetch, scatter/gather, and
command execution
System Requirements
• PCI Express-enabled system with an available PCI
Express slot
• Windows
®
8 (32-/64-bit) / 7 (32-/64-bit) / Vista (32-
/64-bit) / XP (32-/64-bit) / 2000 / Server 2003 &
2008 (32-/64-bit) / Server 2008 R2 / Server 2012