Rosewill RC205 User Manual
SATA-150 1-Int/1-Ext Port PCI Adapter RC205
User Manual
SATA-150 1-Int/1-Ext Port PCI Adapter RC205
User Manual
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
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SATA-150 1-Int/1-Ext Port PCI Adapter RC205
1st generation Serial ATA data rates. (1.5Gb/s)
• Fully compliant with Serial ATA 1.0 specifications.
• Supports Spread Spectrum in receiver.
• Independent 256-byte FIFOs (32 bit * 64 deep) per Serial
ATA channel for host reads and writes.
1.1.3. The Individual features for different Models
1.1.3.1. Model A: Serial ATA Internal 2 Ports
• Supports Independent two Internal Ports.
1.1.3.2. Model B: External 1 Port + Internal 1 Port
• Supports one External Port and one Internal Port.
• One Special Shell SATA connector on External Port to support Mobile
HDD, Mobile CD-ROM, Mobile DVD and Mobile CD-RW.
1.1.3.3. Model C: Internal 1 Port + External 1 Port + Bracket Power
• Independent one Internal SATA Ports.
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• One External Port and one Internal Port sharing one SATA Channel.
• One Special Shell SATA connector on External Port to support Mobile
HDD, Mobile CD-ROM, Mobile DVD and Mobile CD-RW.
• One USB-like Connector on board to provide 2A/5V DC
power output for Mobile Storage Devices using.
1.1.3.4. Model D: External 2 Ports + Bracket Power
• Independent two External SATA Ports.
• Two Special Shell SATA connector on External Port to support Mobile
HDD, Mobile CD-ROM, Mobile DVD and Mobile CD-RW.
• One USB-like Connector on board to provide 2A/5V DC
power output for Mobile Storage Devices using.
1.2. Package Contents
• Low Profile Serial ATA 2 Channel PCI Host Adapter
• This Users Manual
• Driver Diskette
• Low Profile Size PCI Bracket ( Not supported on Model D)
2. Software Installation
This section provides the information on how to install the drivers of Low Profile Serial ATA 2 Port
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