SYBA SD-SATA150R PCI SATA Controller Card - Retail

It works...sort of...

Reviewed By: Chauncy on 11/18/2009

Tech Level: average - Ownership: 1 day to 1 week

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: Sort of works. I use to run a DVD drive, and it does read the discs.

Cons: I can't boot from it. A big "Con".

Other Thoughts: All 4 of my SATA ports on the MB are full of hard drives. I use this card to run the DVD drive. Windows 7 identified it and installed drivers; now Windows won't let me install the drivers from the CD that came with the card--says the currently installed drivers are up to date. Not being able to boot with it is a deal breaker. It seems like the machine doesn't recognize the DVD drive until it's too late to boot from it. I'm at a loss as to what to do.

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Great for old Dells

Reviewed By: on 10/10/2009

Tech Level: high - Ownership: more than 1 year

Pros: Inexpensive, compact, and comes with a SATA cable.

Uses the popular SI3112 chipset, which has XP, Vista, and Windows 7 drivers.

Cons: Doesn't come an adapter to convert old-fashioned molex connectors to SATA; this must be bought separately.

Other Thoughts: I've used mine in several different Dells, first a 4550, then a 3000, and now a 2350.

I used one of these cards to upgrade a 2350 from 80gb IDE and CD-ROM to 300gb SATA and BD-ROM.

This card can be of great help when cloning a Windows installation over to another machine. Before the clone, install one of these cards in the source machine and install the drivers. Then perform the clone and move the card to the target machine and attach the new drive to it. Windows can then boot and the plug 'n' play subsystem can update the chipset drivers for the target machine, after which the Syba can be removed.

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Reviewed By: on 9/30/2009

Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 day to 1 week

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: Inexpensive

Cons: Card is not recognized and will not install properly. Drivers will NOT install from either the supplied CD or ones downloaded from chip Mfg. web site.

Other Thoughts: I purchased this card to install it on a new build of a P4 based server running Microsoft's Windows Home Server O/S.
I purchased a new older Asus P4B 478 socket board, and am using an on hand Intel P4 1.6Ghz CPU and 512 MB Corsair DDR. I purchased a new 640 GB WD SATA drive (from Newegg) for its primary storage. It is not very complecated project and, the Syba card even provides limited instructions for a "new" install for Windows Server 2003 which is the core of my new WHS O/S. No reason for the card not to install easily as directed. After struggling for days with many install options I finally installed the card into one of my newer computers running Vista and it was not even recoginized a "New Hardware. So I rebooted to an XP Pro partition and still no recognition. One never seems to realize you usually get what you pay for. By the time I paid for shipping, return RMA shipping and then shipping for the replacement I could have just ordered a card with more "PROMI$E"

Manufacturer Response:Dear Customer,

Thank you for purchasing our products. We apologize for any inconvenience. We try to provide the most reliable products to our customer and all our products come with at least 3 years warranty. Please don't hesitate to contact us at support-us@syba.com for replacement or if you have any question.

Regards,
Syba Customer Service 1001

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