Question 1

Does this card work with Intel Z170? (looking to add more SATA ports to a new build)

Accepted Answer

This board is made to connect to a SATA port on the motherboard. It then gives you 5 SATA 2 ports to use. Note: SATA 2 ports supporting SATA 2 devices only, even if the motherboard is SATA 3. No drivers are required.

In my experience, the boot process is necessary to to have any connected SATA devices recognized, I have not been able to obtain "hot plug and play" when this device is connected to a motherboard SATA port.

Question 2

Does this work with SAS drives?  I have adapters for the SAS drives to connect to SATA and I have an LSI controller however I don't have enough SATA ports on the controller for all my drives. With three of these I can get all my drives hooked up and have a room for a few more drives. BUT will it work with SAS drives is the question.

Accepted Answer

Hi,

What I’ve read SATA disks can be connected to SAS controllers, but not opposite. SAS disks will not work with SATA controllers.
Probably, a configuration of SAS disks connected to SATA PM connected to SAS controller won’t work.

Question 3

This product is listed as SATA III, yet SATA II is reference often under the Details and Features section. Will this support SATA III at least between the MB and the multiplier (i.e. 6 GB/s)?

Accepted Answer

I have used this card, and it will not support SATA III speeds with it's JMB321 chip.

Question 4

Does this card work with z87? I'm hoping to use it on a GIGABYTE GA-Z87N-WIFI board and I want use a video card in the only PCI-e slot, however I need the extra sata ports more.

Accepted Answer

No, the card will not work with Intel's integrated SATA ports.  This is not the fault of the card but because Intel does not currently support port multipliers.  As port multipliers are not supported only one drive will show up.  I found out the hard way.

Question 5

Does this work with ASUS A68HM-E?

Accepted Answer

This should work with anything that has a SATA port.

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