msnyder1{at}cfl.rr.com wrote:
> I'm considering expanding my storage with SATA drives.  My motherboard
> does not have an SATA controller.
> 
> Does anyone have an SATA II controller card working with the danis506
> driver, especially a controller card that also has a PATA controller? 
> Which one?
> 
> Do PATA devices such as CD and DVD drives have to be plugged into the
> controller card, or can one use the controller on the motherboard for
> them?
> 
I presently have a SATA-1 harddisk runninf off a Silicon Image chipped 
SATA PCI card and a DVD-ROM and DVD-RW running off the motherboard EIDE 
(PATA) controller. All work using the latest DANI drivers.

I believe that the DANI drivers also support SATA-II.

SATA PCI cards normally only come with two ports, however if you only 
have one SATA harddisk and one PATA CD/DVD Drive there are hardware 
convertors that you can plug onto PATA drives to convert them to SATA, 
so it may be possible to plug one of these convertors onto your CD.DVD 
drive but if you have the motherboard PATA (EIDE) connector, I would 
recommend you use this for your CD/DVD drive as I have and leave the 
SATA controller just for your harddisk (s).

Cheers/2

Ed.


 
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