Pexesat322i 2port Pcie Sata 6gbps Esata Controller Card

I used this to hook up two external SATA drive enclosures to my new computer. The card fit perfectly in my computer. I installed it and plugged in my drives and started up my machine. I then installed the latest driver from the startech.com site (nice site, BTW). Some of my drives were not recognized. I had to go into Windows Disk Management, where they were listed as Foreign Disks. Once they were "imported" Windows read the disks just fine. Everything seemed to work fine. But then, after working on the computer for about 15 minutes, got a blue screen of death. The error shown as DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE. After rebooting, got another BSOD, and another, and another. Every 15 minutes or so. This on a brand new computer. So I figured it must have something to do with the card since that was the only thing I had changed about the computer. I decided to walk it backwards one step at a time. I didn't want to uninstall the whole thing and start all over. So I went to the driver in Device Manger and just disabled it, then rebooted. Hmm, no more BSOD! What happens if I re-enable the driver now. Will the BSOD come back? It did not. So it seems like disable/enable the driver solved the issue. In retrospect, I should have installed the card, turned on the computer, installed the driver, then reboot. Then, shut down the computer, hook up the drives, and turn the computer on. I did these two steps as one. I highly recommend that you take it one small step at a time. Easier to sleuth problems that way. Other than that, this card has worked perfectly.

This is one of the few eSATA cards I have been able to find that supports having multi-bay eSATA docks connected to *both* eSATA ports simultaneously. These docks use SATA port multipliers (PMPs), and most motherboard chipsets do not support the PMP functionality well, even if they support eSATA. Even a lot of generic PCIe eSATA cards using this same Asmedia 1061 chipset don't always work well with PMPs, especially multiple ones attached to the same card. But this card works great! It's a little pricey compared to the generic alternatives, but worth every penny when you consider that it's a component that *needs* to be reliable. I am using it with a pair of Startech's SDOCK2U33RE dual-bay duplicator docks under Debian Linux 13, and it performs flawlessly. Seems to have no problem with big SATA disks (tested with disks up to 18 TB). You'll want to ensure the kernel limits the speed of the SATA link to 3.0 G, especially if you are using longer eSATA cables, like I am. But this combination is working flawlessly and I highly recommend this eSATA card.

Using it my Lenovo mini-server and has been working flawlessly to enable external SATA connections for software RAID on my OMV server. It's nice can work with SATA and eSATA connectors.

Here's the thing. This product is supposed to be compatible with Windows. And it is, just not the way it should be. Port multiplier which is the main reason I imagine most people by this product is flawed in Windows 10 and 11. By flawed meaning several of the drives refused to show. I've tried every configuration you can think of in the drives are just not present. And I know it's not the card It's the driver for Windows. That's right The driver is flawed How do I know it's the driver for windows? Because when the computer boots up all drives show. I have mine configured to use one external port, one internal port. After reading I came to learn that when it comes to the esada each side supports and eight drive Bay, each The external port is for an 8-Bay eSATA enclosure. The internal is for a internal drive. However and oddly enough The operating system that it claims to not support is the one operating system that port multiplier operates perfectly in, in fact all features of the device operate perfectly in this operating system and that operating system is Linux. That's right in Linux the driver is installed automatically no need for the CD or nothing additionally all drives in my media Sonic 8 Bay enclosure loads right up via eSata and internal. No fuss no muss. So perhaps StarTech needs to update their data to reflect that this card is indeed proper for Linux. They may not support it for Linux, But it works so perfectly What support does it need for Linux. I am using mine to power a plex media server, and might I say it runs solid as a rock in Linux that is

Install was easy. Windows 11 Pro picked them up right away, no driver necessary. I have bottom case fans, so heat shouldn't be a problem for me. Overall, happy to have them on board.

LGA775のPCでブートドライブ用に購入。 以前はSATA3.0の拡張カードに2.5インチSATA SSDを使用していましたがケーブルが鬱陶しく感じたため、もっと簡素化できないか探していたらこの製品に出会いました。 グラボ用のPCIe 2.0 x16_2スロットに挿したところ、あっさり認識して使用できました。 M.2 SATA SSDを2個使用してRAID0にしてシーケンシャルReadがSATA3.0のSSDより若干早い（660MB/s)程度でしたが、古いPCでこれだけ速度が出て且つブートドライブとして使用出来たので満足しています。 ハードウェアRAIDなのでRAIDドライバのインストールも特に不要で設定も楽に出来ました。 M/B：Asus P5Q3 Deluxe SSD:Transcend 830S 256GB×2枚 OS:Windows10 Pro 64bit v2004

Works great with Windows 11 25H

Plug n Play in my HPe DL380 G9. Now I can use dual NVMe in UEFI boot without any changes at all to bios or settings.

Ho acquistato questa scheda perchè serviva Port Multiplier. Su un unico cavo Sata riesco gestire più dischi rigidi. Ed in effetti funziona. Nessun problema. La velocità è nella media secondo lo standard Sata.

I needed this to put an extra SATA3 port on my older Z77 motherboard along with adding an E-Sata external port (yes, E-Sata ahaha!) I have an external IcyBox HDD bank and needed to connect it a bit quicker than USB 3.1 would do i.e. 6Gbps SATA Vs 5Gbps USB. Anyway, had a few boot up issues until I worked out what I was doing wrong (my fault, not StarTech). It is now up and running reliably and with the silly 'jumper switches which I hate (very fiddly) I can decide if I want 2 more SATA ports for my HDDs OR if I want 2 external E-Sata connections OR one of each. It is important to know that you can only have TWO of the ports operating at once - any combination of SATA or E-Sata but only TWO. Once you understand and are happy with that it is a great device to have on your machine. IMPORTANTLY, this card has a PORT MULTIPLIER. This means that any one of the SATA or E-Sata ports can handle MULTIPLE HDDs. If you tried this with a normal port WITHOUT a port multiplier you would have issues. I now have FOUR HDDs working from just ONE of the E-Sata ports on this StarTech card. It really is a remarkable little card. More ports would be nice but it is all I needed at this point. I have found StarTech very good with support in the past for other devices - I just called them for some advice on setup and they were great. The quality is more than worth it so don't be tempted by similar things on the web which are much cheaper. StarTech engineer these things properly to last - no bad surprises. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.