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TIP :  you can connect ATA harddisk on the SATA port with AC Ryan's SATA to ATA Adaptor Kit and imstantly enjoy the blazing speed of SATA 150MB/s data transfer.

* 2 on the ATA and 1 on the blazingly fast SATA. Or simply use 2 on the SATA.

TIP : Download the SATAraid manager here from our download page.

AC Ryan
SATA+ATA PCI Combo Card:
ACR-SA5514

Highspeed 150MB/s (1.5Gbps)
RAID 0 / 1
supports larger than 137GB harddisk
external SATA port

It's revolutionary, it's new, it's AC Ryan. For the serious users, AC Ryan unleashes it's Serial-ATA product line with the a unique PCI Combo Card equipped with EXTERNAL. For the die-hard hard disk :-) addicts, it means being able to plug in a hard disk externally without opening the system or using one of those external harddisk casings. And to add to your harddisk appetitie, the Combo Card features an extra ATA port too for 2 more ATA harddisk.

ATA has reached its max. limit at 133MB/s and S-ATA springs off at 150MB/s (1.5Gbps). There are plans for 300MB/s and 600MB/s versions in the next 5 years. click here to read more about the benefits of S-ATA and comparisons with ATA.

Serial-ATA has been planned & ready for some time as the next technological step. Finally the harddisks are here!!! Don't wait anymore - if your system does not have SATA, of if your system has only 1 SATA port and you have 2 harddisk or you simply want MORE harddisks - the AC Ryan SATA+ATA PCI Combo Card is the ultimate.

Key features

• Compliant with Serial ATA Specification, revision 1.0
• Allows you to connect both new S-ATA harddisk and existing Ultra ATA 133/100/66 harddisk to the latest Serial ATA host adapter
• with external S-ATA port for using harddisk externally without external harddisk cases
• 2x independent 150MB/s (1.5Gbps) SATA channels
• fast data transfer 150MB/s (1.5Gbps)
• supports large capacity harddisk greater than 137GB
• RAID 0 (striping) / RAID 1 (mirroring) software included

Specifications:

• fully compliant with Serial ATA (SATA) 1.0 specification with data rates up to 150MB/s (1.5Gbps)
• 2 independent SATA channels supporting one SATA device on each channel
• ATA channel is shared with SATA channel : 1 SATA + 1 ATA channel when ATA is in use
• supports harddisk larger than 137GB
• independent 256-byte FIFOs (32bit*64 deep) per Serial ATA channel for host reads and writes
• compliant with PCI specification 2.2 integrated PCI DMA engines
• 32bit, 33 / 66 MHz fully compliant PCI host interface
• RAID operating system drivers : Windows98 / Me / NT4.0 / 2000 / XP
• RAID 0 (striping) / RAID 1 (mirroring) software included

Package contains:

• PCI Combo Card
• English manual
• driver diskette incl. RAID drivers
• 1x SATA cable

** RAIDmanager software available free for download here

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