User manual

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Chapter 1: Introduction
SATA150 TX Series
Thank you for purchasing one of Promise Technology’s SATA150 TX Series
Controller cards. This controller allows you to install and enjoy the performance
advantage of the new Serial ATA hard drives in your existing PC rather than
spending the time, effort and money to upgrade to an all-new system.
The SATA150 TX2plus card supports up to two Serial ATA drives and up to two
Parallel ATA drives. The SATA150 TX4 supports up to four Serial ATA hard
drives.
Specifications
Serial ATA Interface
• Supports 150 MB/s transfers with CRC error checking
• Large LBA support for drives over 137 GB
• Data handling optimizations including tagged command queuing, elevator
seek and packet chain command
Ultra ATA Interface
• Standard ATA/IDE interface
• Supports Ultra ATA/133, Ultra ATA/100, and Ultra ATA/66 drives
• Supports CRC error checking for Ultra ATA drives
• Separate timing control for two devices attached to one ATA channel
Host Bus Interface
• Supports PCI Local Bus Specification 2.3
• Supports up to 266 MB/s burst data transfer rate across PCI bus
• Supports up to 66 MHz PCI bus speed
• Provides 32-bit bus mastering with 0-wait states
Physical/Environmental
• Operating Temperature range 32° to 122°F (0°C to 50°C)
• Relative Humidity range 5% to 95% (non-condensing)
• Universal (5V and 3.3V) PCI Signaling