Sata II-150 Pci 2PORT Internal Controller
Posted by Siig Sata Raid on 11th November 2009 in Siig Sata Raid
Siig Sata Raid :
- SATA Internal Channels – 2
- SATA Cable Included – Yes
- Weight – 1lb
- OS Support – Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003
Product Description1. Adds two internal ports to your desktop computer for external drive connections 2. New Serial ATA cable — easier to install provides better air circulation 3. Supports SATA hard disk hot-plugging
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Sata II-150 Pci 2PORT Internal Controller 
I bought a SIIG SC-SAT212-S4 card a couple of months ago for a Western Digital 1TB drive- not as a boot drive, just extra storage. The card didn’t work but I ended up keeping it because it took forever to get replies from SIIG tech support and I exceeded the 30-day return limit. SIIG guessed (and I mean guessed) that the first card didn’t work because it was only SATA-1 and the drive is SATA-2. They told me to get a SATA-2 card. So I got this one. It also refuses to work. (I checked the drive, it runs perfectly. ) If you do insist on trying one of SIIG’s products, 1) Don’t bother with their tech support, they’re useless. 2) Make sure you allow enough time to ship it back before the 30-day return limit expires.
Rating: 1 / 5
Fails as a controller: If SATA is on the motherboard forget about this thing working with additional HDs or CDDVDs. Older Intel and AMD boards without SATA have a better chance of working with this item. Still have it in my parts junk drawer.
Rating: 2 / 5
This card gave me a fatal blue screen with the following error:
DRIVER-IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
SIIG’s support told me that this means that it will not work on my system. I did some investigating and discovered that this card is compliant with PCI v2. 3 specification and my motherboard supported only PCI v2. 2. Before you buy this card MAKE SURE your motherboard supports PCI v2. 3!
I have obviously never had a chance to test out the functionality of the card but I figured it deserved its low rating due to the irresponsible documentation which fails to issue this warning. Even SIIG’s online hardware compliance form failed to alert me to this.
If your motherboard supports it, I’m sure it will be a good card.
Rating: 2 / 5