You might also try shopping at newegg.com or AMazon, where you can read customer reviews before buying.
rogerX
--- In simplycomputers2@yahoogroups.com, "John Graves" <clifff@...> wrote:
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> So it does. Well, it didn't say that on the CDW site. thanks anyway. Great idea to go to manufacturer's site to look at tech specs before buying. Thank you!
>
> John
>
> --- In simplycomputers2@yahoogroups.com, "DianaT" <diana.thompson@> wrote:
> >
> > John,
> >
> > I googled the card, went to the Startech website link that came up and on the spec sheet it pretty plainly says it supports drives up to 500GB. Perhaps you did not read far enough down on the spec sheet. I would expect that most spec sheets would give maximum drive size supported and if not, then a call to Tech support would be in order.
> >
> > Diana
> >
> > --- In simplycomputers2@yahoogroups.com, "John Graves" <clifff@> wrote:
> > >
> > > I have looked all over the internet for DRIVE SIZE LIMITS on the various flavors of SATA interface, but inevitably all the specs boil down to speed, not size. Such as "3.0 GBit/s" and so on.
> > >
> > > I bought the startech PCISAT2IDE1 combo controller card from CDW.com, and what they won't tell you until you call tech support is that the max size of the SATA drive it supports is 500 gigs. It doesn't support my 1.5t drive so I have to return the Startech interface.
> > >
> > > How can I insure that the NEXT combo card I buy WILL support a 1.5t drive?? I am looking at Promise tech brand and Rosewill, but what if those interfaces don't support the drive size?
> > >
> > > John
> > >
> >
>
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