Need a PCI SATA card

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Hi guys, I need some help.

I need more SATA ports on my server. It is an OLD Socket A mobo. Biostar I believe.

A while ago I bought a promise SATA PCI controller card but I could not get the mobo to recognize it (due to drivers I assume).

Can anyone recommend a cheap SATA PCI controller card that should easily be compatible and not too hard on the drivers? Im not looking for RAID or anything just simple HD expansion. Thanks.
 
I have a 2 port version of that Syba card. I had to go hunting for an alternate non-raid firmware that allowed me to boot from this drive (it did not show up in the BIOS as a boot device until I flashed the firmware). Be aware of this if you plan to use this as a boot drive. Other wise, it won't matter and should work just fine as long as you load the drivers in windows.
 
Guys, big problem.

So I got the Rosewill card. Plugged it in. And it detects the drive connected to it fine. But is just frozen in DOS mode in the Detecting Array screen.

Then says press Ctrl+s or F4 to enter RAID utility. But it just frozen at this screen and doesn't respond to the keyboard or anything!

I do not want RAID on this thing. Any advice on what to do?

*BTW, if I unplug the drive from the card it boots fine.
 
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