🔌 StarTech.com PCIe eSATA Controller Card - 2 Port SATA 6 Gbps - 6Gb/s - 6 Gbit/s - PEXESAT32 Review

I bought some cards and chipsets to try with a JMicron535 8-drive port multiplier enclosure running ZFS RAIDZ2. The StarTech PEXESAT32 was $26, had a Marvell 88SE9230 chipset, 2 eSATA ports but only 1 PCIe lane. Setting iommu=pt (passthru) on the grub command line transparently detected the drives in the enclosure. I can see that they are on a specific bus, but other than that they look like they are connected directly to the motherboard and work the same when used independently. When sending…

I ran into numerous problems, here's what I did: BSOD: Blue Screen. I installed the card on my computer and installed the drivers (ASMedia) from Startech.com. Only rebooted to find everything was corrupted. I couldn't boot Windows anymore. Deleted the card and still couldn't boot. Had to reinstall windows from my backup partition. Solution: Run the ASMedia driver installation as an administrator. When I restored everything and started, I realized what else do I have to lose at this stage? I…

Why does Revain mix 6 different models in a list that have 6 different capabilities? I can't tell which ratings apply to which cards. Stupidity. This is for the PEXESATA32 card - 2 eSATA ports. Important limitations about this card. * There are 2 eSATA ports, but only 1 can be used at the same time with Port Multiplier. The PM supports up to 8 drives, although most users use 4 or 5 with their external arrays.* If one port uses an eSATA pm connection, the other connection only supports an HDD…