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Hi all. I bought the startech 8 way SATA card and the cables that come with it are way to short which I am not happy about as they’re only half a meter.  I am struggling to find an extension cable that extends the mini-sata cable. Is there any help on this

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B09FY9FBTN/ref=ox_sc_saved_image_8?smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&psc=1&th=1

 

thanks  

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why do some have heatsinks while others don't with the same chipset?

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21 hours ago, CuriousMind said:

OMG.......

 

Okay, deep breaths. I had already ordered it before posting, so I tried a 6 port PCI-E SATA 1166 expansion card, booted unRAID, and nothing. Drives not detected. Okay, keeping calm.

 

I instead ordered a StarTech Non-RAID card (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09FY9FBTN?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details), installed in my case, booted unRAID, and.....nothing. Drives not detected. I have to assume that I am missing some vital step that other people who list these items as "plug and play" with their builds are otherwise doing. My luck cannot just be this bad.

 

Also currently dealing with my new cache drive having somehow not having any of my docker settings, despite following a very straightforward tutorial I have used before, but that is another blood pressure spike outside of this thread.

 

did you get this working as i was looking at this card to ?

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i am looking at the StarTech cards and a couple haev said these are a good branded card but what i noticed is these cards don't have a heatsink where's the cheaper unknown brand does, why is this? how can the StarTech card not need a heatsink like others  

 

also why does the 6-port need x4 pci but the 10 port only needs x2 pci ? i would have thought it would be the other way round or is this a chipset thing?

 

https://www.amazon.de/dp/B09K4WKHKK?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&pldnSite=1&th=1

 

even the 10 ports has no heatsink to 

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B09KDLKYRN/ref=ox_sc_saved_image_4?smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&th=1

 

thanks

 

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Hi all new here. 

 

I have my own built server using a Asus (P9Z77-V Pro) motherboard which has 8 sata ports and are now all used up and would like to know the best way to go to add a extra 4 or 8 ports. I am just wanting each drive to run on its own not as a raid or anything like that just as extra drives as i use external drives as backups.

 

https://www.asus.com/supportonly/p8z77v_pro/helpdesk_knowledge/

 

I was looking at these two

8 port

StarTech.com 8 Port SATA PCIe Card - PCI Express 6Gbps SATA Expansion Adapter Card with 4 Host Controllers - SATA PCIe Controller Card - PCI-e x4 Gen 2 to SATA III - SATA HDD/SSD (8P6G-PCIE-SATA-CARD) : Amazon.co.uk: Computers & Accessories 

Pericom - PI7C9X2G608GP
ASMedia - ASM1061

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B09FY9FBTN/ref=ox_sc_saved_image_1?smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&psc=1

 

or

4 port

StarTech.com SATA PCIe Card - 4 Port PCIe SATA Expansion Card - 6Gbps - Low/Full Profile - Stacked SATA Connectors - ASM1164 Non-Raid - PCI Express to SATA Converter (4P6G-PCIE-SATA-CARD) : Amazon.co.uk: Computers & Accessories

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B09KCH846V/ref=ox_sc_saved_title_7?smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&psc=1

 

6 port

StarTech.com SATA PCIe Card - 6 Port PCIe SATA Expansion Card - 6Gbps - Low/Full Profile - Stacked SATA Connectors - ASM1166 Non-Raid - PCI Express to SATA Converter (6P6G-PCIE-SATA-CARD) : Amazon.co.uk: Computers & Accessories

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B09JXXY1K6/ref=ox_sc_saved_title_1?smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&psc=1

 

I would like something that just works and have no problems. would you recommend these cards or something else as i have read about the LSI version but herd these can get very hot inside a pc as there mainly build for server racks.

 

oh, these must work well when pc is in sleep as i don't turn of the pc it just goes into standby

 

thanks for any help