Rosewill RC203 User manual

SATA to IDE HOST Adaptor RC203
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IDE to SATA HOST Adaptor RC203
IDE to SATA Host Adapter
1.Introtuction
This Bridge Board is a converter solution for the Serial ATA Device. It has a standard 22 pin SATA
port which can interface to a Serial ATA device (hard disk, CDROM, DVD, CD-RW, etc).
It accepts Parallel ATA (IDE) commands through the 40 pin IDE connector from the host, decodes
the commands and converts them to Serial ATA commands to the device. Response from the
device through the SATA bus are deciphered, processed and converted to parallel ATA protocol
and sent to the host.
The SATA-to-Ultra ATA/133 Converter Board supports the Serial ATA Generation 1 transfer rate
of 1.5 Gb/s (150 MB/s) on the serial ATA side and is compatible with Ultra ATA-133 on the parallel
ATA side.
1.Features
1.1.Overall Features
• Compatible with Ultra ATA 133 specifications.
• Supports all types of SATA storage devices. (DVD, DVD-RAM, MO, CD-ROM, CD-RW,
Hard Disk, ….)
1.2. Serial ATA Features
• Compliant with Serial ATA 1.0 specifications.
• Supports Serial ATA Generation 1 transfer rate of 1.5Gb/s.
• Supports Spread Spectrum in receiver.
2. Installation
1. Decide the master or slave of this future IDE device
and choose the right choice by jumper.
Master
Slave

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IDE to SATA HOST Adaptor RC203
2. Connect the RC203 to your SATA device.
3. Plug the IDE cable to RC203 and please remind the
direction of IDE PIN.
4. Plug the 4 PIN power cable to your computer.
*** Bootable device shall be set on Master Mode (JP3).
*** Please make sure that your PC is shoot down during your hardware installation.
For our professional suggestion. This card with your SATA device is not a hot swap
device and please shoot down your computer before you want to connect this device.
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