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October 13, 2006
Two Port External PCI Express SATA Solution
A review of the FirmTek SeriTek/2SE2-E Two Port External Serial ATA PCIe Host Adapter
FirmTek is shipping the SeriTek/2SE2-E ($99.95) two port Serial ATA PCI Express host adapter. It is the first SATA host adapter that provides boot capability for Dual-Core and Quad Macintosh G5 systems. The SeriTek/2SE2-E is fully compatible with the PCI Express bus architecture found in Apple's Dual-Core G5 Macintosh and newer PC computers. This 1x PCIe SATA host adapter provides two external SATA II ports which support both SATA I and SATA II hard drives. The SeriTek/2SE2-E can mount individual hard drives and has RAID capability using Disk Utility. The SeriTek/2SE2-E includes a PCIe host adapter and a manual on CD when purchased by itself or it is also available in the SeriTek/2SEN2-E bundle ($289.95)
which includes one SeriTek/2EN2 external dual-bay hot-swap SATA enclosure, and one SeriTek/2SE2-E PCI Express (PCIe) adapter. With this SATA host adapter installed in a PCIe PowerMac G5 the user has two bootable external eSATA ports.System Requirements
Mac OS X 10.4 or later.
Compatible with PowerMac G5 Dual Core models with PCIe.
Provides a one-lane PCI Express to 2-port Serial ATA II host controller.
Requires up to two external SATA 3.5" hard drives.
The SeriTek/2SE2-E provides a PCIe SATA host adapter with PowerMac G5 boot capability. In addition, the
SeriTek/2SE2-E is a great tool for expanding SATA capabilities at a reasonable price. You can see more details about this product at the FirmTek web site.JOIN AMUG!
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Contact Information:
FirmTek, LLC
29300 Kohoutek Way #120
Union City CA 94587
Tel: 510.675.9800
http://www.firmtek.com
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