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$ >SATA is for inside the box, SW COMPATIBLE operation. $ $ Not my experience so far looking at the PCI config space data for at $ least one of those new SATA/PATA PCI add-in boards. $ $ $ $ *** Hale Landis *** www.ata-atapi.com *** $ Probably because the PCI add-in card has to work with a native host controller already in place. SATA native host controllers should work just fine. Think about the PATA-SATA bridges on the market. $
