4-Port USB 3.0 PCI Express(x1) with 15-pin SATA & Mini 4-pin power connectors

4-Port SuperSpeed USB 3.0 PCI Express (x1) (4 external ports) with 15-pin SATA & Mini 4-pin power connectors

Specifications:

Fully compliant with one-lane (x1) PCI Express 2.0 specification

Four (4) external 5Gbps SuperSpeed USB 3.0 ports

USB 3.0 complies with Intel eXtensible Host Controller Interface (xHCI)

Up to 5Gpbs maximum transfer rate (*1)

SuperSpeed USB 3.0 offers 10 times performance increase over Hi-Speed USB 2.0 (*1)

SuperSpeed USB 3.0 is backwards compatible with USB 1.0/1.1/2.0 devices

Built-in with both 15-pin SATA & mini 4-pin Power Connector for added power source to better support power hungry bus-powered devices (*3)(*4)

Unique design to provide the flexibility on using either the 15-pin SATA or mini 4-pin power connector (*3)

Ideal connection for digital cameras, scanners, printers, external CD/DVD/Blu-Ray writers, hard disk drives, flash memory drives and etc.

Fully Plug-N-Play and Hot Swap compatible

Supports 32-bit & 64-bit Windows Vista/Server 2008/Windows 7/Windows 8 & Linux (*2)

**To achieve the maximum throughput, the PCI-Express slot must be version 2.0 or higher. Performance per port may decrease if both ports are transferring data simultaneously due to limited throughput of the PCI-Express slot. Please visit following web page for more information of PCI-Express v1.0 and 2.0. Click here
Electrical Specifications: Power Input: 15-pin SATA or mini 4-pin power connector Output Voltage per Port: DC +5V Output Current per Port: 900mA (max) Operating Temperature: 0 ~ 40 C

System Requirements:

PC with 1GB of RAM and 1.0GHz or faster processor

One (1) available PCI Express slot

32-bit & 64-bit Windows® Vista/Server 2008/Windows 7/Windows 8 or Linux (*2)

*1 To meet USB 3.0 transfer speed, high quality USB 3.0 cables and devices are required
*2 Supports both 32-bit & 64-bit OSes
*3 Make sure the power is well connected, otherwise you will see a "Power Surge on Hub Port" message error and no 5V bus power in USB ports
*4 Connects either the 15-pin SATA or mini 4-pin power connector only

Package Contents:

One (1) PCI Express card

One (1) low-profile bracket

Software drivers CD

User manual

CablesOnline Part Number: USB3-PE44