Hello,
I’m doing research on several PCIe SATA cards. Several of the cards share the same chipset such as Asmedia ASM1061 or Marvell SE889128. The cards come from various manufacturers such as Vantec, StarTech, or Syba. For the Asmedia ASM1061, both Vantec and Syba provide a driver via download. The Vantec driver is pretty current (2014) but the Syba driver is very old (2011). I’m leaning towards the Syba card because is has an LED header. So…
Is there anything manufacturer-specific about these cards? Am I able to use the driver provided by Vantec with the Syba card since they both use the ASM1061 chipset? Or, should I be using the “generic” ASM1061 driver that I have been seeing?
Thanks for any guidance.
-SJM
@ SJMarty:
Welcome at Win-RAID Forum!
The manufacturer/vendor of the card is irrelevant, you have to use the specific drivers, which are developed and released by the manufacturer of the on-board resp. on-card chipset.
Regards
Fernando
Great news…that helps a great deal.
I’m going to be connecting a Samsung EVO 840 SSD to the card. My OS is Windows 7 x64. Based on the research I’ve done, I’m leaning towards a card with the ASM1061 chipset. Some of the other options I’ve considered have the Marvell 91xx or 92xx chipset.
Do you recommend one of these chipsets over the other? In either case, where should I get the best/latest drivers?
Thank you!
No, there is not a big difference.
Within the start post of >this< thread.
At the bottom of the first message in the "additional remarks" section, the first bullet says…
Do these drivers still apply to these cards I have mentioned?
Thanks.