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- Perth, Western Australia
I have an 8 port PCIe IOCrest card on a Windows 8.1 on an UEFI bios motherboard. I bought it from this
Notes:
Hangs for 20-30 seconds if no HDD/SSD is connected to the card.
Not a symptom of being defective.
SATA ports are bootable.
Supports Optical Drives. <---------
Supports 3TB/4TB GPT drives
in the description.
I didn't have an X2 slot so I used an X16 slot. Switched on and waited through the delay as expected. Switched off and plugged in a 3Tb HDD and a Bluray burner. Switched on and waited an EXTRA 90 second display.
My system used to boot in about 30 seconds, now it took about 2 minutes....
I could see the HDD okay but couldn't see the Bluray burner. Tried a few switch ons and offs - no improvement.
Contacted Uittek from whom I bought the card. Got rudeness and the ONLY help they could/would give - "Our engineers say it should work on Windows 8 driver". Contacted Shenzhen IOCrest (the manufacturer) and left a support request and got nothing (no reply) from them.
Uittek claimed that Windows 8.1 was "too new" in one of their emails so I suspect the card may not work on Windows 8.1. I have a Windows 7 system but I really don't want the card in my OLD system so can't see the point in trying it there.
Anyone have any reactions/experiences to this or a similar IOCrest SATA3 III card? In the States the card is sold under the brand SYBA USA?
I REALLY want this card and want it to work but have I been sold a lemon?
I certainly won't suggest anyone buy it from Uittek
Notes:
Hangs for 20-30 seconds if no HDD/SSD is connected to the card.
Not a symptom of being defective.
SATA ports are bootable.
Supports Optical Drives. <---------
Supports 3TB/4TB GPT drives
in the description.
I didn't have an X2 slot so I used an X16 slot. Switched on and waited through the delay as expected. Switched off and plugged in a 3Tb HDD and a Bluray burner. Switched on and waited an EXTRA 90 second display.
My system used to boot in about 30 seconds, now it took about 2 minutes....
I could see the HDD okay but couldn't see the Bluray burner. Tried a few switch ons and offs - no improvement.
Contacted Uittek from whom I bought the card. Got rudeness and the ONLY help they could/would give - "Our engineers say it should work on Windows 8 driver". Contacted Shenzhen IOCrest (the manufacturer) and left a support request and got nothing (no reply) from them.
Uittek claimed that Windows 8.1 was "too new" in one of their emails so I suspect the card may not work on Windows 8.1. I have a Windows 7 system but I really don't want the card in my OLD system so can't see the point in trying it there.
Anyone have any reactions/experiences to this or a similar IOCrest SATA3 III card? In the States the card is sold under the brand SYBA USA?
I REALLY want this card and want it to work but have I been sold a lemon?
I certainly won't suggest anyone buy it from Uittek
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- 7 Pro & 8.1 Pro & 8.1 Pro
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Self Built & self built
- CPU
- i7 870 & i7 4771 & i7 HP Laptop
- Motherboard
- GA-P55A-UD7 & Asus Z87 Deluxe/Dual
- Memory
- 8Gb & 16Gb
- Graphics Card(s)
- HD5770 & None
- Sound Card
- inbuilt & inbuilt
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 32' LED TV
- Screen Resolution
- 1920 X 1080
- Hard Drives
- About 40Tb
- PSU
- Antec TP-750C & Ditto
- Case
- Antec DF-85 & Antec Nineteen Hundred
- Cooling
- 7 fans & 6 fans
- Keyboard
- Logitech MX5500 Combo
- Mouse
- Logitech MX5500 Combo
- Internet Speed
- Naked DSL
- Browser
- Firefox
- Antivirus
- AVG