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ABIT Introduces the Hot Rod™ 66 Card, the ABIT way to do ATA/66Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C. May 26th, 1999— ABIT Introduces the Hot Rod™ 66 card, the ABIT way to do Ultra ATA/66. If you need to run the latest ATA/66 hard drives at their intended speed or you want to get under the hood of your computer and turn it into a Hot Rod, the you need ABIT’s Hot Rod™ 66 card. With ABIT technology you can get full support for Ultra ATA/66 drives with their 66MB/sec. burst data transfer rates.
The Hot Rod™ 66 card can be used with any FX, LX, EX, ZX, board and although the BX chipset was designed to be compatible with the Ultra ATA/66 specification, it is only capable of running at a maximum of 33 Mbytes/sec, thus offering no advantage over UDMA/33. With the help of the ABIT Hot Rod™ 66, your mainboard can support this specification at its intended 66 Mbytes/sec of data throughput. The result is maximum disc performance using the current PCI local bus environment.
Ultra ATA/66 hard drives are 100 percent backward compatible with both Ultra ATA/33 and DMA and with existing ATA (IDE) hard drives, CD-ROM drives, and host systems and the Ultra ATA/66 protocol and commands are designed to be compatible with existing ATA (IDE) devices and systems. And with ABIT’s Hot Rod™ 66, you get automatic recognition and compatibility for any combination of UDMA/66, UDMA/33, EIDE, or ATAPI devices.
Better, Stronger, Faster
With the Ultra ATA/66 specification not only is your ATA/66 compatible drive running faster but it is also running more safely. The specification calls for a new 80-wire cable (that still uses the 40 pin connector, insuring compatibility with your existing IDE connectors) that decreases a lot of the electronic noise that can cause data errors thus creating a cleaner, stronger signal. The Hot Rod™ 66 card also has full support of CRC error checking of Ultra DMA drives increasing the data integrity even further. And with ABIT’s Hot Rod™ 66 there are 2 80-pin Ultra ATA/66 class cable included!
4 Channels of Power
With the Hot Rod™ 66 card from ABIT, you will be adding 2 more channels to your existing setup giving you 4 IDE channels total on your motherboard. The Hot Rod™ 66 supports 4 additional IDE devices with separate timing thanks to the Hot Rod™ 66 BIOS that will allow you to configure any combination of UDMA/66, UDMA/33, EIDE, or ATAPI devices allowing you to run all IDE devices at their highest rated speeds.
ABIT Quality
With the ABIT Hot Rod™ 66 card you know that you will have the best quality Ultra ATA/66 solution for your motherboard. The ABIT name means quality, speed, and performance. With the Hot Rod™ 66 and two 80-pin cables you will be ready to take full advantage of all of your hardware’s potential!
For more information on the ABIT Hot Rod™ 66 card go to: http://www.abit.com.tw
