Two Questions about SATA

Kniteman77

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1) Is hardware support required for NCQ or will all chipsets/controlers support it out of the box ? I know the drive has to have it as a feature, but beyond that whats needed ?

2) Will some/any/all 64 bit PCI cards work in 32 bit slots, thinking about getting a controler card but want one that does Raid5 and this means I have to go 64 bit from the looks of it.
 

LED

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1) The Motherboad SB chipset must include this capability
2) Yes some will but you may loose some functions so check with the Card Manufacture