VIA VT8237
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Chipset part
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doc 3 chip documents available
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Release date
2004-12-15
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This chipset is incompatible with SATA-II and SATA-III drives unless they have a jumper to force them to SATA 1 speeds.
The VT8237R Plus (available since mid 2005, not sure what exact week) has the working SATA auto negotiation and seems to be pin compatible.

drv 4 drivers available
Name
Version
OS support
Arch
Size
Filename
Name
Version
5.70d
OS support
Windows 2000 Windows 9x Windows NT 3.5x Windows NT 4.0 Windows XP/2k3
Arch
x86
Size
3.9MB
Filename
Name
Version
5.40A
OS support
Windows 2000 Windows 9x Windows NT 4.0 Windows XP/2k3
Arch
x86 , x86-64
Size
10.8MB
Filename
Name
Version
2.56
OS support
Windows 2000 Windows 9x
Arch
x86
Size
13.1MB
Filename
Name
Version
V5.50b
OS support
Windows 2000 Windows NT 4.0 Windows Vista Windows XP/2k3
Arch
x86
Size
392.3KB
Filename
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