1. SAS must be supported on the motherboard. 2. The motherboard does not have a SAS interface that does not support this adapter. 3. It can connect the SATA hard disk to SATA motherboard. 4. It can connect the SAS hard disk to SAS motherboard. 5. It cant connect the SAS hard disk to normal SATA motherboard. (it will be worked if your motherboard has the SAS chipsit, Otherwise cant work.) 6. It cant connect the SATA hard disk to normal SAS motherboard. (it will be worked if your hard disk has the SAS chipsit, otherwise cant work.) 7. This SAS adapter to 1x SATA 22pin, enables you to connect a SAS HDD with SFF 8482 port to a SAS compatible SATA controller (hybrid controller). 8. 7 Pin SATA connector to 15 Pin male power connector and SFF-8482 SAS connector.
