Difference between P4C800 and P4P800

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Frank Hamer

Hello,
maybe somebody can help me by answering the following questions
(I have check the Product Spec. but didn't found a clear answer

1.)Can you use either the P4P800 or the P4C800 motherboard with RAID
under Windows 98, for 133 ATA and Serial ATA ? and can I build a RAID
system Type 0+1 only if a have XP
2.) is it possible to build a RAID system with SERIAL ATA Drives at
all ?
3.) What is biggest advance for buying a Pc800-E instead of a P4800
del Board ? Is the difference only the faster Northbridge chip and
the ECC feature or there something else .

Best Regards

Frank Hamer
 
Hi Dave.

1. I would say you can use RAID 0 and 1 on 98.

Just as long as you set it up thru BIOS
on the P4P800 (The P4P800
non-deluxe is SATA RAID ONLY NOT hard
drive RAID, and it is only RAID 0).

I know in XP, you have to make the install
disk from the CD, which has the RAID
drivers on it, then while installing XP, you
have to press F6, so you can install the RAID
drivers during installation, so XP knows you
want to use SATA. I don't know / can't remember
if you can do the same in 98 while you're installing
98.

You'll need the deluxe v of P4P800 to use
RAID 0, and 1.

2. Yes, the P4P800 non-deluxe and deluxe
both support RAID. The non-deluxe supports
SATA RAID 0 ONLY. And both will let you
install and boot from a SATA hdd.

And both the non-deluxe and deluxe v
of the P4P800 support SATA
RAID ONLY. NOT HDD RAID.

The deluxe, both RAID 0, and 1.

I don't know if the deluxe version supports
HDD RAID 0+1 as well. BUT I don't think
so. Also, under 98 on the P4P800, if you
DO use RAID, it'll disable an ide connection.

SATA is native to XP. NOT 98,95, etc.

You'll also need SP1 (for XP), if you
do decide to use it for SATA.

If you use SATA on XP, you'll have 4 ide
ports and 2 SATA. On 98 and under you wont.

3. I've never used the PC-800E, so I can't
tell you what the differences are between that
and the P4P800.
 
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