eide addin controllers

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Hi, I have an A7V8X mobo, and am thinking of adding in a Koutech
IO-PIR133 PCI IDE Controller Card RAID 0/1/0+1 in order to add 4
more ide devices (extra cd drive, extra HDD's to run linux
beside win2K, general space, etc.). Is this card going to give
me trouble (i.e. try to take over the boot order, or something)?

Thanks

- elmar
 
No - check its specs (may nned BIOS enable interupt 19, depending).
I've three IDE DVD burners and 4 HDs and have had up to three of the
things (PROMISE & SYBA) going simultaneously on the PCI bus. Nice for
burning.
 
No - check its specs (may nned BIOS enable interupt 19, depending).
I've three IDE DVD burners and 4 HDs and have had up to three of the
things (PROMISE & SYBA) going simultaneously on the PCI bus. Nice for
burning.
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Can you give me model numbers for the eide controllers that DO
work with the mobo and bios? One that Ihad crapped out (and ld
Promise), and it always tried tot ake over the boot unless I
forced the HDs into slave mode.

- elmar
 
Got the promise with a HD purchase and it supports optics, so I put
DVDs on it. I pulled my SYBA PATA out and just run two now - the
promise SATA. Both SYBA are RAID capable. From my backups:
(1) SIL680 - Driver for SIL680 chipset (Without RAID Function)
DOS - DOS Driver
Win_Drv - For Windows 98, 98SE, ME, 2000, XP
(2) SIL680RAID - Driver for SIL680 chipset (With RAID Function)
DOS - DOS Driver
Win_Drv - For Windows 98, 98SE, ME, 2000, XP
Medley - RAID Utility for Windows 98, 98SE, ME, 2000, XP
(3) SIL3112 - Driver for SIL3112 chipset (Without RAID Function)
Linux - Tweaking Red Hat 9.0 Driver
Novell - Novell Driver
Win_Drv - For Windows 98, 98SE, ME, 2000, XP
(4) SIL3112RAID - Driver for SIL3112 chipset (With RAID Function)
Linux - Tweaking Red Hat 9.0 Driver
Novell - Novell Driver
Win_Drv - For Windows 98, 98SE, ME, 2000, XP
Medley - RAID Utility for Windows 98, 98SE, ME, 2000, XP

LINUX stuff I'm not up on, but could be you're into item - (4). I've
item (2).
Remember seeing Koutech, not much more, and picked SYBA probably
because of price and/or greater availabilty.

No problems - http://www.syba.com/product/43/index.html
 
Newegg's been down for awhile - server problem. Just lost my ATA
Maxtor 160G this morning. Had it RAIDED with a WD 160G for awhile on a
PATA RAID SYBA. The WD died on that card under warantee (replaced 3
times before they got it right). That's also when I gave up RAID, and
shortly after went back to MB EIDE connectors. The dead Maxtor has
been going for 3 months since the WD - which lasted maybe 2 years, an
unregistered drive, but seems shorter. Serial# was way out in left
field according to Maxtor's RMA dept. Both were used in video
encoding, though I emailed Maxtor I'll be buying Seagate from now on.
Don't exactly trust the replacement WD, either, but will have to see
how that goes.

Moral of my story - raiding with "inexpensive, bargain, or BestBuy
90day waranty drives", and, (unmatched) ATA drives may (or may not)
prove hazardous to their lifespan.

Beyond raiding, nah, shouldn't be any worry there - SYBA (presume
that's what you're looking at on NewEgg) is a funcard. Anything under
$10-$15 that works well enough and without problems is fun my book.
You'll get the usual new device recognition boot up for the included
CD.

Good luck in the RAM - prices have been fantastic lately. Picked up
512M recently for $30 on NewEgg, PCQ or somesuch, where there's a lot
of it deeply discounted in the returned section. Paid almost $80 not
long ago, though it was GEIL's value series. Have yet to test the new
stuff timings and slotting.
 
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