Re: Using RAID chipsets in the motherboard. > 4

[Alvin Oga <aoga@ns.Linux-Consulting.com>]

hi ya ramesh

On Tue, 30 Dec 2003, Ramasubramanian Ramesh wrote:

>   All I want to do is to have the ability to run 4 IDE harddrives and 2 
> CD/DVD ROM/RW drives.

you can use the onboard raid port as plain ole ide ...

just plug in a cable and see , dont forget to eanbel the bios
to look for "raid devices" but turn off the whacky raid bios firmware
nightmare

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there is only one mb that has 3 standard ide connectors( channels )
( 6 drives total )
	- its a $500(?) tyan motherboard - not a mb for home use per se

 -- ide controllers are $5 or $50 .. just go looking

c ya
alvin