Topic: Bah, Need Some Help Again With My Custom Pc (Read 77 times)

67thRaptorBull · « **on:** June 12, 2004, 07:37:00 AM »

ok, so i have everything set in stone now (as in what im getting) except the hdd's.

first off, im getting this mobo ASUS "A7N8X-E Deluxe" nForce2 Ultra 400 Chipset Motherboard for AMD Socket A CPU and it supports RAID

and then i was going to get these White Label EIDE 80GB 7200RPM ATA/133 8MB Buffer Hard Drive (GS_WL80GB_7200_8M) hard drives

my first question is, will these hard drives work with RAID??

my second question is, do RAID arrays use a different hook up and cable (does it still use the ide cable, or what)??

basically, im new to the RAID array, and people told me its alot better then just one hard drive, so i guess i wanted to try it out.

EgoX · « **Reply #1 on:** June 12, 2004, 08:05:00 AM »

your better off buying a couple of sata drives to go in it, there faster & cost pretty much the same as ide now.

yes any brand will work.

67thRaptorBull · « **Reply #2 on:** June 12, 2004, 08:12:00 AM »

ok, so any drive works, and ill see if i can find sata drives, but now heres my other question

how does the RAID work, how do i hook it up and how do i set it up?

EgoX · « **Reply #3 on:** June 12, 2004, 11:34:00 AM »

The bios will have a configuration tool to set it up.

If your gonna be installing windows on to it you may have to put the raid driver on a floppy then insert it at the start of Windows setup, but my experience is with a PCI raid card not sure if on board RAID still requires the driver, I would imagine it would but I can't confirm this.

Take a look here for a little more info.

67thRaptorBull · « **Reply #4 on:** June 12, 2004, 11:37:00 AM »

ok, my only other question is, how do i hook it up

do i still use the ide slots, or do i just use the RAID slots on the mobo?
and what kind of cord do i need?

nemt · « **Reply #5 on:** June 12, 2004, 12:49:00 PM »

You idiot, your board only has serial ata ports for RAID, you selected two shitty generic brand ata/133 drives.

Enjoy incompatability.

67thRaptorBull · « **Reply #6 on:** June 12, 2004, 01:13:00 PM »

haha, well considering i havnt purchased the hard drives yet....

thanks for informing me nemt, i almost fucked up

EgoX · « **Reply #7 on:** June 12, 2004, 01:26:00 PM »

your mainboard will come with the SATA cables.

Plug em in, configure the RAID in the bios then rob's ur da's bro init.

Chicken Scratch Boy · « **Reply #8 on:** June 12, 2004, 02:10:00 PM »

google "the skinny on raid"

good run down of raid versions

67thRaptorBull · « **Reply #9 on:** June 12, 2004, 02:29:00 PM »

thanks

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