G-List wrote on 11/14/05, 14:35:
> On 14/11/2005, at 9:36 AM, B.L. wrote: > > > >> I know this is a raid card, for ide or scsi drives I am not too sure. > > It is for IDE drives. It supports hardware RAID, but can be used for > a single drive, or multiple drives not in a RAID. > > >> Also I wondered whether or not you can hook a single drive to this > card > >> and run it that way. I'm tempted to just take it out and replace it > >> with > >> the SIIG SATA card I have on hand and get me a couple of SATA > >> harddrives > >> to go with it, What are your thoughts. Thanks for any and all > responses > >> to my inquiry. > > The last time I checked the user's manuals for all of Acard's > products were available on their website. The website is (strangely > enough) <http://www.acard.com>. Their site is neither well > organized, nor well written, but it is very complete. At least with > Mozilla, I get some weird unresponsive links, but if something > doesn't work in the sidebar, try the top tabs and vice versa. But > firmware updaters and user's manuals are there nicely available. > > > >This was the RAID version of the ATA card, you can use it normally or > >to support a RAID system, and I think it is ATA66. > > It is an ATA-133 card. Jeff Walther *************************** Jeff thank you for your response and information, I found the Acard webpage and checked it out. I'm still uncertain as to whether or not i want to keep this card or just go with the SATA card i have. Brad -- Brad 55417-1734 "Pwr Mac G4 64 MB Radeon 7000 AGP Gtaphics OWC Mercury Extreme 1GHZ CPU Upgrade 1.12GB Ram 9GB Quantum Fireball/ OS 9.2.2 WDC 80GB/ OS X.3.9 Pioneer DVR 105 Pwr Mac G3 B&W 64MB Radeon 7000 PCI Graphics card 450MHZ CPU 1gb ram 120 gb Maxtor DiamondMaxPlus X.3.9/80gb Hitachi Deskstar Sata harddrive X.4/ 40gb Maxtor DiamondMax ATA hard drive/9.2.2 Seritek SATA Controller card/Pioneer DVR 105 OS X.3.9/ Lexmark X1185 all- in- one printer Powerbook 3400c 200MHZ, 144MB ram, 2gig harddrive, OS 9.1, modules; floppy, cd-rom, zip drive If it's good to you, it's good for you -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:" Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
