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> Those boards with 4 interfaces are RAID boards. ABit makes one for the
> athlon/thunderbird (KT7-RAID, I think)You can really only use the normal
> 2 interfaces for up to 4 drives. The other 2 interfaces are used to
> mirror the first 2.
no... they are ATA100 controllers.. i just built one yesterday. they're like
onboard SCSI host controllers but with IDE 80 pin connectors and you can use
them however you like as i understand.. the ATA100 controller sure didn't
mind the 66 drive i put on it..
-x.
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