On Friday 01 June 2001 01:25, OOzy Pal wrote:
> I have already ordered my system with
>
> MSI K7T Turbo-R
>
> I hope it works fine. Even though it is RAID but I am
> running it as a normal IDE.
>
I hope you realize you have the right to turn it around unopened and I
STRONGLY recommend you do so. I can more or less guarantee it will NOT work.
Make it the manufacturer's problem not yours--you bought a board with WinIDE.
Civileme
> --- Tim Holmes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > *sigh* HTML in email is EVIL!
> >
> > But back to the point... the ASUS A7V133, is a VERY
> > NICE motherboard. That's what I'm running right
> > now.
> > It supports 266 FSB, it has a Promise ATA Controller
> > on board, which will handle 4 IDE devices. IT then
> > comes with the regular IDE controller that all
> > motherboards come with. So you could have 8 IDE
> > devices
> > in the machine provided you have the room in the
> > case and then room on the power supply for the 8
> > devices.
> >
> > But if you want recommendations for a motherboard,
> > you really need to know what kind of processor
> > you're
> > looking to go with. The A7V133 is a AMD
> > motherboard. I'm not sure if they make a
> > motherboard like that,
> > that supports Intel.
> >
> > The motherboad is about $150-$160, but it's worth
> > it!
> > tdh
> >
> >
> > T. Holmes
> > UNIXTECHS.org
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> > "Real Men Us Vi!"
> >
> > | hy,
> > | i dont know if there are special drivers for linux
> >
> > but the asus a7v133 has
> >
> > | 4 ide channels. 2 are normal ide's, so they work
> >
> > under linux for sure.
> >
> > | the other 2 are controlled by a promise chip (for
> >
> > win98 you need a driver
> >
> > | from promise for them).
> > | the connectors can be used to access 4 ide
> >
> > peripherals, or the
> >
> > | 2 primary ide's can be used to build a raid-0
> >
> > array.
> >
> > | regards
> > | mp
> > |
> > |
> > |
> > |
> > | Am Montag, 28. Mai 2001 00:37 schrieb Brandon
> >
> > Caudle:
> > | > <html><DIV>
> > | > <P>the maximumis 4 ide devices/</P>
> > | > <P> </P>
> > | > <P>brandon caudle<BR><BR></P></DIV>
> > | > <DIV></DIV>
> > | > <DIV></DIV>>From: "Pauwel Demeyer"
> >
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> > | > <DIV></DIV>>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > | > <DIV></DIV>>Subject: Re: [newbie] A good
> >
> > Motherboard
> >
> > | > <DIV></DIV>>Date: Sat, 26 May 2001 20:04:41
> >
> > +0200
> >
> > | > <DIV></DIV>>
> > | > <DIV></DIV>>The problem is there are no MB's
> >
> > who have more than 2
> >
> > | > IDE-connectors <DIV></DIV>>(as far
> > | > <DIV></DIV>>as I know, so the best is getting
> >
> > an extra card with again
> >
> > | > two <DIV></DIV>>IDE-connectors on it)
> > | > <DIV></DIV>>
> > | > <DIV></DIV>>
> > | > <DIV></DIV>>
> > | > <DIV></DIV>>
> > | > <DIV></DIV>>----Original Message Follows----
> > | > <DIV></DIV>>From: OOzy Pal
> >
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> > | > <DIV></DIV>>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > | > <DIV></DIV>>Subject: [newbie] A good
> >
> > Motherboard
> >
> > | > <DIV></DIV>>Date: Sat, 26 May 2001 08:46:50
> >
> > -0700 (PDT)
> >
> > | > <DIV></DIV>>
> > | > <DIV></DIV>>Hello
> > | > <DIV></DIV>>
> > | > <DIV></DIV>>Anyone knows a good motherboard
> >
> > that works fine with
> >
> > | > <DIV></DIV>>Linux and has more than two IDEs
> >
> > (because I have 2
> >
> > | > <DIV></DIV>>hard drives, CD, CDRW, and a zip
> >
> > drive, so I need more
> >
> > | > <DIV></DIV>>than 2 IDEs)
> > | > <DIV></DIV>>
> > | > <DIV></DIV>>OOzy
> > | > <DIV></DIV>>
> > | > <DIV></DIV>>=====
> > | > <DIV></DIV>>Regards,
> > | > <DIV></DIV>>OOzy
> > | > <DIV></DIV>>
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