In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Tony Firshman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
I think the Raid on this board is RAID 0 which is the striping of data between drives. This may be different. As far as I have seen the normal (i.e. non RAID) SATA ports are single devices. The cables are small and tidy though..... and SATA (serial IDE) is already here giving the possibility of chaining IDE devices.At the moment it is one device to each SATA port. I have never seen multiple devices supported or multi device cables.I have an Asus P4P800 motherboard in use here right now that supports a 2 chain RAID SATA. I only have one 160gb SATA drive on it though, but the cabling/power connector is for two drives. It certainly makes for very tidy cabling.
It would be faster on a board which fully supports the device. Quite how much gain you would have on a Qubide / Q60 (if it worked at all) is another matter. I do not have a SATA drive to try it on so I cannot tell. Anyone feel like taking the plunge. The IDE/SATA converters are about 17 pounds and these are designed to be plugged into a Standard IDE socket with plugs for two SATA drives. There are no drivers to load but there are chips on board.Indeed. The main reason for SATA is to get the 1.5 throughput.
I assume, Nasta, it is in no way compatible with qubide.
Yesterday while in Maplin I saw a Serial-ATA to Ultra-ATA converter for few pounds, I do not know if that would work.If you mean IDE on the motherboard to SATA device converters they are available - we sell them. I must try one out with a Qubide to see if it works. I do not think there is any software in the packet so I see no reason why not. I doubt if it would have any real advantage apart from the faster spin speed though..
It is certainly very noticeably faster on my machine here.
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