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.
--- Tim Holmes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> 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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>
> | 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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