Re: PCWorks: Windows 2000 experts?

[[EMAIL PROTECTED] -Clint Hamilton]

I've never tried cacheman that I can recall.  You only need a
controller card if the HD is going to be UDMA 66 or 100.  This is
assuming the mobo is UDMA 33.  If it's 66 and you get a UDMA 66
drive, then you still don't need a controller card.  Of course
they are backward compatible so you don't HAVE to get a
controller card if you mobo is udma 33 and the HD is not.  I just
got a Promise Ultra100TX2, since my mobo is only UDMA 66 and my
HD is UDMA 100, but more importantly because of what I heard here
that the integrated controller on my mobo does not like win2k.
-Clint

God Bless Us All
http://orpheuscomputing.com
Clint Hamilton, Owner
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Barry Aronson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

At 12:33 PM 9/15/01 -0400, you wrote:
>Barry,
>
>Just as information.  While these motherboards have an
additional  ATA
>66/100 ide controller built in, the system identifies the
controller as an
>scsi controller and the disk drives as scsi drives even though
they aren't.
>The additional controller from Highpoint or Promise was added to
many bx
>motherboards and some Via chipset motherboards whose main
chipset didn't
>support the ata 66/100 drive protocol.  They would give you some
higher
>speeds and, of course the ability to connect a bunch of ide
drives.  My main
>system on an MSI694 motherboard has a promise controller built
in and  is
>running 7 ide devices without having to add a controller card.
None of these
>provide the performance of a true scsi controller. Now, many
motherboards
>are being produce with built in raid controllers and they do
give you some
>definite performance benefits.
>
>Ben Moore
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Barry Aronson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2001 11:22 AM
>Subject: Re: PCWorks: Windows 2000 experts?
>
>
> > Clint!  Do you have a third party utility such as "Cacheman"?
The
>version
> > 5 is quite extensively built.  Also You confused me quite a
bit as by your
> > description of your IDE setup as actually SCSI.  As you may
remember I
>have
> > had a SCSI system for years and it truly is night and day
between SCSI and
> > their additional formats and  EIDE or IDE or ATAPI etc.
There is a
> > different electrical setup and pin connection.

While on the subject Ben, your board is a dual processor one as I
understand it.  You mentioned that some boards do not support
ATA66/100 as
mine does not, as far as I have been told.  When i purchased my
board I
thought it was "state of the art"  LOL  Now I have to come to
understand
that the board was "state of the art" for about 2 months.

I am going to install Win2K Pro very soon but have been hesitant
about it
because of my processor and Mobo.  PII 400 MHz SCSI Adaptec
AIX7880
controller onboard Soltek SL67A-C motherboard 440 BX chipset.  I
also
wanted to buy a new hard drive but am in a quandary as to
purchasing a
controller card to be able to maximize performance.  My RAM is
all PC100
equalled to 256 MB

In your experience what do you think is my best course and of
course
economical as well :)?
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