I hope this is an easy question/answer for someone familiar with Dell Dimension computers.
I'm trying to refurbish an old Dell Dimension 4500 computer for experimenting and testing. I have a pair of 320GB IDE drives that I'd like to set up in RAID1 and boot Windows XP. The motherboard doesn't support anything but non-RAID EIDE drives. I found this controller but I'm not sure if the Dimension 4500 can boot from an add-in card. Some similar controllers only support RAID on SATA, not IDE. I read elsewhere that this controller doesn't have its own BIOS so you cannot boot from attached drives. Does that sound right?
Another option I have is to use this SATA I controller which I already own and buy a couple small SATA drives if that's more appropriate.
So, can a Dimension 4500 boot from an add-in controller? Will that IDE controller do the job? Is there any advantage to the SATA setup?
I'm trying to refurbish an old Dell Dimension 4500 computer for experimenting and testing. I have a pair of 320GB IDE drives that I'd like to set up in RAID1 and boot Windows XP. The motherboard doesn't support anything but non-RAID EIDE drives. I found this controller but I'm not sure if the Dimension 4500 can boot from an add-in card. Some similar controllers only support RAID on SATA, not IDE. I read elsewhere that this controller doesn't have its own BIOS so you cannot boot from attached drives. Does that sound right?
Another option I have is to use this SATA I controller which I already own and buy a couple small SATA drives if that's more appropriate.
So, can a Dimension 4500 boot from an add-in controller? Will that IDE controller do the job? Is there any advantage to the SATA setup?
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