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More info?)
Sweet. I'm installing it today. I'll let you know how it goes. Thanks
again for the help, Hyp.
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Tony
"Hyp" <hypVIALOSPAM@VIALOSPAMfuorissimo.com> wrote in message
news:cXQdc.3772$eR5.1306@tornado.fastwebnet.it...
> Yes, it is the connector you identified.
> You do not need to install the raid s/w (use it only when you will install
> any raid drivers SATA or PATA , this s/w help you to manage and choose the
> raid system).
> Just plug it, set into the BIOS the IDE controller and set the driver on
> auto configure or if you prefer manual config. use UDMA 6 if your driver
is
> an UDMA 133, UDMA 5 if it is UDMA 100 and so on..
>
> Bye
> Hyp
>
> > Thanks to both Hyp and you, Anon, for the replies. I'm going to try to
> put
> > my new IDE drive on the #12 "Raid Ultra ATA133 connector", as the manual
> > describes it. It's the IDE connector that is parrallel with the mobo
> hanging
> > off the side across from the PCI slots. Do I need to configure it using
> the
> > Raid s/w or just config the Bios for IDE instead of Raid? TIA again.
> > ---
> > Tony
> >
> > "Anon" <anon@anon.com> wrote in message
> > news:JREdc.11451$ZH2.8923@fed1read06...
> > > Mix and match to your hearts content. My P4C800-E Deluxe system
> presently
> > > has 2 SATA HDDs and 2 PATA HDDs, no raid. The more drives the better
for
> > > video editing, since you can put read/write/catch files on different
> > drives.
> > > This speeds things up somewhat.
> > >
> > > "Tony Sz" <nospam@thanx.not> wrote in message
> > > news
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> > > > I have a P4C800E-Deluxe board with a 120GB and 30GB IDE drives.
> > > Basically,
> > > > I just want to add another hd for video editing. I've no experience
> with
> > > > Sata. What I'm curious about is can a SATA hd and the two IDE
drives
> > > > coexist and be used as "regular" (non-Raid) drives in a WinXP
system?
> > > TIA.
> > > >
> > > > Tony
> > > >
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