set up raid 0

In other newsgroup, some people mentioned about these makers.
http://www.upgradeware.com
http://www.lsilogic.com

Highpoint 1520 $33 from newegg.


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I don't vote for Highpoint if you just want to use 2 port.
Silicon image is better than Highpoint.

I wouldnt recommend the silicon image Sil3112a, I had compatability issues with it and my old motherboard.

<font color=blue>P4c 2.6@3.25
512Mb PC4000
2x120Gb 7200.7 in RAID0
Waterchill KT12-L30
Abit AI7
Radeon 9800Pro
</font color=blue>

I tried to install Sil3112a on my old P2B board (older than yours?) and it worked fine. Is your driver the problem ?

I decided to go for upgradeware SATA card 1022-I. It seems to work well with my SATA drives (Hitachi 120GB)

I had problems with and Add in Sil3112a PCI card and my old Abit SR7-8x board. I didnt detect the drives at all when I first used it, so I updated the BIOS for the card and then it did detect the drives but then froze.

<font color=blue>P4c 2.6@3.25
512Mb PC4000
2x120Gb 7200.7 in RAID0
Waterchill KT12-L30
Abit AI7
Radeon 9800Pro
</font color=blue>

Probably your card was defective or the card itself was badly layed out or uses cheap componenets. Somtimes brand is important.

I also tested Abit NF7-S (built in Sil3112a). It has no problem at all. So I don't think that Sil3112a is the problem.

Okay, doing a Sandra 2004 test, I have got a score comparison for my HDD.

34526 - WD 40G PATA (Master boot disk)
74283 - Hitachi 120GB (in raid 0 with S1022-I SATA card)

Speed is much faster ^_^