DEL 8400 without Raid

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Hi,

I am wondering to buy a Dell Dimension 8400 with two harddrives.

But Dell offers the PC just together with a Raid-Controller.

Does anyone know if I can uninstall the PCI-Raid-Controller and just connect
the two drives with a Serial-ATA cable. Because I want the workstation with
two seperated drives.

Thanks!

 

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Sure. The raid controller is integrated and controllable via the BIOS. I
have an 8400 and do not have a raid.

"Tom Reinold" <treinold@smail.uni-koeln.de> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I am wondering to buy a Dell Dimension 8400 with two harddrives.
>
> But Dell offers the PC just together with a Raid-Controller.
>
> Does anyone know if I can uninstall the PCI-Raid-Controller and just
> connect
> the two drives with a Serial-ATA cable. Because I want the workstation
> with
> two seperated drives.
>
> Thanks!
>
>

 

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How about buying the computer with one hard disk and then adding another one
on your own?
--
Ted Zieglar

"Tom Reinold" <treinold@smail.uni-koeln.de> wrote in message
news:cgid71$l9o$00$1@news.t-online.com...
> Hi,
>
> I am wondering to buy a Dell Dimension 8400 with two harddrives.
>
> But Dell offers the PC just together with a Raid-Controller.
>
> Does anyone know if I can uninstall the PCI-Raid-Controller and just
connect
> the two drives with a Serial-ATA cable. Because I want the workstation
with
> two seperated drives.
>
> Thanks!
>
>

 

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I like your solution better than the one I offered.
--
Ted Zieglar



"WSZsr" <nospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Sure. The raid controller is integrated and controllable via the BIOS. I
> have an 8400 and do not have a raid.
>
> "Tom Reinold" <treinold@smail.uni-koeln.de> wrote in message
> news:cgid71$l9o$00$1@news.t-online.com...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am wondering to buy a Dell Dimension 8400 with two harddrives.
> >
> > But Dell offers the PC just together with a Raid-Controller.
> >
> > Does anyone know if I can uninstall the PCI-Raid-Controller and just
> > connect
> > the two drives with a Serial-ATA cable. Because I want the workstation
> > with
> > two seperated drives.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> >
>
>

 

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That means I can "switch off" the Raid controller via the BIOS and just use
the two harddrives separated? No Raid 0 or Raid 1 or whatever.

Just as if I had bought two let's say 160GB drives?

Tom


"WSZsr" <nospam@hotmail.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:r%2Xc.6091$J86.593@newssvr24.news.prodigy.com...
> Sure. The raid controller is integrated and controllable via the BIOS. I
> have an 8400 and do not have a raid.
>
> "Tom Reinold" <treinold@smail.uni-koeln.de> wrote in message
> news:cgid71$l9o$00$1@news.t-online.com...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am wondering to buy a Dell Dimension 8400 with two harddrives.
> >
> > But Dell offers the PC just together with a Raid-Controller.
> >
> > Does anyone know if I can uninstall the PCI-Raid-Controller and just
> > connect
> > the two drives with a Serial-ATA cable. Because I want the workstation
> > with
> > two seperated drives.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> >
>
>

 

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Tom Reinold wrote:
>
> That means I can "switch off" the Raid controller via the BIOS and just use
> the two harddrives separated? No Raid 0 or Raid 1 or whatever.
>
> Just as if I had bought two let's say 160GB drives?

Why would you even *purchase* a RAID controller, if you're gonna
turn it off?

Why not just purchase a "second hard drive?"

Notan

 

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Good point!

But the system offered just has the option taking a Raid controller when
taking two harddrives.

tom

"Notan" <notan@ddress.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:412CC518.2FA391A3@ddress.com...
> Tom Reinold wrote:
> >
> > That means I can "switch off" the Raid controller via the BIOS and just
use
> > the two harddrives separated? No Raid 0 or Raid 1 or whatever.
> >
> > Just as if I had bought two let's say 160GB drives?
>
> Why would you even *purchase* a RAID controller, if you're gonna
> turn it off?
>
> Why not just purchase a "second hard drive?"
>
> Notan

 

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Tom Reinold wrote:
>
> Good point!
>
> But the system offered just has the option taking a Raid controller when
> taking two harddrives.

You're absolutely right! Who'da thunkit!

In looking at prices, it appears that the cost of two drives,
with a controller, and two drives, without a controller, is
probably pretty similar.

I guess the solution of turning off the controller is your
best bet... If you ever decide to use a RAID configuration,
it's right there.

Notan

 

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yes

"Tom Reinold" <treinold@smail.uni-koeln.de> wrote in message
news:cgif8u$m6s$01$1@news.t-online.com...
> That means I can "switch off" the Raid controller via the BIOS and just
> use
> the two harddrives separated? No Raid 0 or Raid 1 or whatever.
>
> Just as if I had bought two let's say 160GB drives?
>
> Tom
>
>
> "WSZsr" <nospam@hotmail.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> news:r%2Xc.6091$J86.593@newssvr24.news.prodigy.com...
>> Sure. The raid controller is integrated and controllable via the BIOS.
>> I
>> have an 8400 and do not have a raid.
>>
>> "Tom Reinold" <treinold@smail.uni-koeln.de> wrote in message
>> news:cgid71$l9o$00$1@news.t-online.com...
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I am wondering to buy a Dell Dimension 8400 with two harddrives.
>> >
>> > But Dell offers the PC just together with a Raid-Controller.
>> >
>> > Does anyone know if I can uninstall the PCI-Raid-Controller and just
>> > connect
>> > the two drives with a Serial-ATA cable. Because I want the workstation
>> > with
>> > two seperated drives.
>> >
>> > Thanks!
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>