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alcdotcom   10-19-2002 at 09:37:13 AM

I've just purchased a Gigabyte 8iHXP mainboard and I was wondering if anyone has had experience using the promise RAID chip. I've never used a hardware RAID solution, so I'm not up on any pitfalls that might await. The second part of my post concerns thermal paste. I know the processor heat sink comes with a thermal pad, but would it be better to use thermal paste? Also, should I apply thermal paste to the Northbridge heat sink or leave it alone? Thanks.

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FUGGER   10-19-2002 at 10:43:14 AM
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The stock Intel HSF is great when the thermal tape on the bottom is new and installed only once (maybe twice if it is in really good condition). after that replace it with AS2 or AS3.

The RAID works great, you have a option when the system boots to press "CTRL-A" and enter the RAID BIOS. It is best to have 1 drive on each RAID channel and not 2 drives on 1 cable. In the RAID BIOS you can set up the RAID in several ways and different block sizes for performance or mirroring. The HPT RIAD is very stable unless you use IBM "Deathstars".

I put AS3 under the northbridge and beefed up the heat sink on it with a Thermaltake chipset cooler.

There is no need really to go thru all of this unless you plan on overclocking or the system lives in a hot environment.

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