Motherboard, what one??? new questions

Busby · Post by **Busby** » Wed Apr 17, 2002 9:20 pm

All on-board RAID chips that I know of can be used as RAID or a regular IDE port.

ketchup · Post by **ketchup** » Fri Apr 19, 2002 10:55 pm

Abit WA2A

its coming

64bit pci
dual AMD mp/xp/tbird/duron
hpt ata 100
agp pro

softmenu III

chipset AMD

wish via would make dual mB chipsets for AMD

VidmanII · Post by **VidmanII** » Fri Apr 19, 2002 11:43 pm

Originally posted by MoFo
Ok a few questions:

SY-KT333 DRAGON Ultra
does the Raid controler have to be used in Raid or can it be used as IDE controler??
the onboard smartcard port anygood???

and

Abit KR7A-RAID
does the Raid controler have to be used in Raid or can it be used as IDE controler??

thanx

MoFo

Regarding the KR7A-RAID. Absolutely. I ran mine that way for a week while I waited for my 2nd HDD to ship.

Hippo · Post by **Hippo** » Sat Apr 20, 2002 9:10 am

hey im using a Gigabyte GA-7VRXP, i haven't tried to do to much stuf with it but i haven't had any problems at all with it (absolutly none), it has some onboard stuff but thats easily turned off in hte bios, it explains how to turn something off in the easy setup guide and the manual

MoFo · Post by **MoFo** » Sat Apr 20, 2002 9:39 am

Thanx for the help

I hae no idea what way im going now

MoFo

ketchup · Post by **ketchup** » Sun Apr 21, 2002 12:02 am

Originally posted by PreDatoR
That is the one thing i'll give Abit props for is not putting all that onboard garbage on their boards... These days you pretty much are stuck with onboard sound. And the cmedia ain't bad. But ti would be nice if it wasn't present at all...

go with ABit

and dont forget to have your HPT 372 drivers disk ready to install if you are doing a fresh install Win XP