Convert the A7V Promise ATA/100 controller into a RAID controller!

[Helevitia]

I just read this great peice of info over at HOCP and thought I'd share. Here is the web site with instructions. I think I'm going to have to try it this weekend

http://www.tweakhardware.com/guide/a7v-raid/

[Brian R.]

Yeah, this is the same modification (in concept) that one was able to do to their ATA66 PCI controller.

Thanks for the link. Interesting mod.

[This message has been edited by Brian R. (edited 12 October 2000).]

[Helevitia]

I saw those mods for the other promise controllers. Glad they finally came out with one for the on-board ata/100

Dave

[Greebe]

Dave, illuminate your ICQ sometime, or is that a freedom you lost when married? (LOL just picking

[Helevitia]

hehe, I'll let my wife know what you said

Yeah, I've been laggin on the ICQ thing lately. I'll try to be more visible.

Dave

[Easty]

what are the performance gains of doing this conversion, If any?

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Ath SOC1 750Mhz,G4MAX,Asus a7V, Vortex 2, Maxtor+ 40 30GB, 256Mb(133)

[Helevitia]

My friend claims to have gone from 30MB average to 48MB average. I'm thinking of using it for mirroring my drives as opposed to the performance gain.

Dave

[Easty]

I've only just set my new system.. I'm not to impressed with the speed of the drive at the moment, therefore I'm wondering if it's set up correctly.. Can any one reccomend a benchmarking tool or any HD URL's so I can compare! I also beleive maxtor use a setting related to the noise levels produced from the drive which can effect performance. I used to like listening to the crunching sounds omitted from the drive, makes me think the machine is actually doing something.

[DentyCracker]

hdtach 2.61 from TestaCD Labs. www.tcdlabs.com . You may need to disable auto insert notification to get it to run (esp intel chipsets)

[Helevitia]

Easty,

Go to Maxtor's website and download AMSET to turn the noie back on your HDD. I got a tiny performance increase but nothing that made me jump up and down. I actually liked it quieter. I think I will turn the noise back off. heh, that sounds kind of funny to me Turn the noise off of a hdd Use the program the DentyCracker pointed out for you.

Dave