Recent content by thermite88

I upgraded to Vista Ultimate, 32 bits. The Epson 1640U (USB) seems to work ok with the Twain5 driver from the Epson web site.:) But the Epson 1640S (SCSI) will not.:disgust: When I connect the scanner through the SCSI port, Vista devise manager shows that everything is fine. But the Smart...

I hope that this the final chapter of my post. I have a RAID5 system using 3 Seagate 7800.10 320GB running stably in the past month. After 18 months and 4 under warranty exchanges, I finally got 3 of these drives that passed the SEATOOL for DOS long SDT test. Once I did, the RAID5 setup was a...

I hope that this the final chapter of my post. I have a RAID5 system using 3 Seagate 7800.10 320GB running stably in the past month. After 18 months and 4 under warranty exchanges, I finally got 3 of these drives that passed the SEATOOL for DOS long SDT test. Once I did, the RAID5 setup was a...

I ordered 3x the Samsung Spinpoint F1 RAID HE502IJ 500GB drives. Total cost including 2nd day UPS Air is just under $250. The 7 years warranty tilted to its favor. I hope that I will not need it. Finally, I received an UPS pre-paid shipping label to send my DOA replacement Seagate 7800.10...

You can convert a single drive to a RAID array using Intel Matrix RAID Manager. Tom's Hardware has an article on RAID migration. The 6th page is Upgrade Single Hard Drives In A RAID Array. I have not tried it yet myself, but don't see any reason that it shouldn't work. You have seen all the...

OK, guys, I am back. I am in the process of deciding on a replacement set of either the Samsung Spinpoint F1 RAID or WD Caviar Black. The 500 GB drives are priced about the same from different vendors. Both are slightly less than what I paid for my Seagates in 2007. The Samsung is the choice...

OK, guys, I am back. I am in the process of deciding on a replacement set of either the Samsung Spinpoint F1 RAID or WD Caviar Black. The 500 GB drives are priced about the same from different vendors. Both are slightly less than what I paid for my Seagates in 2007. The Samsung is the choice...

Reading your post is like reading my own script except the outcome. I ordered my first Seagate 7200.10 320GB drive in May 2007 and eventually added up to 4 drives for a RAID5 based on Intel ICH8R southbridge. Never get it to work. http://forums.anandtech.com/me...=y&keyword1=thermite88 18...

No luck. get on the phone with Seagate customer service today. The tech said that there is no firmware update for the AS. When I pressed for clarification about the product page's statement: "Good for Desktop Raid System". She would only promised to send an email to clarify. No mail yet. Will...

Thank you, everyone, for the lengthy and sincere advises. I really appreciate them. Yes, I am an engineer and a sturborn one. I built my first PC compatible in the mid 80's with a single SCSI drive. Over the years, I eventually migrated to a SCSI-wide RAID5 which I used with W2K until 2007...

What did you use to setup the software RAID-5? Any other lessons learned in setup other than selecting drives? Thanks.

Yet, I won't spend on an UPS which has no bearing on our current discussion. "Show-me" how it can affect the Seagate drives.

The Asus P5B-E Southbridge ICH8R and Intel Matrix Storage Management. Yes, I know about better solution out there. Before this upgrade, I used a LSI MegaRaid card and 4 SCSI wide drives. Unfortunately, I read too much Anandtech and Tom's hardware to believe that the Intel native RAID support...

No, I believe in a high quality PS which should provide good isolation from the power line garbage. At work (an aerospace company) or at home, I never use a line conditioner or a UPS and not convinced of the value of it. My computers are not the "mission critical" type. But I back up regularly...

AsianriceX, thank you for the insight. It is very helpful. Since I am not smart enough to purchase the ES drives and am now stuck with 4 320GB AS drives. I would like to have data redundance. Instead of RAID-5, what is the best drive configuration with 3 or 4 drives for me?