Modified Promise Ultra66 to RAID controller

[Wolverine88]

Just wonder, can we do this on its new Ultra100 controller?
Can somebody give me the URL about how to convert Ultra66 to FastTrak66? Thanks.

 

[warlord]

I don't know if it works for the 100, but I do know that if you use the search function, you can find the URL's. i'm too lazy to do it for you, but not lazy enought to type this post 😛

 

[rocmonster]

A little primer on RAID

How to do it version #1

Mr. Boomys way to do it.

Overclockers.com way to do it.

An on a lighter note, the BLADE way to do it.

Good luck 🙂

 

[DieselMan]

rocmonster, or any overclockers using the Promise Raid IDE card, I have one question:

-Has anyone succeeded in running this card in an overclocked system, at a PCI bus other than 33 Mhz? I can't get my fasttrack66 to work if my computer FSB is not at 66/100/133. No go at 75, 83, 105, 112, 124, 140. Is there something wrong w/ my card, or is this normal?

HELP!!!

 

[rocmonster]

I run mine at spec (using an old BP6 with 2 celeron366's @ 550 fsb is 100mhz) so I don't have much experience with oddball pci timings. You may find your answer HERE, along with more information.

Good luck

 

[DieselMan]

Thanks! Anyone else have any experience w/ overclocked PCI bus?

 

[andri]

Ultra100 is modifiable too. It requires more work, but it can be done.

Note - it can't be done on a ASUSTeK A7V motherboard, because the chip isnt same (PDC21265 vs PDC21267 if I remember correctly)...

 

[Souka]

So does anybody have info, or seen info, for the Promise ATA100 to ATA100-Raid convert process?

Thx.

 

[Souka]

Nevermind.

Been looking around.....found that Maxtor series drives are having problems with Raid configuration...heck, some Raid-1 configs are faster than when set Raid-0 on same system/drives!

I like Maxtor's current line...quiet, low-temp, fast, cheap.

IBM gxp's are better(faster), but much more expensive, and more on the noise, and temp.


Oh well....I don't need the raid now...just spending money I guess.

 

[R0b0tN1k]

I made one of these things back in the day when it was just discovered. I never used the RAID...it only ha done drive on it. Recently I converted it back to an Ultra66...because of the faster bootup and the bios/driver problems in Win2k with the FT66.