More SerialATA Prods Start To Appear

[thorin]

Asus nForce2 MotherBoard Pics

Notice the Silicon Image SATA Link IC on the left of the first picture. It's a really SATA controller, not a PATA-SATA-PATA converter like the High Point 1520 implementation. However it does sit on the PCI Bus so only 133MB/Sec available not 150MB/Sec.

Thorin

 

[mcveigh]

ohhh the plot thickens

 

[Floydian]

haha, dual lan built in, wow, thats interesting (actually would use it to)

 

[eplebnista]

 

[jimmygates]

So the floppy still uses the fulgy ribbon cable?



-Jimbo

 

[Insane3D]

The upcoming Epox KT400 board, the EP-8K9A2+ also comes with that Silicon Image chip...the specs:

VIA KT400 (KT400+ VT8235)
DDR333/400
4 DIMM sockets up to 4GB
AGP 4X/8X
1 x AGP, 6 x PCI slots
Serial ATA up to 150MB/s (By Silicon Image Sil3112a)
High Point HPT372 IDE RAID Controller
AC97 Digital Audio (By RealTek ALC650)
Onboard LAN (By VIA VT6103)
USB 2.0
Onboard Debug LED
Adjustable CPU Vcore and clock speed
Adjustable AGP and memory voltage

 

[Viper GTS]

Originally posted by: jimmygates
So the floppy still uses the fulgy ribbon cable?



-Jimbo

LS120 drives use ATA cables and function as floppy drives (BIOS has an option to use it as a floppy), I'm sure something similar could be done using SATA if you really want one.

Viper GTS

 

[smp]

Wow, that's a nice looking board .. who the hell needs two lan controllers though??? Wha?!? I mean, I understand the gateway concept, but people who are into that probably already have a dedicated P100 or something running linux .. how much demand will that have? Oh well, as long as it doesn't drive up the cost, looks like a sweet, sweet board.

 

[UNCjigga]

Originally posted by: jimmygates
So the floppy still uses the fulgy ribbon cable?



-Jimbo

If your BIOS has USB floppy support, I highly recommend getting an external bus-powered USB drive (bus-powered drives typically require a powered hub.) I've had my BUSlink for quite some time because I needed the extra drive bay. It is very convenient to have it right on my desktop and not underneath and it works flawlessly. Shouldn't be more than $40.

 

[McCarthy]

Actually I can envision a lot more people using their new PC for internet sharing for their old one.

Or in another setup, using one NIC for their cable/DSL which is shared through an old 10mb hub (like I have) and using the other NIC to connect to a single other computer or multiples through a 100mb (or 10/100) hub. Thereby having a nice fast LAN without crippling it down because of the cable/DSL hookup. But that's where it'd benefit me, above is a lot more common

Wonder how many people actually have a P100 running linux as their router. Percentage of the market I mean vs internet sharing through the main machine.

 

[RanDum72]

Now that Asus board is going to be my next board!