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Raid0 help

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Xplicid01

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to tell u the truth i only kno the very basics. I kno that the asus P4G8X DELUXE mobo has a built in raid controller but could a WD WESTERN DIGITAL 60GB 7200RPM EIDE HARD DRIVE which interface is IDE ULTRA ATA100 be used for a raid setup or does the hard drive have to be serial ata? i dont think i kno what im talking about so ne info would help
 
It depends on what the board has for controllers. The P4G8X uses a Silicon Image controller for the SATA, so you only have two SATA ports for RAID. You can use regular hard drives if you connect an adapter for the serial ATA interface. You cannot use the regular IDE ports for RAID because they are controlled by the integrated IDE controller which isn't RAID capable.

Other boards use a Promise controller which supports 2 SATA ports as well as one extra regular IDE port. With these you can do RAID with either both SATA ports, or one SATA port and the regular IDE port.
 
Here is a (small) picture of the motherboard; I see a floppy connector, and two standard IDE connectors. Just checked the manual now too - yes, the hard drives must be Serial ATA, as the SATA controller is the one that also supports RAID; the standard IDE controllers are just that - standard, non-RAID controllers.
I'd guess that you could use SATA -> ATA adapters, but I think they are around $25 each, and you'd need one for both of the drives in the RAID 0 array.
 
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