Shuttle's SB61G2 865PE Springdale system

[Elvis2]

I'm building a new system around a P4 3.0c/Hercules 9800 Pro/2 x 256 mgs. Corsair XMS pc3500 ram and am thinking about going SFF. Does anyone know if you can boot from a single SATA (WD Raptor) hd?

TIA

 

[UlricT]

why wouldnt you be able to? The BIOS should suppport it from the start.... they even let you boot off a USB memory dongle(?) thing nowadays!

 

[Elvis2]

yeah, no problem. Just read a review at Thresh's. I'm concerned about heat and that dinky 200 watt ps tho....

 

[MercenaryForHire]

200W is not "dinky", since that's a constant 200W feed.

That's a lot of power for a box most of us could dropkick forty feet.

- M4H

 

[asrirama]

I've this system/motherboard and had no problem booting with the SATA drive. You do have to enable SATA in the BIOS, default is disabled.

 

[Auric]

SB61G2 has an 865G chipset. The supposedly forthcoming SB62G2 has an 865PE. That's the one I am interested in and am glad I got a full sized board awhile back while I wait, and wait, and wait...