Asus K8V SE Deluxe questions. . . HDD and Optical related

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Crash5291

New Member
Hey

i have been trying to figure out how its all suposed to work? lol

Specifications:
IDE: 3x ATA 133(1 from Promise 20378) up to 6 Devices
Onboard SATA/RAID: VT8237, 2xSATA, RAID 0/1; Promise R20378, 2x SATA, RAID 0/1/0+1
(above from Newegg)

i looked for a bit on the Mobo and all i could find was the PRI_IDE and SEC_IDE slots and the PRI_RAID

i then pulled out the book and read a bit on it

bit it didnt state how one would set it up to have 6 drives at one time?? not that i plan on hooking up that many drives right now but i would like to know just to know lol

in the book it states:
South Bridge Supports
2 x ATA 133 Connectors
2 x Serial ATA with Raid 0, Raid 1
Promise PDC20387 Raid Controller
1 X UltraDMA 133 supports 2 hard drives
2 X Serial ATA connectors
Raid 0, Raid 1, Raid 0+1 Configurations

now that i have almost lost my thought train here

this is what i was wondering
if one had say 4HDD's and 2 opticals
all IDE
how would it be connected to the board?

1. HDD1(os on it) and HDD2 conected to PRI_RAID, HDD3 + HDD4 on PRI_IDE, Opt1 + Opt2 on SEC_IDE?
2. HDD1+HDD2 on PRI_IDE, Opt1+Opt2 on SEC_IDE, HDD3+HDD4 on PRI_RAID?

since if i under stood the book right the PRI_RAID cant deal with Optical's?

and with 3 HDD's and 2 Opticals

1. HDD1+HDD2 on PRI_RAID, HDD3 on PRI_IDE, Opt1+Opt2 on SEC_IDE?
2. HDD1+HDD2 on PRI_IDE, HDD3 on PRI_RAID, Opt1+Opt2 on SEC_IDE?

and my last question SATA has 2 conectors dose that limit it to 2 drives?

thanks for reading this far guys it must be quite scrambled to read
Joe
 
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Praetor

Administrator
Staff member
bit it didnt state how one would set it up to have 6 drives at one time?? not that I plan on hooking up that many drives right now but I would like to know just to know lol
Click to expand...
Plug them in!
To go into the Primary IDE, two into the Secondary IDE, two in the RAID IDE. The rest are SATA for a total of 10 drives (6PATA, 4SATA)
 
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Crash5291

New Member
seemed like a dumb question but as may say the only dumb question is the one that go's un asked lol

Thanks Dude
Joe
 
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