Yes I´m using an ASUS a7v with vt8237 with no problem with a 120Gb SATA seagate not tried RAID only the drive plugged and runing, no idea about how fast, because I´m a linux newbie and don´t know how to test it. I expect it helps. On Mon, 24 May 2004 08:03:40 +0200 Thibaut Cousin wrote:

I have an MSI KT6 motherboard, with a VIA8237 chipset, running SUSE 9.1. The chipset is recognized by the kernel with no problem. So far I have only used UDMA hard drives and I'd like to buy a SATA one. I don't plan to use any fancy option, like RAID, etc. I just want to plug one drive and use it. Has anyone successfully used that chipset? Are there any hard drive manufacturers to avoid? Thanks in advance!

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Thibaut Cousin wrote:

I have an MSI KT6 motherboard, with a VIA8237 chipset, running SUSE 9.1. The chipset is recognized by the kernel with no problem. So far I have only used UDMA hard drives and I'd like to buy a SATA one. I don't plan to use any fancy option, like RAID, etc. I just want to plug one drive and use it. Has anyone successfully used that chipset? Are there any hard drive manufacturers to avoid? Thanks in advance!

If you are planning to use 9.1, it should work fine. Also, you would be wise to get a Western Digital 10000RPM Raptor drive if you don't need massive storage space. These drives are blazingly fast. There are 36GB and 74GB models. Good day! -- ____________________________________ Christopher R. Carlen Principal Laser/Optical Technologist Sandia National Laboratories CA USA crcarle@sandia.gov