Hi all,
I am using an Asus A7N8X deluxe mobo with a serial Barracuda drive attached to the onboard Silicon Image controller. Well, it works. But in PIO mode. My new 1GB, Barton 3000 now runs like a PIII 600Mghz. Great. If anyone has figured out how to get this drive cruising, please let me know. Otherwise...
Maybe I'll buy another controller. Does anyone have experience with the Promise, Hight Point, etc - controllers? Two drives isn't going to cut it for me, so buying another controller isn't a huge deal. If anyone can recommend a controller that I can drop into 8.2 and get ata100 speeds, please let me know - because this sucks.
I have not tried it yet, but 3ware makes a serial IDE controller. If it is as good as their parallel IDE controllers, it should be fantastic. Greg -- Greg Freemyer