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RAID, Windows 2000 and ICH9R
I was going to buy a Gigabyte GA-EP35C-DS3R but noticed at the last
minute that the page for that motherboard http://tw.giga-byte.com/Products/Mot...ProductID=2740 says: === begin quote === "Duo to chipset limitation, Intel ICH9R RAID driver does not support Windows 2000 operating system." ==== end quote ==== I was hoping to create a system with 3 x RAID 1 arrays (i.e. 3 x 2- drive mirrored pairs for C:, D:, and E: ) and want to use Windows 2000 Server for compatibility with other s/w, but seeing this has stopped me from ordering it. Other boards (e.g. ASUS) with the ICH9R chipset don't carry a similar warning about RAID under Windows 2000, e.g. http://uk.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=...&mo delmenu=2 This Expert's Exchange page (scroll to the bottom for the answer) http://www.experts-exchange.com/OS/M..._23413739.html says: === begin quote === You probably already know this, but Intel shows support for Windows 2000 only through its ICH7 hubs. See: http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Deta...02000&lang=eng The page above has this line: "Note: This is the final version of Intel® Matrix Storage Manager with Microsoft Windows 2000* support." However, Gigabyte shows a pre-installation ('press 6') driver for Win2k for their GA-P35-DS3P board, which uses the ICH9R hub Usually the chipset drivers are provided by the board vendors and are specific to the board - you probably can't use a Gigabyte driver on a non-Gigabyte board. ==== end quote ==== ... and I've got a box running Windows 2000 which uses an ASUS P5B Deluxe motherboard (ICH8R chipset) with 3 x RAID 1 arrays with the Matrix s/w and it seems to be fine. Can anyone please clarify; if I were to buy the Gigabyte board and install the RAID driver on installation (i.e. "press F6" ) is it a non- issue? Or is it just an issue with Gigabyte boards, and could I buy another ASUS board without the same concern? And for a bonus point... does anyone think the same issue would exist with a board with the ICH10R chipset? Thank you for any help! |
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