GA-8KNXP setup

I'm sure I read that you can't put DVD or CD drivers on IDE 3&4 - you can
put normal (non-RAIDed) hard disks on 3 and 4, but I'm under the impression
that it would be much better if they were on IDE 1&2 as they won't use the
PCI bus.

That's why I went for SATA hard drives and left IDE 1&2 for the CD & DVD - I
use IDE 3 with a hard disk that's used for backup.

For you, I guess best to put the hard drives on 1 and CD&DVD on 2.

Taliska

"Timothy Drouillard" wrote in message
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The manual reccomends that the IDE-1 connector be used for your normal
HD's
(two of them), and IDE-2 connector be used for your CD or DVD drives
(again
two drives)

IDE-3 (two drives) and IDE-4 (another two drives) are used with the
GigaRAID
controller


"pd" wrote in message
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I am about to setup my PC with the 8KNXP.
I would like to use IDE 1 for my current hard drive, IDE 2 for my DVD,
IDE 3 for my CDRW and IDE 4 for my new hard drive.
My manual says the GigaRAID controller has a setting called "Normal". It
says all the drive will act as independent drive volumes.
Will IDE 3 and or 4 support my DVD and or CDRW??

me/