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On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 7:07 PM, Harry Putnam <reader@×××××××.com> wrote: |
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> Paul, you will be relieved to know that I braved up and installed the |
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> 1205sa card on a windows machine... updated driver which may have been |
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> a waste of time and flashed both Base BIOS and SATA_raid BIOS. |
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> Apparently this card has a BIOS that is in 2 parts or maybe each on it |
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> own chip. Their are 2 on the card. |
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> I didn't hold out much hope but it worked just fine with that done. |
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> No need for jumpers ... it just works. |
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> Some might think its a waste to go with the 1.5GB of `sata I' but the |
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> card is PCI anyway. I'm not sure how much of a bottleneck that is but |
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> I suspect that would get in the way before 1.5gb does. |
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> This server is on a home lan so not going to get an industrial |
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> workout anyway. |
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> I'm a happy camper even though I jumped the gun and ordered a Sil3114 |
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> off ebay, I'm pretty sure I'll use it sooner or later. |
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> You have been very patient and helpful ... I really do appreciate |
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> that. Thanks. |
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Great news! As far as 1.5 vs 3.0, the drive cannot physically get |
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anywhere near that fast so it probably won't make any difference. I |
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had a 320GB drive that came with the 1.5 mode jumpered from the |
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factory, and didn't even realize it for about six months. Once I |
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noticed and changed it, there was absolutely no speed difference. I |
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just got the satisfaction of seeing "3.0" in dmesg instead of "1.5". |
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:) |
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