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Ryan Sims wrote: |
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> On 9/29/06, Richard Fish <bigfish@××××××××××.org> wrote: |
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>> On 9/29/06, Ryan Sims <rwsims@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> > Let me rephrase my question: If I only use SATA drives, non RAID, |
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>> > they only run through the P975 southbridge, and I should be ok, right? |
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>> Well I don't own one of these things, but it looks like the SATA stuff |
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>> goes through the JMicron chip, while the RAID is provided by the 975. |
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> I thought it was the other way around? |
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> Southbridge |
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> - 4 x SATA 3.0 Gb/s ports |
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> JMicron(r) JMB363 PATA and SATA controller |
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> - 1 x UltraDMA 133/100/66 for up to 2 PATA devices |
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> - 1 x Internal SATA 3.0 Gb/s port |
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> - 1 x External SATA 3.0 Gb/s port (SATA On-the-Go) |
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> - Support SATA RAID 0, 1 and JBOD |
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> (from |
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> http://usa.asus.com/products4.aspx?modelmenu=2&model=1178&l1=3&l2=11&l3=307) |
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> That seems to say that 4 SATA drives can go through the Southbridge |
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> (P965, typo earlier, sorry) |
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Yeah - looks like it is for that board - as it uses ICH8 for plain old |
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SATA and JMicron for RAID, other similar boards seem to use ICH8R for |
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RAID and JMicron for plain old SATA... just to add to the confusion :-) |
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Cheers |
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Mark |
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