Re: Question about ASUS P4C800-E Deluxe Motherboard

I'd avoid hooking up 2 Raptors to the Promise Controller S-ATA.
I've seen numerous posts about the S-ATA drive on channel 1, out of the blue
disappearing. This has been reported only on the onboard Promise
Controller. If you like I can find you the links to people reporting this
problem.

"Mark Gross" < om> wrote in
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> ASUS P4C800-E Deluxe Motherboard
>
> This motherboard has both :
> UltraDMA 100 IDE Controller
> 2 x UltraDMA 100/66/33
> Supports 4 IDE devices
>
> and
>
> Serial ATA
> 2 x Serial ATA connectors
> 2 x Serial ATA connectors on Promise Controller
> Supports 4 devices
>
> Can I use 2 Western Digital 250GB ATA/100 harddrives
> and 52x24x52 CDRW
> and DVD +r +rw Writer/rewriter hooked up to the UltraDMA 100 IDE
Controller
>
> AND
>
> at the same time use 2 Maxtor DiamondMax Plus9 200GB Serial ATA Harddrive
> 8mb 7200RPM hooked up to the Serial ATA Controller.
>
> Mark
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