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    could someone verify if this is the Promise Card that i should use with a new ATA100 HDD,

    http://www.us.buy.com/retail/product...253472&loc=101

    as there are about 3 models from the company, i am assuming it is this one that i should use as it is a RAID setup !

    Thanx for the help, and DOC where have you been lately ?
    Asus P2B @ 100Mhz
    PIII 800 / 133Mhz running @100MHZ = 600MHZ!!! VIA Asus Slotkey
    SimpleTECH 128MB X 3/ 100Mhz
    IBM 9.GB Ultrawide Scsi LVD
    IBM 18gb secondary drive @ 7200
    Maxtor 37GB storage drive @ 5400
    Marvel G200 TV
    Microtek E6 scanner via scsi card {adaptec 1502}
    HP CD12ri CDRW 12X10X32 BurnProof!
    Creative Infra48 CD ROM
    Creative AWE64 Gold [ISA]
    Realtek Chip NIC 10/100
    21' Samsung Syncmaster 1000p
    Firewire card
    Mini USB hub
    8 port Compex 10/100 hub
    Sandisk Reader - USB
    Cordless Logitec Mouse
    Iomega Zip100 [the old ugly one!]
    HP 1220 C - A3 printer

  • #2
    That's the one.

    I'd recommend the IBM 75GXP as the primary drive choice with the Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 40/45/60 as the secondary choice.

    The only problem with the Maxtors is that they come with write verification turned on, which slows them down considerablly. This turns off automatically after 10 system powerups or it can be turned off manually with a utility on Maxtors download page.

    I also understand the new Quantum's are quite fast, but I haven't had one to test so that's heresay. At any rate Quantum is owned by Maxtor now so....

    Dr. Mordrid

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    • #3
      DOC, is the Ultra100 a much slower performer than the FT100 ? I am assuming i can only stripe 2 DiamondMax 60 with the FT100?
      Asus P2B @ 100Mhz
      PIII 800 / 133Mhz running @100MHZ = 600MHZ!!! VIA Asus Slotkey
      SimpleTECH 128MB X 3/ 100Mhz
      IBM 9.GB Ultrawide Scsi LVD
      IBM 18gb secondary drive @ 7200
      Maxtor 37GB storage drive @ 5400
      Marvel G200 TV
      Microtek E6 scanner via scsi card {adaptec 1502}
      HP CD12ri CDRW 12X10X32 BurnProof!
      Creative Infra48 CD ROM
      Creative AWE64 Gold [ISA]
      Realtek Chip NIC 10/100
      21' Samsung Syncmaster 1000p
      Firewire card
      Mini USB hub
      8 port Compex 10/100 hub
      Sandisk Reader - USB
      Cordless Logitec Mouse
      Iomega Zip100 [the old ugly one!]
      HP 1220 C - A3 printer

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      • #4
        According to that link in your post, you can hook up to 4 IDE devices to your card.

        I have a FT33 with two older Maxtor drives, and while they're a bit loud, I've never had a single problem with the setup.

        I don't know if it's still possible, but you can convert a $40 Ultra card into a Fasttrak card just by adding a single resistor. There are guides on the net that show how to do this, if you're daring.


        [This message has been edited by JerryH (edited 01 February 2001).]

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        • #5
          The conversion of a Ultra100 controller to a FastTrack100 Raid controller is somewhat more involved than converting the old Ultra66 to a Raid controller. But it worked great for me...bought a Ultra100 Controller for $20 and converted to Raid with a pair of IBM 75GXP's. Rock&Roll! Read up..
          http://www.tweakhardware.com

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          • #6
            EchoWars,

            I did it the easiest way. I got an Asus A7V KT133 Athlon board, and just added two resistors to the second connector on the Primary Channel ribbon cable as shown on www.tweakhardware.com's page!

            I then just used CrazyApe's pre-mod'd BIOS for the A7V and away I went.

            I am still bummed though, because even with two Quantum Fireball Plus LM ATA66 drives as a RAID 0 Stripe set, I still drop about 40% of frames doing a 640x480x64K color 30fps capture. The PC-VCR dialog box says I only need about 19MB/sec transfer rate to do that, and I believe my drives should be able to sustain higher than that, but the "proof is in the pudding" I guess.

            Maybe Quantum's have write verification turned on as well???

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            ASUS A7V, 256MB Infineon PC133, "Copper" Athlon 900@1105MHz, GlobalWin FOP38 with Delta 7000 RPM 38CFM fan. eVGA eGeForce2 MX, 3COM 905C NIC, Adaptec 2940UW Ultra-Wide SCSI, SBLive PCI 1024. Segate Medalist PRO 9.1GB UW SCSI 7200RPM, Seagate Barracuda 4.3GB UW SCSI 7200RPM, Maxtor 20.4GB ATA66 7200RPM 2MB Cache, 8GB tape b/u, Sony IDE Spressa 8x/4x/32x CDROM RW, RAID 0 stripe set on hacked Promise ATA100 with dual Quantum Fireball Plus LM 30GB ATA66 drives.
            Tyan Thunder K7, 768MB Registered DDR ECC, 2xMP2200+, Radeon 9700 Pro, Adaptec 2940U2B Ultra2 SCSI, TB Santa Cruz, Pyro 1394DV. RAID 0 stripe set on hacked Promise UltraTX2 with dual WD 120MB SE drives. HP DVD200i DVD+RW drive.

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            • #7
              You could try using the HuffYUV codec to losslessly compress those RGB captures before the get written to the drive.

              With your CPU it should halve the data rate and reduce your dropped frames. Get it here;

              http://www.math.berkeley.edu/~benrg/huffyuv.html

              Dr. Mordrid

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