anybody using one of these?

2 slots (4 devices) just aint enuff anymore, so im thinking of buying one of these cards (from umart)

was just wondering if anybody knows anything good/bad about them

I'm using one , had not problems ... but i havent put a boot device on any channels that are running of the card, and thats the real test

i would get some i recon

I use one. I bought a Winfast ATA100 model (now living in Ember's machine) for about $50 from the PC Markets nsome time back. Very handy thing to have. I ditched it after 6 months, then soon found the need for one again.

:/


I now use a generic, yum-cha brand (ST Labs) for my DVD-Rom. It works well, but I'd never run my primary drive off it as it just isn't that efficent. It cost about $35.

yer, thats pretty much what i need it for
my dvd and burner dont get on too well on the same channel;

not too interested in performance as ill run the fast devices from the mobo;

ok, ta folks, im sold, ordering now;

i have a promise ata 100 card (ultra100 tx2) for sale if anyone wants to make an offer. worked fine for me, just don't need it since i upgraded ..

bah
where were u this morning?
too late for me to buy it

asleep
sorry about that

and for whoever was asking, i was running my boot device off it fine

yer I guess you'd expect some pretty decent data transfer from a promise with good drivers loaded.

A shame the Winfast nor the STLabs didn't deliver.


The Promise raid controller delivers, but it'll be a few weeks until my old Barracuda 4's are replaced for the new raid-compat vers so I'll have to wait for the test results.

At this point a single WD 80Gig (8MB cache) out-performs the raid setup that was in my puter.

:(

Will using an add-in card get around the 8 gig limitation of older BIOSs?

/end hijack

depends on your mobo...


how old a mobo are we talking here?

bah!
why couldn't I find a friken ata card.

I ended up buying a ATA 133 Raid card instead.

now I can't plug CD-Roms in :(
swap anyone?

lol...i have the promise card...reckon the winfast performs better tho...

i got the st labs one

the nice ppl at umart even upgraded it to the ata133 model for me for free

i like umart

ooh 133 scho must faster than 100 too

mmmmmmm, more faster

I ended up buying a ATA 133 Raid card instead. now I can't plug CD-Roms in :(
swap anyone?

oh dude...

lol...i have the promise card...reckon the winfast performs better tho...

you need the latest drivers for your Promise. It is the better of the two, hence I ditched the Winfast and went looking for better. I found IDE raid :)

i got the st labs one
the nice ppl at umart even upgraded it to the ata133 model for me for free

People still sell ATA100 ide controllers? or will nobody take them off their hands for them :P

ooh 133 scho must faster than 100 too

you'd think so.

mmmmmmm, more faster

but she ain't.

the controller runs my ata66 dvd-rom nicely though :)

I still wouldn't run an OS drive from it. too slow.