btt wrote:
>On Thu, Jul 10, 2003 at 12:08:30AM -0400, Maureen L. Thomas wrote:
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>>btt wrote:
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>>>I have one of these and think it is just great:
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>>>http://www.soyousa.com/products/proddesc.php?id=37
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>>>It is a bit old, and I think that they have a DRAGON2 out now, but
>>>I found that board to be very compatible with linux (the on-board
>>>ethernet and audio both have drivers, as well as the on-board
>>>Promise IDE controler). The RAID can be disabled allowing two extra
>>>ata100 ports.
>>>
>>>I'm itchin to get the DRAGON 2, but I want to upgrade the RAM and
>>>CPU at the same time. Ennh... maybe soon.
>>>
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>>The boards I am looking at are both SOYO - SY-KT333 Dragon Ultra
>>(Platinum Edition) with embedded Hipoint IDE-RAID that does ATA-133,
>>IDE RAID 0,1, 0+1. The SOYO website doesn't say it I can disable it
>>in the BIOS. It does say its compatible with Linux and BSD as well
>>as winblows. The Mandrake website compatibility site doesn'ts have
>>anything on Hipoint Raid or the KT333 chipsets. Or maybe I'll go
>>with the K7VX4L Soyo Dragon plus without Raid and 2 IDE's and just
>>get a card to inc the number of IDE's.
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>I remember having to resort to the soyo site because I lost the manual
>for the Dragon K7V. They did have the full manual online in the
>'downloads' section. That'll probably have the info for disabling the
>RAID functionality. I know that on the K7V, there is a simple bios
>setting.
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Something came up and I will have to put my upgrade off until a little
later. But I will go to the website and look for the manual. If it's
just a BIOS adjustment I will probably go for the 4 IDE board. Thanks
again for all you advice and help.
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