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Whts secondary raid for????

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joelf15 Original post #1
Dec 4, 2006 at 1:01 PM


Hey ppls..I wanted to know that whit is this secondary raid0 and secondary raid1 on the motherboard for ..they are two parallel ports for connecting a hdd i have connected my pata (not Sata) hdd to them but it does not work there..however i have another two slots for hdd and the hdd work on those slots...i wanted to know whether i can connect a sata on this motherboard ..i dont have the sata serial ports ..Pls help thx
assasin
assasin #2
Dec 5, 2006 at 8:09 AM
If u wanna connect Sata HDDs to ur mobo u'll have to buya SATA pci expansion card.See the link below:
*www.etech4sale.com/ADAPTEC_2169900-R_SATA_II_RAID/2169900-R/partinfo-id-150676.html
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joelf15 #3
Dec 5, 2006 at 11:55 AM
assasin said:
If u wanna connect Sata HDDs to ur mobo u'll have to buya SATA pci expansion card.See the link below:
*www.etech4sale.com/ADAPTEC_2169900-R_SATA_II_RAID/2169900-R/partinfo-id-150676.html

Right i know tht but whis the secondary raid slot for on the motherboard?????
assasin
assasin #4
Dec 5, 2006 at 7:15 PM
RAID is a setup dat u can create with 2 or more SATA hdds,its not a slot as u say.I think u were trying to point to ur secondary IDE slot.If not den plz clarify urself.
shantanu
Dec 8, 2006 at 2:46 AM
a secondary raid array is setup to create a vast disk transfer between two or more sata dirves as raido raid 1 and raid 2 and raid 3 as per sata connectors on your mobo
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joelf15 #6
Dec 10, 2006 at 2:04 PM
yess its an ide secondary raid o and raid 1 ...is there a way i can connect a sata to the mobo ..coz i dont have those two small connectors for sata ..i have the blue parallel port like in the pic..which says secondary raid o and 1 *www.hardwarezone.com/img/data/articles/2005/1381/i915Pa-EFRII_extraIDE.jpg