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PCI card...IDE/SATA
01. Feb 2011 at 21:40

Hi all....

I have just purchased a PCI card to enable me to add extra drives.....can anyone tell me whether the new drive should be set as master or slave. The other drives (IDE) installed on the MB are set on each ribbon as one master, one slave (DVD RW is slave on one ribbon). Thumbs Up!

I think the card IDE Drive should probably be set to master, but advice would be appreciated. The card can also have three SATA drives installed. If I add further SATA drives, would the IDE drive then have to be set to master or slave.. Shocked

Hope this is clear....my mind is boggled Grin

Reason for loads of additional drives is that C drive is kept just for windows, so if I get virused, etc, I can wipe C drive and reload in about an hour and do not lose anything. Thumbs Up!

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cem Omega King Offline Posts: 13920 Ankara/Turkey Gender: Drives: 97 2.5 V6 Manual CD- Clio Sport	Re: PCI card...IDE/SATA Reply #1 - 01. Feb 2011 at 21:45 if its single no setting required (on the cable).. but check the bios for irq sharing of the pci slot.. if it shares move to another slot etc.. ps: those pci cards are not that fast, and will slow down if you use multiple discs..
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Broomies Mate Omega Knight Offline Champagne Coloured Cars Are Gay! Posts: 1448 Bristol, UK Gender: Drives: 97 BMW 535i V8	Re: PCI card...IDE/SATA Reply #2 - 01. Feb 2011 at 22:02 The IDE and SATA controllers will be completely separate, even if they are on the same card, so the setting on the IDE drive shouldn't matter if using a combination of IDE and SATA drives. Just makes sure you have plenty of cooling as Hard Disks can output plenty of heat. Also ensure your PSU is up to scratch!
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Reply #3 - 01. Feb 2011 at 22:32

Thanks for quick responses, fellas. Thumbs Up!

Yes..psu is 700 watt, dual core 6000 cpu, 4 gb ram loaded but xp only recognises 3.25. 9400GT card.
Got plenty of fans, tower weighs a ton Grin

The new drive is for Rfactor racing only. Other drives are Flight Sim (various versions) and they ping along at a fair lick. For those that are in the 'know', my FSX fps average about 50, occasionally going up to over a 100 if in a bleak area.
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Re: PCI card...IDE/SATA
Reply #4 - 01. Feb 2011 at 22:33

terbert wrote on 01. Feb 2011 at 22:32:

Thanks for quick responses, fellas. Thumbs Up!

Yes..psu is 700 watt, dual core 6000 cpu, 4 gb ram loaded but xp only recognises 3.25. 9400GT card.
Got plenty of fans, tower weighs a ton Grin

The new drive is for Rfactor racing only. Other drives are Flight Sim (various versions) and they ping along at a fair lick. For those that are in the 'know', my FSX fps average about 50, occasionally going up to over a 100 if in a bleak area.
Thanks for advice Thumbs Up!

That'll be the 9400GT Thumbs Up!

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cem Omega King Offline Posts: 13920 Ankara/Turkey Gender: Drives: 97 2.5 V6 Manual CD- Clio Sport	Re: PCI card...IDE/SATA Reply #5 - 01. Feb 2011 at 22:35 8500 or something similiar is rusting aside.. its been long time I give up gaming..
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terbert Senior Member Offline Posts: 634 High Wycombe/Brackley/Wareham Drives: 2000 Omega Elite Estate 2.5	Re: PCI card...IDE/SATA Reply #6 - 01. Feb 2011 at 23:17 Cem....in our house, gaming is better than Eastenders, Corrie, Holby city, etc, etc, Just bought swmbo a set of cordless headphones so I don't have to listen while I am flying (Flight Sim)
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Chris_H Omega Knight Offline Posts: 1694 E London/Essex UK Gender: Drives: 2000 Omega Elite 3.0 Auto; Ford Fracas; Triumph Sprint RS	Re: PCI card...IDE/SATA Reply #7 - 02. Feb 2011 at 07:59 cem wrote on 01. Feb 2011 at 22:35: 8500 or something similiar is rusting aside.. its been long time I give up gaming.. You have your life back Cem! Whatever you do don't fall for watching soaps on tv.
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cem Omega King Offline Posts: 13920 Ankara/Turkey Gender: Drives: 97 2.5 V6 Manual CD- Clio Sport	Re: PCI card...IDE/SATA Reply #8 - 02. Feb 2011 at 09:49 soaps , mostly I watch with one eye , as I'm reading oof usually .. (or rarely facebook) but other than that 8 small monsters jumping everywhere and sometimes on me, give me enough trouble
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mathewst Omega Knight Offline Posts: 1499 Split, Croatia Gender: Drives: omega 2.2i 16v	Re: PCI card...IDE/SATA Reply #9 - 02. Feb 2011 at 09:57 If you want to use all 4 gigs of RAM put XP 64bit version. I'm guessing your current video card has 768MB of memory.
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Re: PCI card...IDE/SATA
Reply #10 - 02. Feb 2011 at 18:14

mathewst wrote on 02. Feb 2011 at 09:57:

If you want to use all 4 gigs of RAM put XP 64bit version.
I'm guessing your current video card has 768MB of memory.

4Gb is a horrid amount. 32bit can only use a shade over 3Gb, and the inefficiencies of 64bit Windows makes 4G not worthwhile (over 3G 32bit).

If you wan't to go 64bit, XP really isn't the way anyway, due to immature architecture and poor driver support. Vista or later is a much better bet for 64bit Thumbs Up!

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Reply #11 - 02. Feb 2011 at 18:50

mathewst wrote on 02. Feb 2011 at 09:57:

If you want to use all 4 gigs of RAM put XP 64bit version.
I'm guessing your current video card has 768MB of memory.

Graphics card is 1024mb memory. Wink

You are right, TB....I have got my spare comp back now so will load windows 7 in and see what thats all about. Then I'll see about loading it on here. Thumbs Up!

I then have the capacity to put in more ram....I think this MB will suport either 8 or 16 gig.

One tech point....if I put Windows 7 on this comp, can I just put in the disk and it automatically updates....or is it a wipe and format and raw load

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Re: PCI card...IDE/SATA
Reply #12 - 02. Feb 2011 at 19:25

terbert wrote on 02. Feb 2011 at 18:50:

mathewst wrote on 02. Feb 2011 at 09:57:

If you want to use all 4 gigs of RAM put XP 64bit version.
I'm guessing your current video card has 768MB of memory.

Graphics card is 1024mb memory. Wink

You are right, TB....I have got my spare comp back now so will load windows 7 in and see what thats all about. Then I'll see about loading it on here. Thumbs Up!

I then have the capacity to put in more ram....I think this MB will suport either 8 or 16 gig.

One tech point....if I put Windows 7 on this comp, can I just put in the disk and it automatically updates....or is it a wipe and format and raw load

Win7 does have a upgrade options (though its quite fussy), but I would 100% fully recommend rebuild from scratch. Sorry.

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Re: PCI card...IDE/SATA
Reply #13 - 02. Feb 2011 at 19:34

TheBoy wrote on 02. Feb 2011 at 19:25:

terbert wrote on 02. Feb 2011 at 18:50:

mathewst wrote on 02. Feb 2011 at 09:57:

If you want to use all 4 gigs of RAM put XP 64bit version.
I'm guessing your current video card has 768MB of memory.

Graphics card is 1024mb memory. Wink

You are right, TB....I have got my spare comp back now so will load windows 7 in and see what thats all about. Then I'll see about loading it on here. Thumbs Up!

I then have the capacity to put in more ram....I think this MB will suport either 8 or 16 gig.

One tech point....if I put Windows 7 on this comp, can I just put in the disk and it automatically updates....or is it a wipe and format and raw load

Win7 does have a upgrade options (though its quite fussy), but I would 100% fully recommend rebuild from scratch. Sorry.

agreed..

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Re: PCI card...IDE/SATA
Reply #14 - 02. Feb 2011 at 19:57

cem wrote on 02. Feb 2011 at 19:34:

TheBoy wrote on 02. Feb 2011 at 19:25:

terbert wrote on 02. Feb 2011 at 18:50:

mathewst wrote on 02. Feb 2011 at 09:57:

If you want to use all 4 gigs of RAM put XP 64bit version.
I'm guessing your current video card has 768MB of memory.

Graphics card is 1024mb memory. Wink

You are right, TB....I have got my spare comp back now so will load windows 7 in and see what thats all about. Then I'll see about loading it on here. Thumbs Up!

I then have the capacity to put in more ram....I think this MB will suport either 8 or 16 gig.

One tech point....if I put Windows 7 on this comp, can I just put in the disk and it automatically updates....or is it a wipe and format and raw load

Win7 does have a upgrade options (though its quite fussy), but I would 100% fully recommend rebuild from scratch. Sorry.

agreed..

Thanks chaps Thumbs Up!

Its not a major problem as I only use C drive for the very basics....most of my stuff is on other drives. Makes it easy to wipe if I get corruptions or viruses. Thumbs Up!

does not take long to sort out any programmes that may need a 'backward tweak' Wink

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