AT7-max2 owners

[pby5cat]

did u get the "SERILLEL" parallel to serial ATA converters and have u any problems with the supplied temp monitering program? also, has any one mounted an AX-7 on this board and it fits?

 

[eXtraktor]

I was wondering the same thing about the AX-7. Im looking to buy this board as i absolutly hate the Epox i have...

 

[Matrix78]

i got the board, i got 1 converter with it, (cheap *******s) and as far as the temp program it wont load on my system i dont know why, so i just use MBM5

is there a good way to test the HD data transfer speed? i wana see if there is any diff between using the SATA or just the normal ATA133 connection

 

[rdytorave]

I have an AT7

I have an AT7 Max. It's not the Max2 but I doubt the layout has changed much. The stock monitoring program works ok. I have an AX7 and it fit just fine using the 3 pronged clips.

 

[pby5cat]

matrix78- sis sandra can bench ATA
http://www.sisoftware.demon.co.uk/sandra/

 

[SafirXP]

You won't find much of a difference on using an ATA133 drive or even a SATA drive using that controller. That Marvel controller is actually a converter of SATA to PATA! Actual SATA controllers won't be available until next year, from what I've heard that is.

 

[Matrix78]

so i'm probably wasting my time having the SATA drivers load up since all i have hooked to the SATA is a WD 40GB ATA100 ????

 

[rdytorave]

That is correct. You are wasting your time.

 

[SafirXP]

No you're not wasting your time! Most of the people don't know what I just told ya! So doesn't matter. SATA data cable looks better than an ATA rounded cable & the name 'SerialATA' sounds cool, so hook it up... always think about the w00tage factor!

This should explain what's happening: http://www.dansdata.com/rr1520.htm

 

[Sonny]

That Marvel controller is actually a converter of SATA to PATA! Actual SATA controllers won't be available until next year, from what I've heard that is.

I think your confused on how Serial ATA will be introduced to the public. HERE is some relevant information on the subject.

Will there be a performance gain with Serial ATA 1.0 compared to ATA133/100? Yes there is when True Serial ATA hard drives are used & to date there is only one manufacturer. Seagate Barracuda V 2MB & 8MB Cache Serial ATA are the only one avilable. PROOF OF PERFORMANCE HERE

 

[Sonny]

so i'm probably wasting my time having the SATA drivers load up since all i have hooked to the SATA is a WD 40GB ATA100 ????

Why would you use a Parallel ATA HDD on a Serial Controller via converter if you have normal IDE Controllers? Not the best choice I would think.

 

[Matrix78]

Why would you use a Parallel ATA HDD on a Serial Controller via converter if you have normal IDE Controllers? Not the best choice I would think.

as was said by XPerienceD, just because i can

 

[Sonny]

as was said by XPerienceD, just because i can

Slower performance just for looks, yeah that's really cool

 

[Matrix78]

how do u figure slower performance, if i'm hooking a ATA100 up to a port that can do Max of 150MB/s then where am i loseing out? sure i have to load one extra driver to make it all work but thats not going to affect performance in anyway noticable

 

[Sonny]

Benchmark it.

 

[rdytorave]

Slower performance just for looks, yeah that's really cool

Hey Matrix do you drive a Delorian?

 

[Matrix78]

haha i'd like one

 

[Matrix78]

Benchmark it.

never benched my HD before and i havent seen anyone elses so i dont have anything to really base this on so let me know. . . . .

 

[SafirXP]

Pretty good I guess. But unless there are latency issues with the current SATA controller, I guess there's no problem!

I've a question for AT7-Max2 owners! I'm getting mine on Monday most probably. I'll hook up two 60GB 7200rpm Maxtor drives on the ATA133 ports on the RAID controller and setup a RAID-0 array. I've two more 40GB drives, which I'll setup as Primary Master & Slave. But I wanna know if I can attach one of the drives to the RAID controller (but not in the RAID0 array) using the SATA port? I wan't it to use the SATA port, but excluded from the RAID0 array! Is it possible?

 

[Matrix78]

yeah, u shouldnt have a problem with that, i only have the one drive hooked to the SATA and 2 more hooked to the old ATA66

ya get a whole bios menu to mess with to configure your RAID telling it what to include and what not to