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RE: [OT] Promise IDE Card


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  • Subject: RE: [OT] Promise IDE Card
  • From: "Ian Lowe" <ian@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2002 01:02:27 -0000
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-----Original Message-----
From: Stuart Booth [mailto:stuart@xxxxxxx]
>I gave up in disgust with the HPT366 on my BP6 board in my
>Server box. Bunged in a Promise card and other than the system
>not booting up the first time anymore (I have to turn the box off
>[hold-hold-hold the power button] and then shortly back on again)
>it's worked perfectly.

Been there, seen that ;)

>I'd probably try an unbranded one next time to see if that initial turn
>on problem is a Promise induced error.

It is, and is fixed in the latest BIOS versions for the Ultra66, Ultra100
and Ultra100TX2
Cards

>A friend had terrible grief with lost partition table information and
>such like with a later Highpoint controller. I believe he too went out
>and bought a Promise controller and hasn't mentioned it since.
>Thus...
>
>> My only thing would be: make sure the value controllers are not
using
>> Highpoint Chipsets, as these are the problem
>
>...I can only agree.

Yep, My friends in IT all have Horror stories of HiPoint Controllers
causing
Data Loss.

Ian.




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