RE: Re: Samsung 1Tb Drives - Help - Raid settings?!?!

["Phil Harris" <phil@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

LinITX have some four port PCI to SATA cards for about =A312 each...

Phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of noel_pilot
> Sent: 20 July 2008 17:15
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] Re: Samsung 1Tb Drives - Help - Raid settings?!?!
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> Hmmm this is looking expensive!!! The problem is that my sata
> interface card doesn't support the faster speed, 3gbit/sec.
> Looked into jumper settings...and also a utility you can download from
> samsung that should force the hd to stay at 1.5 but alas no joy.
> Looking on forums there's been a fair few issues with these with lots
> of people on older kit just having no luck!!
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> Now I know as a true ukha'er I should treat this as perfect
> justification to buy more upgrades but it wasn't really in the plan!
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> So does anyone have that they wish to sell...or know of a 'CHEAP' Sata
> 2 PCI interface card?  Everything I'm finding is around the =A340 mark
> at the lowest which wasn't really part of the plan!!
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> I'm on an old ATX motherboard with AMD Socket 462 processor (yes yes
> old i know but does the job) so upgrading means new mobo, processor,
> prob ram the lot!!
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> Cheers
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> Noel
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> --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "noel_pilot" <HA@...> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks for that, poss its because I hadn't bothered to install
the
> > drivers for the SATA card since I last rebuilt. Just odd that it
> > doesn't do it for any of my other drives just the Samsung!!
> >
> > Currently fighting with Cyclic redundancy errors on the failing
drive
> > as I just try and transfer the movies off it!! Such a pain having
to
> > do them all individually!
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "noughtomate"
<balraj_jassal@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Motherboard settings ? Check your manual.
> > >
> > > Try using an alternative spare SATA connection on your
motherboard.
> > >
> > > (Unless you have a raid card installed)
> > >
> > > --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "noel_pilot" <HA@>
wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hi all,
> > > > I bought one of these 1Tb samsung drives, plugged in
fine,
> working
> > > ok
> > > > but everytime i reboot after the bios the pc asks if I
want to
> enter
> > > > Raid settings shows the ID of the Samsung drive and
stops there,
> > > > pressing ctrl and S or F4 as it says to enter raid
setup doesn't
> do
> > > > anything.
> > > > If I unplug the drive and reset then it boots into
windows fine
> and
> > > i
> > > > can plug the drive back in!
> > > >
> > > > Any thoughts how I sort this?! Sorry for being a bit
dense!
> > > >
> > > > thanks
> > > >
> > > > Noel
> > > >
> > >
> >
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