PCI IDE raid card expansion

Iraklis F.C. · 29 Jan 2006 at 21:38

hi guys , i have been thinking in creating a RAID0 in my old pc (p3 @933) and i was looking for a pci card in which i will connect 2 80gb WD JD brand new caviars.

What i dont know and cant find it in the web is how these PCI cards can fucntion as bootable arrays. I want to fresh install windows in the array but apparently the motherboard bios do not have any option for RAID , the question is : How do these pci cards are recognised on bios and can i make a bootable array with a PCI card?

thanx

basmic · 29 Jan 2006 at 21:59

The SCSI cards have a BIOS.

Usually, just after your the motherboard POSTs, the SCSI card will say something like "press F1 to enter Adaptec Setup", and Bob's your Auntie.

Iraklis F.C. · 29 Jan 2006 at 22:11

ok thanx , but scsi cards arent the same with IDE, are they?

basmic · 29 Jan 2006 at 22:35

Ooops - I have SCSI on the brain at the moment.

derbyjake · 29 Jan 2006 at 22:47

should come with a bios on the card m8

same as scsi iirc