Will this board work to dual boot XP &amp; Win 7? I had issues with a RocketRaid 640L in my Dell 9150 I could not get it to setup XP in RAID 1+0.
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dual-boot screen is generated by Windows, not by the controller card. if the card and its drivers were correctly installed BEFORE you attached the Windows boot drive, then you re-booted into the BIOS and set the card/boot drive as the first hard drive (top of the list), then save & exit from BIOS, the computer should re-start and boot to your dual-boot screen, no problem. my computer does this with a win7/win8 dual-boot screen. also, once you confirm it's working, re-boot again and press ctrl + m to bring up the syba card's own BIOS where you can set up RAID.
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That depends if your controller supports it, if so then yes. I am running raid 10 on mine.
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I have all available Windows and Dell updates on my Dell Inspiron Windows 8 machine, and it does not work consistently. Most of the time it hangs when you try to access a disk. Couldn't write to discs using ImgBurn. I flashed my Bios once to the same version I had, and it worked until I rebooted. After flashing the Bios again, it didn't work. Works perfectly on my Windows 7 machine. The package says the unit is only compatible with XP and Windows 7.
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I use Win 7x64 & purchased this card to salvage an IDE old DVD drive. It works, but you cannot boot from CD with it. There were other issues occasionally. I ended up dumping the card and purchasing a SATA to IDE adapter for the DVD drive. I also purchased "IO Crest SATA III 4 Port PCI-e 2.0 x1 Card with Low Profile Bracket (SI-PEX40064)" and have had no problems.
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I have to say I haven't actually tried it with ATA100 drives. But typically an interface that will work at ATA133 will support ATA100. I note someone else said it doesn't work with ATA133 - but I am using it with ATA133 just fine. I can boot from ATA133. Please note that I have NOT used this device in RAID modes - only as an interface for PATA and SATA drives non-RAID.
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The RocketRAID 640L is supported under WHS 2012 (that's what my server runs) but the SMART data is only accessible under the controller card's own user interface. The good news it that support for maintenance data is quite complete. I've been running the 640L card for a couple of years now and it operated through two hard drive failures without data loss (use WD Black drives, I've had good luck with them). The setup documentation is cryptic but you can work your way through it.
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This card supports RAID-0 and RAID-1 only setup. It does not support RAID-5
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Yes, as long as the controller (in the PC) driver is compatible with the win environment. We use the LSI Megaraid 9260-8I and it works like a champ. We use this under WINSERV 2012 Essentials (both original and the R2 just out) with no problem. If the PC provides the power from it's internal power supply use two different buss lines from the supply. A single line powering all 4 disks can cause voltage drops during high activity that may cause errors in the disks I/O and cause the raid to fall out of sync.Also use very high quality SATA lines from the PC controller to the backplane.
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Hello fellow Transcend card user: First of all, I am not using my card in a RAID configuration. However, I do believe your assumption is correct. I have an ASUS MoBo and to access the installed RAID functionality of the MoBo, I have to attach the hard drives directly to a specific set of SATA III I/O ports. You may want to check your MoBo manual for such requirements. You may also want to pose this question to your Mobo manufacturer. Further, you may want to consider running your RAID configuration from a USB-3 and/or e-SATA external RAID enclosure. Hope this information can be of some help - Good luck.
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I installed this card in my Dell Desktop and it works very good. I hooked up a sata drive from my old laptop.. however I don't think it will boot from it. In the setup it does not show that drive as a bootable device (where you set the boot order). It only has the two on-board sata drives that I have installed. Hope this helps. It is a good deal at the price and allowed me to add a sata storage drive.
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You should have no issues running ESXi on this. You would have to by an actual dedicated RAID card though as the on board is a fake RAID and probably isn't supported by ESXi.
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I'm running Ubuntu 12.04, no problems whatsoever. Had a lot of runtime errors with an Asus itx motherboard. Would only work with Windows XP. I think it has do with the BIOS being UEFI. After the initial boot sequence, the computer would run for 2-5 minutes and suddenly lock up and display all sorts of runtime errors. Finally gave up and used Windows XP. Otherwise, this is a much better motherboard. Highly recommended.
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You will be okay with this item if you have Window's XP in a dimension 4550 but you must check to see which on you have because if it's a Pata or Sata because you might need an adapter to use it if it's not the same as yours. So open your computer and check to see which one you have. If you have any problems just email me again and I will show you what to look for or how to make sure you have the right one okay?
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Blake I'm sorry for this late response. on May 22, 2013 my heart decided to attack me. I installed the card so that I could install another hard drive and to overcome an unreliable sata port on my motherboard. the printed instructions that came with the board were printed on a single sided half sheet of paper (very small print) I only read them briefly as I was not going to try to boot off of the raid card. But I'm fairly certain that booting from the card was one of the choices. after installing the card and connecting the hard drives and starting the computer up I'm running XP Home SP3 the "found new hardware" pest popped up I closed it and installed the mini Disc that came with the card, the drivers were installed and the computer rebooted. Now on the post start up screen the offer to enter the raid controller is the first thing that comes up, you get about five seconds to press F3. Hope this helps.
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I don't think so. This is just a cheap alternative to more expensive RAID products.However, I think it will work on the specified chipset you mention. But definitely not in RAID mode.
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The answer is probably yes. It will definitely install on a 32-bit Dell XPS 600. I 've had good luck with installing linux based operating systems directly on Dells without having to reconfigure the boot order as you have to do with non-Dell PC's. In terms of RAID configuration, I have no expertise in this area. It probably will preserve the original set-up but I've never encountered this dilemma myself. If you decide to install please let me know how it goes.
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I'm using it with Win 7 on one comp and XP on the other and it works fine. Not your exact question, but I hope that helps.