[plug] Don't do that!

Bernd Felsche bernie at innovative.iinet.net.au
Thu Sep 16 17:39:57 WST 2004


On Thursday 16 September 2004 16:38, Brad Campbell wrote:
> Cameron Patrick wrote:
> > Xander D Harkness wrote:
> >>PCI - IDE cards are pretty cheap.

> > I disagree; they're relatively low volume items and you can buy a
> > complete motherboard for about the same cost as a PCI IDE controller.

> > For that matter, do the EPIA boards even /have/ a PCI slot?

> All mine did. You can pick up an aftermarket cheapo SIL/CMD chipset ATA
> raid card for peanuts (30AED here which is about $12 AUD).

> Actually, all my EPIA boards had 2 ATA ports. I guess this one does not.

V-series has only one ATA port. M's have two, as do other ones. But
the fruit on them tends to suck more juice as well.

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