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BrutalByte
04-06-2006, 11:01 PM
I know of a RAID 1 daughter card that has an EIDE input and 2 EIDE outputs that make two hard drives identical...Is there a daughter card that does the same EIDE input to EIDE output but in RAID 0? I want to trick a motherboard into thinking there is only one HDD where there are actually two, thus taking up only one EIDE channel. Has anyone heard of this, or is it just a dream?
jtfields
04-07-2006, 09:27 AM
Daughter card? Can you linke to one of these? I've never heard of one of these kind of cards unless you are referring to a normal RAID controller card. But those don't have IDE inputs.
BrutalByte
04-09-2006, 12:03 AM
DD3-EZBKB5 (http://arcoide.com/miva/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=ADPS&Product_Code=DD3-EZBKB5&Category_Code=EZ_FAMILY)
This is what I'm looking for but in a RAID1 configuration. I understand that it's definitely not the way to go with RAID, but I am constrained by the motherboard's inadequacies. It has only 2 EIDE channels one of which is a DVD, and there are no PCI slots on the board. See my dilemma?
jtfields
04-10-2006, 08:26 PM
Doesn't each IDE channel support two devices (master and slave)? What motherboard is it?
BrutalByte
04-10-2006, 09:02 PM
In this case, yes, but there is only one IDE connector, and it is attached to a CD-ROM and a HDD (Master/Slave setup). It is the XBOX Motherboard that I'm trying this on. I know...why mess with it? Just because I like the challenge. A friend of mine wanted the XBOX Xtender, but when I told him that he could only boot from and use one HDD at a time, he challenged my to find out some way to fix the problem. So here I am trying to trick the XBOX Motherboard into thinking it has only one HDD when in fact it has 2 on the same IDE Channel via a RAID0 Daughtercard. Maybe I can change the DD3-EZBKB5 to be a RAID0 card instead of a RAID1?
jtfields
04-11-2006, 07:37 AM
That's a very intesting project you have going.

Have you tried contacting the company to see if they have a product that will allow for RAID0?
BrutalByte
07-07-2006, 03:57 AM
*BUMP*

Anyone have any ideas?
Ioman
08-30-2006, 10:05 AM
What about something like this? http://www.pcmall.com/pcmall/shop/detail~dpno~138123~name~121OSA+Serial+ATA+RAID+0,1 +JBOD+2+Port+Controller+Card~mfg~2015000++++++++++ +++.asp

am I on the right track?