The relevant Uber BIOS with SATA has a more up to date version of the SATA
chip BIOS (4.2.12 - as per the SI website) than the ASUS BIOSs.
"C. Stuart McKendrick, III" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Thanks guys for the quick and helpful response. Is the driver the only
thing
> that needs to be updated, or do I need the uber bios too? I remember from
my
> old Abit Highpoint controllers that the bios and driver were *highly*
> recommended to be the same.
>
> Raymond, your answer was most helpful, since I have a very similar drive
> setup.
>
> Stuart
>
> "Raymond Hansmeier" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:EFUTa.137393$Ph3.17612@sccrnsc04...
> > I have been using them now and they work great on my Raptor's in Raid 0.
I
> > was using the .33 version and the cpu utilization was around 40 to 50
%..
> > Now I am running about 15 to 18% which is a great improvement. Have NO
> > corruption issues so far and they seem to work fine.
> >
> > A7n8x Deluxe ver. 1.04 - w/ UBER SATA Enhanced Bios 1004
> > 2 ea WD 36.4 G. Raptor SATA Drives in Raid 0
> > 1 ea WD 30 Gig ATA100 Drive for Back Up and Storage
> > 1 gig Kingston HyperX PC2700 in Dual Channel (works fine)
> > Overclocked XP1700 FSB@170 X 12 Mult = 2040 MHz.
> > Ran Prime 95 12 hours with no errors.
> > CPU Temp at Idle 36C w/Prime 95 44C
> > Cooler Swiftech
> > Power Supply Antec True Power 550W w/voltage control panel. (nice
supply)
> >
> >
> > "C. Stuart McKendrick, III" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> > message news:7kQTa.11494$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > Has anyone applied the latest Silicon Image driver (10032) to this
> board?
> > If
> > > so, please relay the results. Driver comes straight from SI web site.
> > Driver
> > > date is July 2003.
> > >
> > > Asus's latest version is 10022 from January.
> > >
> > > Stuart
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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