Yep, All SATA channels are single device and there is no such
thing as device contention or any form of multiplexing with SATA.
With those motherboards you just have to configure the operating
mode of the controllers correctly.
Nice case - I'd get SpeedFan 4.31 for monitoring, never had
much luck with the Asus Probe utility for environmental monitoring.
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> "R. McCarty" <PcEngWork-NoSpam_@mindspring.com> wrote in message
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>> The SATA channels relate to the Controller chip that is serving
>> them, not the traditional PATA terminology of Master/Slave. On
>> that family of Asus boards there are two separate SATA controllers.
>> The normal Intel motherboard based and a separate JMicron chip
>> that provides additional SATA and the single channel PATA port.
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> So does that mean the master/slave issue is moot as far as the sata's are
> concerned?
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>>
>> With all those drives, I hope you've got adequate cooling. For top
>> tier PC's I'm installing drives in a Antec Drive cooler unit that has
>> some very good heat transfer plates and front intake fan. Some of
>> the newer SATA drives can and do run pretty hot.
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> I'm using this case
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811129017 which has 3
> 120mm fans, currently set at mid-speed. I have increased the speed of the
> lowest fan, which draws air across the 4 SATA's to HI.
>
> Thanks for your reply.
>
> Fred
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>> "Dan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>>> This is not strictly an XP question, but I'm hoping one of the learned
>>> folks here can provide some insights into how to configure my 4 sata
>>> hdd's to dual boot 2 XP Pro's.
>>>
>>> System is a new build based on an Asus P5B Deluxe mobo, which has 6 SATA
>>> ports. The manual says by default they are "set to standard IDE
>>> mode". None of the SATA's are raided at the moment. Manual says ports 1,
>>> 2, 5 & 6 are set as "masters", ports 3 & 4 are set as "slaves".
>>>
>>> Drives are as follows:
>>>
>>> 1) Primary XP OS on 320 gig SATA drive, Seagate 3320620AS, connected to
>>> MOBO SATA port 1 as master. Drive is partitioned into 3rds, 1st
>>> partition is the OS, other 2 ar storage.
>>> 2) 2nd 320 gig SATA drive, Seagate 3320620AS, connected to MOBO SATA
>>> port 3 as slave. I will partition & install a 2nd XP as on the above
>>> drive.
>>> 3) New 500 gig SATA drive, Seagate 3500641AS, on MOBO SATA port 2 for
>>> storage. Mobo manual says this is a "master" port.
>>> 4) New 500 gig SATA drive, Seagate 3500641AS, #2 on MOBO SATA port 4 for
>>> storage. Mobo manual says this is a "slave" port.
>>>
>>> In addition, I have 2 older PATA drives used as storage, both WD's, a
>>> 120 gig & a 160 gig. One is slave to the CD burner, the other is on a
>>> PCI IDE card by itself.
>>>
>>> I have looked at the various RAID options, While I'd like the speed
>>> increase, I don't want to risk the data loss of RAID 0, and I don't want
>>> to lose the storage capacity required for RAID 1. So I think I'll
>>> retain the default IDE setup for the time being. My question is, how
>>> should the SATA's be connected at the mobo, slave, or master? As it is I
>>> can access all drives fine. Don't know if the slave/master thing matters
>>> beyond that, but if so I'd like to have the connections config'd to best
>>> advantage. Perhaps having the 2 320's as MASTER and the 2 500's as
>>> SLAVES would be right?
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance for any help.
>>>
>>> Fred
>>>
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