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IDE Controller PCI Card - Windows Vista compatibility ?

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by hutchy80

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Hi Guys,
I am considering upgrading to Windows Vista (Home Premium) and have found my 'Promise Ultra 100 TX2/133 TX2' IDE Controller is not compatible and will not work after Vista is installed. This would mean I would loose the use of 4x250GB HDD's.

Can you therefore please recommend and advise me if you know of a suitable IDE (not SATA) Raid type controller that would enable the addition of 4 extra HDD's which WILL work with Windows Vista. (I am currently using Windows XP Pro SP2 with 1GB RAM). I have searched the Net but have failed to come up with a solution.
Best regards,
Bob Hutchinson [fivestiles@hutchy69.plus.com]

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by thechas

It looks like if you find a controller with a Silicon Image ATA controller chip, you should be able to run it under Vista.

http://tinyurl.com/2r8wrh

While some of the board manufactures do not list Vista drivers, SI does have Vista drivers available for download.

The only question is, will the Silicon Image controller recognize and use your existing RAID configuration?

If at all possible, back up your files before moving the drives to a new controller.

Chas

by hutchy80

Your reply was helpful, one point to clarify is that I don't use this as a RAID configuration. It is just used to connect 4 additional drives to my system. So it shouldn't have any adverse effect.

The only problem now is finding a manufacturer/supplier of a board using a SI chip.

Thanks anyway for your interest and help.
Regards,
Bob

by thechas

SIIG does list a couple of controller cards with the SI chip.

I did not look, but I suspect Adaptec also has Vista compatible PATA controllers.

Chas

by hutchy80

Thanks very much for your help, I will check out the sites you suggested.
Cheers,
Bob

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