Adding more IDE devices

**TFS** · 19th March 2003

I want to have more than 4 IDE devices on my comp. I know that I can install a PCI card which will allow more devices to be added. I have seen various different 'types' of these boards advertised but I'm not sure which is suitable for my needs. I want to add individual devices with no requirement for RAID functions, however the RAID cards are often cheaper than a 'standard' IDE controller card, if I get a RAID card can i then use this ina 'normal' 4 (extra) individual device mode?

Any advice would be really appreciated.

TFS

**Sanj[UK]** · 19th March 2003

my younger bro has gt a raid setup on his computer only problem is XP cant find it so we cant install it ..we tried the raid card option too to no success

**Pegasus** · 19th March 2003

Yes you can use a RAID card as a standard IDE controller (the option to configure the card is in the cards BIOS)

**TFS** · 19th March 2003

Thanks for the feedback guys. Anyone seen any good offers for these cards recently?

Cheers,

TFS

**andyinlondon** · 19th March 2003

usually about �20.00 at your local computer fair

**Cracker** · 19th March 2003

You'll usually get drivers for the raid setup too - have to install these before xp will see the raid setup.

Think my board came with Hugitpoint RAID drivers or something like that.