Anyone interested in a scsi raid controller cheap?

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  • TexTex Dallas/Ft. Worth
    edited July 2003
    Me.
    My buddy brad
    gthm
    Kanez
    Mackanz.
    geeky
    flintstone

    Thats seven unless we think it could go above 350 and then we could take one more.

    Tex
  • gtghmgtghm New
    edited July 2003
    Cool send me a PM or email with the details when I need to send you money.

    When does the Acution end?

    "g"
  • t1rhinot1rhino Toronto
    edited July 2003
    Will this controller work in a normal PCI slot?
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited July 2003
    T1; here are the specs on the card:

    http://www.icstr.com/Downloads/Products/ELITE/elite1600_spec.pdf

    Unfortunately, it doesn't say whether or not it does...

    //Edit

    However, if it DOESN'T, then you have one more reason to buy a dually system :D
  • TexTex Dallas/Ft. Worth
    edited July 2003
    We have about 14 hours left in the auctiion.

    Yes the controller works in a normal 32but slot but I have never tested the performance loss or anything.

    If you get one plan ona 32bit slot but start looking for a used dualie board.

    And for those inclined I have a pair of modded 1600 XP's I was running in one of my duallys for sale as we speak. They are unlocked and have the L5's fixed to work as a dual MP MB cpu.

    tex
  • FlintstoneFlintstone SE Florida
    edited July 2003
    More Info is located here:

    http://www.lsilogic.com/products/stor_prod/raid/elt1600.html


    It is a little more thorough and current, I think.

    Flint
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited July 2003
    About the battery backup: what does it do? Never seen a PCI card with a battery backup before (except solid state disks)...
  • TexTex Dallas/Ft. Worth
    edited July 2003
    The battery backed ram holds what was written to the cache but not written to the disk in case you crash or lose power etc.... When it comes up it finishs the IO held in the cache. Its not important for desktop machines as much as servers that may be holding 100 database transactions or something.

    Tex
  • TexTex Dallas/Ft. Worth
    edited July 2003
    Ok rhino makes eight and I do not want to go above taht amount to bid period.

    Tex
  • NecropolisNecropolis Hawarden, Wales Icrontian
    edited July 2003
    I wish I had a use for one. I am giving Shorty one that I found in my back room, dont even know if it works or not.

    Its one of these http://www.pcnetcom.net/aac364.html

    It doesnt have the daughter card. I dont even have a clue if it works without the daughter card. I dont really care if it works or not, that why Shortys getting it ;)
  • t1rhinot1rhino Toronto
    edited July 2003
    What's a good dually board?
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited July 2003
    AMD? MSI K7D Master-L
  • TexTex Dallas/Ft. Worth
    edited July 2003
    I agree. I love my msi. I have an asus also.

    You want AMD or Intel?

    Tex
  • t1rhinot1rhino Toronto
    edited July 2003
    I would prefer AMD. How much does a K7D Master-L go for?
  • TexTex Dallas/Ft. Worth
    edited July 2003
    Used? On eBay a used one runs about 125 to 135. I paid 115 for mine. Depends on how patient you are.

    tex
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited July 2003
    I got my "new" *cough*bullsh!t*cough* MSI K7D-L on ebay for $160 (w/shipping)

    The guy claimed it was new, never powered up, blah blah blah... So then, I wonder how the heatsink on the 760MPX got full of dust? What about the various capacitors on the board that had dust on one side but not the other? And the non-factory default BIOS settings? New my @ss. It was still a good deal though, and it works fine, so whatever... It's missing the MSI D-Bracket, but I'm not sure the -L comes with that in the first place, and it's not that big of a deal.

    Anyhow, new, the K7D-Ls go for ~$200
    Used, $100-$200

    There are also a bunch of 760MP boards on ebay for $100 or less (or there was a month ago anyhow)...
  • kanezfankanezfan sunny south florida Icrontian
    edited July 2003
    so did we win?
  • t1rhinot1rhino Toronto
    edited July 2003
    good question...
  • kanezfankanezfan sunny south florida Icrontian
    edited July 2003
    i was keeping track of it, last time i checked it it was up to $380, this was last night some time, Tex had not bid on it yet. I'm guessing he had some proxy service to put in a bid with 3 seconds left. I guess we'll have to wait.
  • gtghmgtghm New
    edited July 2003
    Any more news, has it ended yet?

    "g"
  • TheLostSwedeTheLostSwede Trondheim, Norway Icrontian
    edited July 2003
    It has ended and i don´t think we got it. It ended at $470.95 bucks. Still cheap if half of the 10 works. dhez was the addy who won.
  • t1rhinot1rhino Toronto
    edited July 2003
    oh well, I'm sure Tex will find another deal again sometime.
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