Good cheap way for getting a RAID system (Abit KT7-RAID)

Member Name: Alexx

Product:	Abit KT7-RAID
Date:	01/12/00 (131 review reads)
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Advantages: RAID; Softmenu (nop jumpers; good build quality

Disadvantages: Rogue thermomodule

This motherboard is fairly easy to set-up with the manual provided. It has the added bonus of software set-up - no jumpers to fiddle around with :) The RAID system works well, and all the drivers work well too, though I would advise checking the relevant sites to make sure you have the latest drivers.

Be aware that you need 2 hard disks as masters, one on each channel - ABit supply you with two cables for this. It is best, if you can, to purchase too ATA-100 disks - the cables and mobo support this. (It supports ATA-66 too, but why slow down the system if you don't have to?).

The only problem I came across with this board, was not with the VIA chipset (which a number of people seem to have had problems with on different boards)but with seating the processor. Unless you realise, and I had to check this, protruding above the level of the processor, in the processor slot, is a temperature module for checking operating temperature. You need to *carefully* bend this with a pair of pliers until it is below the level at which the processor is locked in.

Otherwise, it was all pretty simple. As long as you RTFM, and take your time, this is an excellent mobo, and well worth the money.

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