lug-bg: RAID
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- From: luben@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (luben karavelov)
- Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2000 07:01:47 +0300
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#00FF00">It is possible to convert a cheap Promise UDMA66
controller into a Fasttrak66 RAID device, which costs about the same as 4 UDMA66
cards.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span lang="EN-GB">There are various ways of which you
can modify the card, some are more simple than others, but they all reach their goal,
to make the cheap Promise UDMA66 card into a Promise Fasttrak66 RAID controller.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
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"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:DA;mso-bidi-language:
AR-SA">Please read the site, ?<font color="#808080"><b><a href="http://www.promise.com/ideraid/whyideraid.htm";>Why
IDE RAID?</a></b></font>?
(by Promise) for more information on the RAID system.</span>
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Remember that you can discuss problems and ideas in our Forum.</p>
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<h2><font color="#00FF00">The three steps:</font></h2>
N.B. You only have to make ONE of the steps named 2x.</p>
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<td width="24">Step</td>
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<td width="24">1</td>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
10.0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">No matter which way you will use to hack the
card you have to start off by flashing the BIOS.<o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
10.0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">It is VERY important that you flash the card?s
BIOS <i> before </i> you soldering the card.<o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
10.0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Click <font color="#808080"><a href="bios-eng.htm"><b>here</b></a></font> for a
walkthrough of how to flash the BIOS.<o:p></o:p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
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"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:DA;mso-bidi-language:
AR-SA">After this step you have to turn off your computer and take out the
Promise UDMA66 card, and unscrew the metal plate at the end of the card, this
makes it easier to handle during the modification of the card.</span>
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<td width="24">2a</td>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
10.0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">EITHER you can solder a resistor of 100 ohms
between the BIOS pin no. 23 and ground.<o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
10.0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Be very careful when you solder, the BIOS is
very heat sensitive!<o:p>
</o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
10.0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Click <font color="#808080"><b>here</b></font> to see how to number the pins on the BIOS.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
10.0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">The colour code for a 100ohm resistor is
brown-black-brown.<o:p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:DA;mso-bidi-language:
AR-SA">This method is fast and easy, but it is sometimes a problem to make a
connection there works.</span>
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<td width="24">2b</td>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang="EN-GB">OR
y</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
10.0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">ou can solder a 100ohms resistor between
pin 16 and pin 23.<o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
10.0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Click <font color="#808080"><b>here</b></font>
to see how to number the pins on the BIOS.</o:p>
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#00FF00">The colour code for a 100ohm resistor is
brown-black-brown.<o:p>
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This method is as good and easy as 2a. But you will inevitable expose the
BIOS to more heat than in 2a.</font>
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<td width="24">2c</td>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#00FF00">OR there is also the possibility of soldering a
resistor of 1000ohm between pin 23 and ground; this is the same method as
2a, just with a 1000 ohm resistor.<o:p>
</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#00FF00">The colour code for 1000ohm is: brown-black-red (from the end which is not
mark with silver or gold - see the picture)<o:p>.
</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#00FF00">After this you will have to break the wire, which
leads to the little resistor under the BIOS, this wire is just in the
vicinity of pin 32.<o:p>
</font></p>
<font color="#00FF00">This method has the same effect as if you unsoldered BIOS and moved the
flip-resistor. (Method 2d)</font>
<font color="#00FF00">This method is a bit more tricky, and remember there is
no way to regret when you have broken the wire, which leads to the
resistor R10.</font>
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<td width="24">2d</td>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#00FF00">OR: This method involves the removing of the
entire BIOS chip off the card, where you afterwards will have to remove
the resistor right under the BIOS.
After this you will have to solder the BIOS chip onto the controller
afterwards</font>.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#00FF00">This method is un-recommendable considering the risk
you take by soldering this much around the heat sensitive BIOS chip! But
it is sometimes the only working metode there works.</font>
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<td width="24">2e</td>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#00FF00">OR FINALY: Few have successfully the modification
by soldering a wire from pin 23 to ground.</p>
This method is UN-recommendable as a normal wire can be tricky!</font>
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<td width="24">3</td>
<td width="485"><font color="#00FF00">Place the card in your computer once again. Now the
computer should be able to find your new FastTrak66 Controller, if you
press CTRL+F during boot, you should be able to enter the BIOS setup. In
the BIOS you will setup your new array and define your RAID mode.</font>
<font color="#808080"><a href="#download">Download
drivers for your OS here.</a></font></p>
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Now when you are going to save about 150$ on this mod - This is a lot of money!
- So please do me a favour by visiting my sponsor (Clicking on the top banner).</p>
<font color="#00FF00">Method 2a-2c are all very easy, but 2d is sometimes the
only methode there works. It must be up to
the individual, which method he will choose. REMEMBER, the warranty of the card
will be void when you start soldering the card, and that you will NOT be able to
hold me responsible for any damage, which might occur with the use of these
informations/software, connected to this site!</p>
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<h2>Download:</font></h2>
PDF How does it work?: <font color="#00FF00">FT66data.pdf
(157kb)</font></p>
PDF User's Manual: <font color="#00FF00">FT66US.pdf
(529kb)</font></p>
<font color="#00FF00">PDF Data for the BIOS chip: doc1008.pdf
(264kb)</font></p>
BIOS Flashprogram: <font color="#00FF00">FT66b108.zip
(76kb)</font></p>
<font color="#00FF00">Utility Win9x: FT66u116.zip</font></p>
<font color="#00FF00">Utility NT 4.0 FT66u116.zip</font></p>
Driver Win9x: <font color="#00FF00">FT66d114.zip
</font></p>
Driver NT 4.0: FT66d114.zip</p>
Driver Win2000: FT66d114.zip</p>
Driver Linux RedHat 6.0 BETA: u66d100.zip</p>
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<h2><font color="#00FF00">Links:</font></h2>
<font color="#00FF00">This guide in Danish: http://www.geocities.com/promise_raid/</font></p>
<font color="#00FF00">Another guide (in German): http://www.nrw-online.de/~darmon/</font></p>
<font color="#00FF00">Tomshardware.com: http://www.tomshardware.com/storage/00q1/000329/index.html</font></p>
<font color="#00FF00">Review with many benchmarks: http://www.ixbt-labs.com/storage/promise-fasttrak66.shtml</font></p>
Review of FastTrak66: http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.html?i=913&p=1</p>
<font color="#00FF00">Promise (The manufacturer): http://www.promise.com</font></p>
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<font color="#00FF00">You cannot
hold me responsible for any damage, which might occur after the use of these
information on this site.</p>
Many thanks to Uffe "Hawski" Merrild for help with the English
tranlation.</p>
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