I have a s2466n-4m bios 4.03d, 2 WD800JB mirrored
I had a FT100 TX4 - I had LOTS of problems w/ it and finially got Promise to admit it is INCOMPATIBLE with the MPX chipset due to PCI bridge problems and RMA a SX4000 to me as a replacement. I am still unable to keep my array running for more than a week on WinXP Pro. I have the latest driver etc...
Promise said not to use jumpers on the WD drives - I had that correct from the start. I have swapped out the cables 4 times - no luck. Now they suggest to get a new MB !!! all I can say is broken Promises...
I have used data lifeguard tools v10.0 and the drives check out 100%. I CAN use and boot from them from the 768 IDE interface no problems. I am now going to pester Tyan to see what they know. Any help would be great!!!
Thanks.
Matt Johnston
The first thing I can tell you Matt, is that I never played with the TX4, therefore I can't help you for this one. I too had to RMA my card before they admit that it doesn't work with the MPX chipset. I managed to make them work together but it wasn't stable at all and the SX6000 had to be the only card in the computer. Needless to say I was quite pissed. I considered buying an Escalade from 3Ware but I decided I would get more benefits from getting a low-end motherboard and build a diskbox. On the drives I use with my SX6000 (WD1200JB) I didn't put any jumper and it works fine. I probed Tyan and they said they will address the issue in an upcoming release of the BIOS. I am still waiting. Good luck, don't give up! And keep us posted on whatever happen to you on this file.
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