"Ronald Reitch LMT" <myemail RemoveThis @email.net> wrote in message
news:7ht171ptehmq7drommdu0oq9ob64l58i35@4ax.com...
> hi I have 7 hard drives in my system using SCSI cards but want to know
> is it possible to set up something where I can change a hard drive
> (using rails) with out powering down. (this would benefit power
> consumption of having all drives hooked up and give me more power to
> play my games and do multimedia. I could just make a library of drives
> and use the ones I wish).
> What is it called? what requirements do I need to meet? What hardware
> do I need to add to my machine and how does it work??
> TIA!
It is possible to get a drive cage that sits in 3 5 1/4 slots and holds 4 3
1/2 disks (get two).
If the drive cage and your scsi card supports hot swap you can do as you are
suggesting.
>
>
>
> CPU-Z Report
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> CPU-Z version 1.28.4.
>
>
> CPU(s)
> Number of CPUs 2 (1 Physical)
>
> CPU#1 APIC ID = 0
> Name Intel Pentium 4 530
> Code Name Prescott
> Specification Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz
> Family / Model / Stepping F 4 1
> Extended Family / Model 0 0
> Package LGA775
> Core Stepping E0
> Technology 0.09 µ
> Supported Instructions Sets MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3
> CPU Clock Speed 3170.3 MHz
> Clock multiplier x 15.0
> Front Side Bus Frequency 211.4 MHz
> Bus Speed 845.4 MHz
> L1 Data Cache 16 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64 Bytes line size
> L1 Trace Cache 12 Kµops, 8-way set associative
> L2 Cache 1024 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64 Bytes line size
> L2 Speed 3170.3 MHz (Full)
> L2 Location On Chip
> L2 Data Prefetch Logic yes
> L2 Bus Width 256 bits
>
> CPU#2 APIC ID = 1
> CPU Name Intel Pentium 4 530 (logical unit)
>
> POWER:
> Antec True550 EPS12V
>
>
> Mainboard and chipset
> Motherboard manufacturer ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
> Motherboard model P5P800, Rev 1.xx
> BIOS vendor American Megatrends Inc.
> BIOS revision 1007.004
> BIOS release date 02/04/2005
> Chipset Intel i865P/PE/G/i848P rev. A2
> Southbridge Intel 82801EB (ICH5) rev. 2
> Sensor chip Winbond W83627EHF
> FSB Select 800 MHz
> Performance Mode enabled
> Graphic Interface AGP
> AGP Status enabled, rev. 3.0
> AGP Data Transfer Rate 8x
> AGP Max Rate 8x
> AGP Side Band Addressing supported, enabled
> AGP Aperture Size 128 MBytes
>
> Memory
> DRAM Type DDR-SDRAM
> DRAM Size 2048 MBytes
> DRAM Frequency 140.9 MHz
> FSB:DRAM 3:2
> CAS# Latency 2.0 clocks
> RAS# to CAS# 2 clocks
> RAS# Precharge 2 clocks
> Cycle Time (TRAS) 6 clocks
> # of memory modules 4
> Module 0 Corsair DDR-SDRAM PC3200 - 512 MBytes
> Module 1 Corsair DDR-SDRAM PC3200 - 512 MBytes
> Module 2 Corsair DDR-SDRAM PC3200 - 512 MBytes
> Module 3 Corsair DDR-SDRAM PC3200 - 512 MBytes
>
> Software
> Windows version Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2
> (Build 2600)
> DirectX version 9.0c
><!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
>> Stay informed about: Need advise with multiple drives..........