Promise Fastrak 378= JUNK !

[kartel]

I have been using the VIA 8237r chipset for my sata drive, I got curious and tried the promise controller to see if it would report the SMART info, since the VIA chipset doesn't.

Well what a joke, I cant find a driver newer than 2003!

I had a Sil 3112 on my A7N8X and I got a 2007 bios, and 2007 Vista driver.

Whats with Promise?

I'll never buy a board with a Promise controler again....

[jaws75]

I have the 378 controller on my K8V SE Deluxe. I used the XP driver when I had 32bit Vista running. It worked OK. I now use x64 and just abandoned the controller.

[kartel]

man your lucky, I cant believe ASUS built this board.

[puntoMX]

Right...

http://www.siliconimage.com/support/suppor...amp;osid=8&

And your chipset isn’t VIA, it’s a nVidia nForce2 .

[jaws75]

Right...

http://www.siliconimage.com/support/suppor...amp;osid=8&

And your chipset isn’t VIA, it’s a nVidia nForce2 .

If you bothered to read his post it said he "had a Sil 3112 on my A7N8X".

In his signature he lists an A8V which has the VIA 8237.

Edited December 12, 2007 by jaws75

[puntoMX]

If you bothered to read his post it said he "had a Sil 3112 on my A7N8X".

Yes, I border to read his post, just overlooked the "real question".