KT4 Ultra and IDE 3

I have (1) HDD on IDE 1, (1) DVD(master) and DVD-RW(slave) on IDE 2. Is it possible to set up IDE 3 to be used, not as RAID, so that I can put one of the DVD drives on IDE 3. The manual really doesn't get into that much. And, is it even worth doing that, performance-wise?
Thanks,
Bob

Hi Bob M,
Basically, you can't install any ATAPI devices such as DVD-ROM, DVD-RW, CD-ROM, etc on either of the RAID channels. The Promise onboard controller does not support them, only IDE devices which means Hard Drives only.
You can connect HDD's to IDE3 & 4 as stand alone HDD's, not RAID and they will default to RAID 0 devices independent of each other so long as you don't set them up as an array. To set them up as RAID drives you can only install one drive each to each connector as a Master device and then setup the preferred array type in the RAID BIOS setup after you boot the computer.
The RAID book that comes with the m'board explains all the necessary steps pretty clearly. All the best,
Cheerio,
Dimal.

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http://www.msi.com.tw/program/e_service/forum/viewindex.php?threadid=11717&boardid=13&styleid=1
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I have the same problem when I set FSB to 200Mhz - DDR to 400Mhz and on boot screen i always see DDR 333.
I make a test and when I use 152Mhz FSB (or up) DDR Always is 333Mhz no maters than in Bios is saved DDR400.
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I also make a mem tests with Sandra 2003 when
I use 200Fsb x 8.5 and Bios DDR 333 and
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I'm sure that On boot Screen DDR information is right.
and always DDR is on 333 mhz wneh FSB is more than 152mhz No mather what you set in Bios ( 266 or 333 or 400)
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First excuse my bad english (i'm from Germany)!!
I have a heavy problem with my KT4 Ultra.
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Originally posted by VEJ
I just bought the plain KT4 Ultra (MS-6590).
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I believe your motherboard is KT4 Ultra-B.
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