KT3 Ultra2 - Raid used as Reg EIDE???

Can IDE3 and IDE4 be used as regular IDE channels??? All I am finding in the manuals is RAID.........
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  • KT3 Ultra2 Raid Problems

    when the raid is enabled and hd attached the boot sequence stops after the raid harddrives have been found and ctrl-f to enter setup has been displayed.
    the drives are ok, they work fine on the standard ide connectors.
    if someone can help, i would be very greatful.
    system ;
    kt3 ultra2-r
    amd athlon 2000xp+
    ati radion 9200 pro
    herculese muse 5.1
    3com network card
    300w power supply

    drives are 2xhitachi deskstar and 1xsegate baracuda, all 80gig, all are used as individual drives and the driversfor raid were installed while installing xp.
    don know max amps, it just says
    +3.3v - 20A
    +5v - 30A
    +12V - 15A
    -12v - 0.8A
    -5V - 0.3A
    but the system doesnt even get chance to load the drivers because it hangs

  • KT3-Ultra2 Raid problem

    Just recently i've had a problem with my raid, when i go through post it tells me that i'm connected with a 40 ribbon cable and that it had downgraded the ATA from 133 to 66. Ive checked the cables and they are both in good condition and i don't seem to be able to get things back to ATA133. Has anyone else had the same problem andis there anyway of fixing it?
    All help would be apreciated

    i have an enermax 550 AND a 435 as the redundant back up, and they are both good. I get the same problem with my K7T266Pro2-RU. Its the AMIBIOS, plain and simple. You cant boot to a bootable cd in the scsi CDROM (or any other bootable scsi device) with the ide raid enabled, or something similar. I got through it but i have no idea how. What i documentd as working isnt working right now, cuz i just tried it :P. All i can say is fart around with it, make sure the host bus adapter is compatible and plug and PRAY, it'll work eventually and when it does it will go smooth from there (ie...i got mine workin fine, i just have n idea how)

  • MSI KT3 Ultra2 Raid+TBird 1400 = No Post

    Got a replacement Kt3Ultra2 Raid (MS-6380E v1.0), and I plugged it with:
    1. Nvidia TNT2 Vanta AGP video card
    2. 128M Crucial DDR2100 Ram
    3. Boxed SocketA TBird 1400  (Not XP.  Listed as compatible...)
    4. D-Bracket
    When I turn the system on, No Bios Signon; the D-Bracket is stuck at 4 leds (CPU not functional).  Holding the power switch for 4 seconds *does* turn the thing off...
    The CPU & Ram work in a NForce M/B I bought at the same time  ?(
    Anyone have a hint before I swear off MSI MBs?
    (Err... well the MSI NForce one is working great... but it only has 1 slot and no raid )

    Is there a way to find out what boards can do that?
    I have:
      Nvidia Vanta TNT-2
      Nvidia GForce2Mx
      ATI Rage3D Pro
    I also have (somewhere) a PCI Canopus Riva128 board.
    What should I try/buy (I'm running out of cash for this expedition as well...)?
    Even if its a low-performance GFX card, I mainly want to make sure this replacement is good before the 15 day return policy is up  8o ...
    I'm also thinking about getting an XP processor, but I'll have yet another AMD CPU sitting on the shelf if I do that...
    TIA,
    Thor Johnson

  • KT3 ultra2 Raid MS6380E

    I tried to start up my computer this morning and I've hit a problem.
    The machine switches on and displays the video card type.
    It then starts the auto detect of the hard drives.
    Lists them all as auto
    Then lists them depending on what they are
    Hard Drive
    CD
    DVD
    Zip disk
    Then stops, it wont go any further.
    I have tried getting into the bios but cant get that far.
    I press Del and it changes on screen to go but still wont get past the last drive.
    The only key out of del F11, F12 and Tab I can get to work is TAb and that displays the logo screen, But I cant get any further. It wont let me continue or get into the bios.
    Anyone have any idea if I can sort this problem.
    Robert

    The first obvious question is did you change anything, even something small since the last time it worked okay? Do you have a CD or DVD or ZIP disk, or diskette in any of the drives? If so, remove them.
    Do you have a D-bracket on the machine, or lights? For those not familiar with it, the D-bracket is standard on some boards, optional on others, and not available on others. Some boards even have them built onto the board. It has a set of four LEDs that tell you some diagnostic information.
    Are the lights on the CD/DVD drive on? Is the light on the floppy on? How about the HD light?
    Unplug anything, other than a mouse, in the USB ports. Any other add-in cards, e.g. firewire/IEEE1894.
    If none of this helps, the next thing I would do is remove the hard drive(s) to see if you can then get into the BIOS. If you can't get into the BIOS, it is obviously not an operating system problem, so what is on the hard drive is not a factor. The health of the hard drive could be a factor.
    Have you tried the del key to get into the BIOS and then just wait for it, even an hour? A bad hard drive will hang the machine, sometimes a very long time.

  • BIOS Settings Problem on KT3 Ultra2 MS-6380E with Barton 3000+(FSB333)

    Well, I finally got my Barton 3000+ with 333 MHz FSB and installed it yesterday in my MSI KT3 Ultra2 Mainboard....
    System Before changing anything:
    PSU: DTK  400 W
    +3.3 V / 22 A
    +5 V / 35 A
    +12 V / 15 A
    -5 V / 0.5 A
    -12 V / 0.8 A
    +5 V VSB / 3 A
    So that should make up 400 W as far as I know, my total System drain should be around 300-350 W so even if it would not suffice 400 W it should run the system ?
    Mainboard: KT3 Ultra 2 (BIOS v5.7)
    CPU: AMD XP 2100 FSB 133 MHz
    RAM: 1.536 MB, 3x512 MB Infineon PC3200 (400MHz) CL 3-3-3-8 @400MHz, Cl2.5-3-3-7@333Mhz, 2-2-2-6@266MHz
    VGA: MSI RX-9800 Pro 128 MB
    DVD/CD-R/RW-Combo: Plextor PX-708 (Firmware 1.08)
    CD-R/RW: TEAC CD-W540E (Firmware 1.0K)
    Storage: Western Digital WD800BB (80 GB) (Firmware 17.07W17)
    USB-Storage: Maxtor 4 K080 H4 (80 GB)
    Monitor: Samsung Syncmaster 172T with Driver Version 1.0
    Printer: HP Deskjet 970Cxi with Original HP Driver Version 4.3
    OS: Windows 2000 Professional with Service Pack 4
    BIOS Settings: SDRAM 1T Command: "Disabled" It won't work stable with 3 RAM's in it with that setting, but that I did know before.
    CPU Fast Command: "Ultra"
    System was running stable for nearly 2 years with this Configuration:
    So now it goes:
    First I changed the CPU form my old AMD XP 2100+ to the new Barton 3000 + with its new Arctic Cool Copper Silent 2TC.
    Then I went into BIOS and raised the FSB to 166 MHz, which should be the correct one, or do I have to put 167 MHz in there (since 166.666666 MHz is rounded to 167)?
    Then I exited and watched the restart...but it didn't start-up it only got me 3 long beeps at the HOST.
    After some whining and beating I plugged out anything and cleared CMOS and started the whole thing again:
    System after Clearing CMOS:
    Mainboard: KT3 Ultra 2 (BIOS v5.7)
    CPU: AMD XP 3000+  FSB 100 MHz
    RAM: 1x512 MB Infineon PC3200 CL 2-3-3-7 (BIOS setting CAS Latency by "SPD")
    Storage: Western Digital WD800BB (80 GB) (Firmware 17.07W17)
    Monitor: Samsung Syncmaster 172T with Driver Version 1.0
    OS: Windows 2000 Professional with Service Pack 4
    With all Default settings, the Computer boots up, and is correctly Recognized as a Barton 1300 MHz.
    When increasing FSB to 133 MHz it is correctly displayed as a Barton 2200+
    NOW...
    ...after adding one BIOS setting after another I narrowed the problem down to the "CPU Fast Command (decode)" Function...if set to Ultra it does not boot-up when running 166 MHz FSB, it does not even let me into BIOS. I have to clear CMOS and restart from scratch again...
    Is this normal and expectable with a Barton 3000+ running at the native 166 MHz FSB or not ?
    Since my system before was running on "Ultra" with my old AMD XP 2100+.
    There is only one more thing I noticed, the CPU V-Core is shown to be only 1.616 V (setting on "Auto" but it should be 1.65 V ? Should I increase the V-Core to 1.675 V in order to get closer to 1.65 V or shouldn't I worry about ?
    Thanks for any Input you can give me on the problem.
    Iscaran

    Iscaran, you are indeed correct in the statement which you made
    Quote
    ...after adding one BIOS setting after another I narrowed the problem down to the "CPU Fast Command (decode)" Function...if set to Ultra it does not boot-up when running 166 MHz FSB, it does not even let me into BIOS. I have to clear CMOS and restart from scratch again...
    This setting can be set to fast/ultra on the KT3 Ultra2 when using PC2100 ram running at 266. However, when using PC2700 ram running at 333, this setting MUST be set to normal for the satisfactory operation of the board. I know that you have PC3200 ram actually installed but it is only running at 333.
    Quote
    Is this normal and expectable with a Barton 3000+ running at the native 166 MHz FSB or not ?
    Yes, absolutely normal
    Quote
    There is only one more thing I noticed, the CPU V-Core is shown to be only 1.616 V (setting on "Auto" but it should be 1.65 V ? Should I increase the V-Core to 1.675 V in order to get closer to 1.65 V or shouldn't I worry about ?
    How are you measuring this ie Bios or o/s utility? Not unknown that these are incorrect. However, if you feel unhappy about this, try setting the V-core manually to 1.65v and check what this gives.
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    So 3.3 V x 22 A gives 72.6 W, that could be really a little cutting the edge. Could that cause the board to not respond when setting the "CPU Fast Command" to "Ultra" ?
    Getting a more powerful psu will not likely cure this well documented problem.
    However, this board mostly draws power from the 3.3 & 5v rails. The 12v is mostly used to power HDD, optical and fans. When you consider that 128Mb of ram draws about 8-10w from the 5v rail and you have a total of 1.5Gb that adds up to 96-120W of juice just for the memory alone. This board will beep at you at o/s level when it's running underpowered but my opinion is the same as osnavi's your 3.3v & 5v rails are too low. Also what is combined 3.3v & 5v wattage. What kind of reading do you get on monitoring utilities.
    By the way I have as you can see from my dets below the same board and cpu as you and when I changed from a XP2000 Palomino with PC2100 ram to XP3000 Barton and PC3200, I changed the 'Fast Command' setting from 'Fast' to 'Normal'
    Hope this helps, enjoy the board

  • KT3 Ultra2 R and VGA problem

    I wonder if I could please get some ideas as regard this rather odd problem which I am encountering. This problem occurs when while the pc is 'shut down' if I disconnect the power supply ie switch off power by way of the switch on the psu. When I switch power back on again and boot, the pc begins its booting sequence it begins to launch windows and then it stops and a little red square (with a bit of green) appears in the top left hand corner of the screen. Now this problem does not occur if I shut down the pc normally (but don't cut off power supply). I have several partitions on my HDD and they are all affect at the same time. The end result is that I boot into safe mode I look at the refresh rate which is set to 'unknown' change it to 'adapter default' then reboot but upon reboot I get windows displaying screen at 640x480 with standard vga colours. I check in device manager under 'display adapters' what driver it's showing and it's the driver which I last loaded ie the correct one. I cannot change screen resolution , bit colour and the refresh rate only allows for 2 options, either 'optimal' or 'adapter default'. In order to get back to where I was, I have to remove and re-install my VGA driver and then everyting is back to normal (until I switch off power again at psu then back to square one). I have spoken to the manufacturers of the graphics card and they say that if the card works ok when I shut down pc normally and restart then cannot be the card. I described my problem in greater detail to MSI support and they said either VGA or O/S.
    In essence I wanted to isolate the problem to, is it 'hardware or 'software'.
    I would be grateful if anyone can shed some light.
    KT3 Ultra2 R   (5.5   not the right one but the cpu clock speed is correct at post)
    XP 2600+ 333 T'Bred
    Crucial 512 Mb PC 2700
    Leadted Ti 4400 128 MB Vivo (det 44.03)
    Creative Audigy
    Enermax 432W
    Windows 98SE (via 4-1 v 4.34)
    Seagate 60Gb 7200rpm   I am running the HDDs as independant drives on the
    Seagate 40Gb 7200rpm   Raid controller ie one on IDE3 & one on IDE4

    Odd as it might seem I have to follow the proceedure listed below if I want to switch off power altogether to work on my pc.
    1. Cold boot system with 166FSB and let O/S install
    2. Reboot enter Bios and reduce FSB to 133 make sure to set memory speed as HCLK and let O/S load
    3. Shut down and switch off power supply
    4. Reconnect power and boot system. Enter bios set FSB to 166 (the mem speed will be HCLK)
    5. System continues to boot and loads O/S
    From that point on, cold boots (without cutting power supply) are not problematic as once the 166FSB is 'registered' everything works ok (at every cold boot). So anytime I wanna work on my pc I guess I have to do the above 5 steps. They seem to work but need to try it out a few more times before I am confident that this process will always work.
    I am sure you agree that this is one strange mother of a problem.
    I suppose the only 2 things left are a total O/S reload or trying another 333 cpu because I have tried everything else.  I guess I will have to live with it.
    I have also cut some additional front vents so that front fan draws more air in and it appears to have dropped my idle Temp to 40.5C on CPU (running at clock 2083Mhz).
    As as said earlier in my post my system ran perfectly with XP2000+ and 512Mb PC2100. I merely upgraded the CPU to XP2600 and mem to PC2700 and it has thrown up this very odd problem. And to boot (if you will pardon the expression) when I first installed new CPU and memory it booted first time at 166FSB. osnavi, in case you upgrade your CPU to a XP2600 and you get this weird problem at least you can come back to to this thread and find this workaround.
    I wonder if anyone can fathom out why this is happening.......If not as I said I can live with it.
    wonkanoby, I will try the link to the memtest. That is the only thing I have not tested so will give that a try.
    -MSI KT3 Ultra2 Raid
    -AMD XP2600+ 333 T'Bred
    -Evercool CUD 725 Cooler
    -2x256 Mb PC 2700 Crucial
    -Leadtek Ti4400 128Mb Vivo
    -Creative Audigy
    -LiteOn DVD 16x
    -Liteon CDR48125w
    -HP CDR 9710i
    -Seagate Barracuda IV 60Gb (I am running the HDDs on the raid
    -Seagate Barracuda IV 40GB controller as 2 independant drives)
    -2 Case fan
    -Enermax 431W

  • KT3 Ultra2 and HDD 137Gb

    I wonder if someone can help me to be clear about the following please.
    I understand that there are two inter-related areas with regard to drives that exceed this capacity barrier. One is the need for 48bit LBA within windows to have partitions greater than this size and the other is to have a BIOS that is itself able to address a drive of that size.
    1. As regards the Bios issue, according to this thread https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?threadid=70205 the KT3 Ultra2 can use HDD >137Gb and would have no probs with a 200 or 250Gb HDD. Is this correct?
    2. As regards o/s issues, I use XP SP1 (intergrated disk). It was my understanding that XP with SP1 was all that was required to run a HDD >137Gb this as per the following threads.
    https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?threadid=71126&hilight=hard+disk
    http://www.seagate.com/support/kb/disc/faq/137_winxp.html#trad
    However, the info below from MS suggests that one also needs the Atapi.sys version to be 5.1.2600.1135 or later.
    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/303013
    So in my case I have XP SP1 with Atapi.sys version 5.1.2600.1106, therefore I would need to apply Microsoft Knowledge Base article 331958 , referred to in kb303013 above.
    This would in the first instance update my Atapi.sys version to the required one ie v1135 (or later). Am I correct in my understanding please?
    I have not upgraded my HDD yet but would like to be clear on these issues before taking the plunge.

    Thanks for your reply Wonkanoby. I have read several of your posts that say exactly the same thing ie XP with SP1 integrated is fine.
    Any thoughts on what the MS articles are all about. Sorry to ask, but I just get nervy before upgrades.
    Plus I wonder if any other KT3 Ultra2 users can let me know if 250Gb (or any HDD of 200Gb or higher) works on their system.
    Many thanks

  • KT3 Ultra2-R without using RAID?

    I have an KT3 Ultra2-R and have a RAID-1 setup with two IBM Desk/deathstar 75GXP 30GB HD's. However, the drives are starting to fail (this problem) and i'm thinking of replacing the RAID setup with just one big chunky drive.
    I want to know if I can put a single drive on the raid channels without running it as a raid setup? I don't have enough normal IDE channels spare to put it there, and i can't afford to pay for two new HD's for a new RAID setup.
    Thanks for any help.

    Thanks
    One final question, is it possible to plug one of the Raid-1 drives into say IDE2 so that I can boot from the remaining drive to allow me to apply the IBM patch for the HD problem to the other drive? (the patch can only be applied to drives not in a RAID conf)

  • KT3 Ultra2-R, RAID - single disc array

    There are threads on this forum that discuss how to create a single disc array using onboard RAID to free up IDE1 and 2 for non-HDD devices.
    What exactly does the following taken directly from the KT3 Ultra2-R page on MSI.com mean?
    "Note: Only two hard disk drives will adopt the RAID function."
    Does this mean that only a maximum of two arrays can be created using either 2, 3 or 4 physical hard drives?

    My guess is that the wording of that warning is poor. What it is trying to say is that while four physical drives can be attached to IDE RAID those four physical drives can only be configured as 4 single disc arrays, 2 two disc arrays, or 2 single disc arrays and 1 two disc array.
    Instead of "Note: Only two hard disk drives will adopt the RAID function." perhaps "Note: Each array can contain a maximum of two physical drives."
    Also, risk_reversal, have you noticed whether or not the physical location of the connection to RAID affects the array? I currently have one single disc array on IDE3 master. If I move a new drive to that location and connect the current drive on IDE4 will that affect the array currently created for that physical drive?
    I assume that the drive letters will change but other than that, is the RAID BIOS identifying the drives by some id other than just which IDE they are connected to?

  • KT3 Ultra2 (problems with raid).

    I have 4 80gb hard drives set up on my pc, and am trying to set them up as plain jbod drives, but the fastbuild utility that creates the arrays wont allow me to do anything besides a 1+0 stripe.  Ive looked around for information on the controller itself (mbfasttrak133 lite), and really cant find anything useful on it at all.  The 1+0 stripe seems to result in 4 80gb hard drives, but ive heard that if one drive fails in this setup, ill lose the info on 2 drives.
    My specs:
    Windows 2k Pro SP4
    4 Seagate 7200 rpm 80gb (ST380021A) drives (2 hard drives on ide1, and 2 hard drives on raid1)
    AMD Athlon XP 2100+ (1.753ghz)
    1024 MB DDRAM
    GeforceFX 5600 256MB

    That could be a problem then, my board just came with the standard kt3 ultra2 manual, and a few cool extras (some kind of cut out), but no manual on raid, and nothing in the kt3 manual about raid beyond a basic description.

  • MSI KT3 Ultra2 uses VT8235 with KT333

    MSI KT3 Ultra2 uses VT8235 with KT333.  Can this be possible and what North/South Bridge Link is used?  
    VIA site illustrated VT8233(A) with KT333 and VT8235 with olny P4X400.  ?(

    The standard KT333 southbridge on MSI's KT333 boards is a VT8233A, which already supports ATA-133.  USB 2.0 in the southbridge is the real difference.  Hope it works as well as the NEC chip, which is rock solid with my USB stuff.  Love it.
    Regards.....

  • KT3 Ultra2 R Raid Controller TIMEOUT

    Can someone help me.
    My problem is:
    After a few minutes running WinXP-pro freezes for a few seconds.
    In management console the event viewer shows an Error reported as "\device\SCSI\FASTRAK timeout... the controller didn't response to..." (I dont have the excact frase)
    I've just installed XP pro on two WD Caviar 80GB IDE ATA 8MB cache 7200RPM in striping mode on my KT3 ultra2 r.
    The disk reports as they were supposed to: 160gb.
    I tried to follow the instruction, however I had some problems...
    1. With the settings on the disks, the instructions told me to set both disk in master, but then "FastrakBios" didn’t recognize them. After changing the disk to CS, they where reported Ok.
    2. Under normal formatting the computer froze..8 hrs formatting. I restarted the process, and selected quick formatting.
    From this point everything went Ok.
    I updated all MSI drivers, XP-Sp2, Fastrak drivers and all bios except Motherboard BIOS..
    I've spent hours searching for troubleshoting/fixes or guidelines....

    WD disks in stand alone mode can't be set to master, they need to be in CS or stand alone (no jumper) mode.
    So that is not a problem.
    I would recommend that you possably try changing the IDE cables and make sure they are not low quality rounded cables or over 50cm long because that can create problems.

  • USB 2.0 Issues with KT3 Ultra2 6380E

    Windows XP SP1
    Bios: American Megatrends Inc. 07.00T
    Hi I was wondering if someone could help me?
    My machine has six USB ports.  (1&2) Two ports are
    installed on the motherboard, and my users guide says
    they are legacy ports. (3&4) two ports are installed
    on the d-bracket 2 connector: JLED, connected to
    JUSB2, these are what I believe to be my only 2 USB2.0
    ports. (4&6)Finally 2 ports are connected via JUSB3 to
    the front panel of my Antec case. I think the front
    panel of my case has 1.1 connectors so it is
    essentially a 1.1 port.
    I am having some difficulty getting my USB ports to
    function properly with a USB 2.0 Buslink hard drive
    UII-40 72E. I suspect there is some IRQ conflict.
    Trying to alleviate this I disabled all the device
    drivers I suspected might cause this in the device
    manager in safe mode.  I then removed from the device
    manager all the USB (2.0 and 1.1) root hubs, and after
    that their host controllers.  I then booted to VGA
    mode (thinking this should disable the video card
    drivers??) and exported this IRQ info from my sys info
    after the USB host controllers are reinstalled:
    Resource   Device   Status   
    IRQ 9   Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System   OK   
    IRQ 11   RADEON 8500 SERIES    OK   
    IRQ 21   VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host
    Controller   OK   
    IRQ 21   VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host
    Controller   OK   
    IRQ 21   VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host
    Controller   OK   
    IRQ 21   Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller   OK
    IRQ 0   System timer   OK   
    IRQ 8   System CMOS/real time clock   OK   
    IRQ 13   Numeric data processor   OK   
    IRQ 12   PS/2 Compatible Mouse   OK   
    IRQ 1   Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2
    Keyboard   OK   
    IRQ 14   Primary IDE Channel   OK   
    IRQ 15   Secondary IDE Channel   OK   
    IRQ 6   Standard floppy disk controller   OK   
    Next I attempt to (already plugged into D-Bracket
    port) power on my buslink USB 2.0 hard drive.  As soon
    as I do the machine immediately goes to a blue screen.
    No messages given but numbers are shown. I have screen
    shots taking with my digital camera.  I then returned
    to safe mode, remove the USB drivers as I did before,
    and boot to VGA mode.  Once the USB drivers have been
    restored I attempt to power on the bus link hard drive
    this time plugged into the onboard legacy ports.  I
    can I get another blue screen this time including a
    message "IRQL not less or equal", again I have taken
    screen shots with my digital camera.I then returned to
    safe mode, remove the USB drivers as I did before, and
    boot to VGA mode.  Once the USB drivers have been
    restored I attempt to power on the bus link hard drive
    this time plugged into the front panel USB ports
    (4&6).  When I power it on Windows XP warns me that I
    have a high-speed USB device plugged into a non
    high-speed USB hub. But I receive no error messages.
    However I do not exceed the drive through "my
    computer". I go through the add hardware wizard to try
    and at the drive manually and it says the device is
    working properly.  Still I do not see the drive.
    Finally I tried installing a Buslink USB 2.0 PCI card
    after the above steps. I then returned to safe mode,
    remove the USB drivers as I did before, and boot to
    VGA mode.  Once the USB drivers have been restored I
    attempt to power on the bus link hard drive this time
    plugged into the PCI card.  The drive seems to be
    recognized automatically by Windows XP however my
    system slows to a crawl trying to access any hard
    drive.  When I try and access the USB 2.0 hard drive I
    get a message something to the effect of "(the drive
    letter) not being recognizable".
    Any ideas on what could be causing this? The same
    Buslink hard drive works great at work on my Windows
    2000 machine plugged into the same PCI card using the same USB cable and power supply. Would any other information be useful?
    Thanks!
    andrew
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