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    SB600 and sata odd

    I have a Gigabyte 790fx board on the way and just read that the sb600 has a speed problem with the sata odd (I assume that means optical disk drive but really have no idea ). I read of work arounds but they are too technical for me to follow. Is this an issue that I will notice and is there a fix for it?

    Also, is there a thread specifically for overclocking the 790fx boards? thanks.
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    Great thread on overclocking, using MSI and DFI 790FX boards.

    Not sure speficially which SB600 issue you read about, but there is
    a VISTA bug that results in VISTA installations taking hours to complete
    when using a optical drive on the SB600 chipset. This is supposed to be
    fixed in SP1.


    EBL

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    thanks, right now I am still with xp
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    One thing I've noticed, is that booting Windows XP (32 and 64) takes a long time on this motherboard (K9A2 Platinum)
    This is even with a clean install, on a 74GB Raptor

    I have 6 SATA hard drives (the raptor, 1 x 320GB, 4 x 750GB)

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    The SB600 is a sh**t controller I mean my DFI Expert Board gets better HDtach readings than this one. Thank god I have a dedictated Raid Controller because if I had to use the SB600 this board would have been dead like disco and gone a long time ago!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Brother Esau View Post
    The SB600 is a sh**t controller I mean my DFI Expert Board gets better HDtach readings than this one. Thank god I have a dedictated Raid Controller because if I had to use the SB600 this board would have been dead like disco and gone a long time ago!!

    Raid 1 is bad on the sb600. i now have my 1tb array on the silicon image controller. also cpu is 100% due to folding



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