Boot from SATA or PATA adapter card in PCI slots?

[Jon D]

I have a PC based on an old SV266A motherboard by Syntax running a
socket-A processor and WinXP.

The mobo supports only PATA.
The PC has 2 PCI adapter cards: one for PATA and the other for SATA.

The chips in the adpter cards are:
Silicon Image SiI 0680 Ultra-ATA/133 Medley RAID
Silicon Image SiI 3512 SATARaid

The PATA card has a BIOS which can be flashed but the SATA card does
not.

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(1) Can I boot off a SATA drive attached to the adapter?

(2) Can I boot off a PATA drive attached to the adapter.

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Thanks

[DL]

It may depend on the options in your Bios, and with the Sata card its
capabilities.

"Jon D" > wrote in message
...
> I have a PC based on an old SV266A motherboard by Syntax running a
> socket-A processor and WinXP.
>
> The mobo supports only PATA.
> The PC has 2 PCI adapter cards: one for PATA and the other for SATA.
>
> The chips in the adpter cards are:
> Silicon Image SiI 0680 Ultra-ATA/133 Medley RAID
> Silicon Image SiI 3512 SATARaid
>
> The PATA card has a BIOS which can be flashed but the SATA card does
> not.
>
> ----
>
> (1) Can I boot off a SATA drive attached to the adapter?
>
> (2) Can I boot off a PATA drive attached to the adapter.
>
> ----
>
>
> Thanks

[Andy]

On Tue, 12 Jun 2007 08:15:59 +0100, Jon D > wrote:

>I have a PC based on an old SV266A motherboard by Syntax running a
>socket-A processor and WinXP.
>
>The mobo supports only PATA.
>The PC has 2 PCI adapter cards: one for PATA and the other for SATA.
>
>The chips in the adpter cards are:
>Silicon Image SiI 0680 Ultra-ATA/133 Medley RAID
>Silicon Image SiI 3512 SATARaid
>
>The PATA card has a BIOS which can be flashed but the SATA card does
>not.
>
>----
>
>(1) Can I boot off a SATA drive attached to the adapter?

No. If the adapter does not have a BIOS, the motherboard BIOS does not
have a way to determine the adapter's presence.

>
>(2) Can I boot off a PATA drive attached to the adapter.

Yes.

>
>----
>
>
>Thanks