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Silicon Sil3112 SATA /Raid Chip.... Help

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Mysticcal

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So anyways, I had a Gigabyte GA-7NNXP Board that recently blew on me, and while I would LOVE to wait for an RMA, I need to get the information of the drives in the raid ASAP (sooner then the 2 weeks it takes for an RMA)

so, I've been looking at the chip on the mobo and it goes as follows.

SiliconImage
SATALink
Sil3112ACT144
023828.1
1.21

Now, how close to this would an IDE SATA controller with a silicon 3112 chip have to be? I find them by the 4thn line seems to be different all the time, and I need to make sure I don't get a Sil3112A chip.

The only problem I'm having is that I've never done this before and I don't want to spend 20$, wait 3 days, and become dismayed. Can anyone help?
 
I think any SiliconImage based RAID card should work. It is even possible for a third party RAID card to work, but I wouldn't push my luck if I was you.
 
I'd guess any SI chipset would work, but it could be hit-or-miss, unfortunately. Manufacturers sometimes feel free to change the on-disk format between different cards. But you should be able to get one faster than 3 days (although perhaps a little more expensive) if it's really important - a lot of cheap cards at Best Buy, compusa, circuit city, etc are based on the 3112. It's probably the second most common sata controller, after the Intel ICHs. Maybe they'll let you open the box to check if you ask nicely?

 
The SiI chip would defenitly work. I went through this same thing about 6 months ago. I just stayed with the add in board and shut off the mobo processor.
 
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