cyber_tods Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 Hi all, I have two identical hard drives right now and I'm planning to buy a Raid PCIe X1 card tomorrow. My motherboard doesn't have built-in Raid. This is the card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16816124017 According to the website, it uses Sil 3132 chipset. I'm just planning to do Raid 0. Will this work in Snow Leoaprd? I heard that the Sil 3132 in now listed as incompatible. Does this mean I'll not be able to use this in Snow? Some people (with real macs) said that they just need to use the old drivers. But I'm an OSX86er so I need to know if there are hacked kexts for this chipset. How about in Leopard only? BTW, I don't know much about raid setup. I only read it in books .. I just have ideas. I never actually attempted to setup Raid in either Linux or WIndows hands on. However, I need to know because of my new Job. I need to practice ASAP. Thank you. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/188760-cheap-raid-card-with-sil-3132-chipset-will-it-work-in-snow/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoobydu Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 I can't get Sil3132 to work in SL at all. Using the old drivers gives me a KP. Leopard you will be fine, but SL chances not, but it may work for you. Highpoint cards have good mac support and this looks to be compatible -> http://www.sonnettech.com/product/tempo_sata_e4p.html (not tried though) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/188760-cheap-raid-card-with-sil-3132-chipset-will-it-work-in-snow/#findComment-1279994 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyber_tods Posted September 25, 2009 Author Share Posted September 25, 2009 Oh that sucks It seems that it is true. However, I'm thinking of buying it and see if it works. I'll just return it if it doesn't or Maybe I could stick with Leoaprd. Will it work natively? Or do I have to install something? I have 2 x 250GB Seagate drives to setup in Raid 0. Are you also in raid 0 setup? Thank you. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/188760-cheap-raid-card-with-sil-3132-chipset-will-it-work-in-snow/#findComment-1280019 Share on other sites More sharing options...
peach-os Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 someone wrote that the Kp´s are gone since 10.5.7 .....can´t remember where it was. the performance with OS X softraid is so dramatically better than the sil3132 , that I never thought about using my sil card again Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/188760-cheap-raid-card-with-sil-3132-chipset-will-it-work-in-snow/#findComment-1280064 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyber_tods Posted September 25, 2009 Author Share Posted September 25, 2009 Hey peach, Really? Good thing you posted that info. I'm not going to buy it since I found out that there is a restocking fee if I return it. I also read that there are known kernel panics related to the 3132 kext. Oh well, I guess I'm not going to take the risk Too bad I only have ICH7. Now I'm wishing that it has a R on it. Thanks! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/188760-cheap-raid-card-with-sil-3132-chipset-will-it-work-in-snow/#findComment-1280092 Share on other sites More sharing options...
peach-os Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 none of the "Intel R´s" is working with OS X - make a software raid - it´s already there Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/188760-cheap-raid-card-with-sil-3132-chipset-will-it-work-in-snow/#findComment-1280566 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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