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September 25th, 2009 17:00
Boot from PCI sata controller card on Optiplex GX 260
I took home a Optiplex GX260 to turn into a Windows Home Server and I have a question. I'm going to toss in a sata drive to replace the ide drive but the only way to do this would be to use a PCI SATA controller card. Will the Dell boot from the PCI card? Is there a setting the BIOS that will allow to me adjust this? Thanks
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September 25th, 2009 18:00
This little beauty works great in my Dim 8200. I now boot to a primary SATA drive.
I am going to assume that it would also work in your Optiplex GX260 as well.
PROMISE SATA300 TX4 PCI SATA II Controller Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816102062
Just make sure you have the latest BIOS for your model and then change the setting in the BIOS that allows you to boot from the new controller card.