I have seen it installed without a RAID controller, but you if you get one with a RAID controller, you'll have to find the drivers on your own. I am pretty sure Dell wouldn't support the config and if you ran into problems, they would properly tell you to get a validated OS on the box, with or without a RAID controller.
I am running Win XP Pro on one partition and Server 2003 on another. I don't have RAID on this machine, but I was able to add a SB Audigy sound card, 1X Express ATI X1550 series video card, 2GB ECC SDRAM, a Opteron 1356 quad core, and a 500GB Maxtor USB 2.0 drive with no serious issues. It is a little slow during the boot process, but runs great after that.
at5147
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betweenbrain
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betweenbrain
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July 19th, 2008 18:00
Is there anyone from Dell that can confirm this?
at5147
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armentrout2
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I am running Win XP Pro on one partition and Server 2003 on another. I don't have RAID on this machine, but I was able to add a SB Audigy sound card, 1X Express ATI X1550 series video card, 2GB ECC SDRAM, a Opteron 1356 quad core, and a 500GB Maxtor USB 2.0 drive with no serious issues. It is a little slow during the boot process, but runs great after that.
leonpress
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I am running SBS on it and XP is basically the same OS. You should not have any problem running XP on it.