[jtroutma]

Checked the IRQ possibility from the start, the controllers are using IRQ 15 all by themselves (IDE Controllers turned off in BIOS and disabled in Windows).
The two 80MB HDD shouldnt cause a problem because the channel is only rated for 80MBs so they should max out when the channel does.

I know this sounds weird and that is why I couldnt believe it when I finally got the whole thing setup and discovered that it was soo much slower!

BTW the boot drive by itself benches at 26MBs and all the others bench at 20-22MBs.

Guess it is just time to dig out my old TSID number and give Adaptec a call.......

Thanks for you help guys.