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Upgrading Win 8 to Win 10 not possible
The screenshot explains everything:
A couple of days ago received a machine with Ryzen 1700 cpu and ASUS X370-Pro motherboard with enabled RAID1 on first 2 SATA ports (in fact on all ports, ask ASUS ...
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Does the PCIe x16 small slot need to be occupied?
This may be a silly question but I'm asking in desperation as I don't want to return my RAID controller card (I'm finding them difficult to source as i need PCIe 3.0 and hardware RAID).
I stupidly ...
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PC goes into endless reboot. No POST/beeps. PC has internal RAID so I'm afraid to swap out mobo & screw up the drive array (I didn't configure it)
I have a PC workstation which has been working just fine for the last several years. As of a few days ago, when I power it on it goes into an endless reboot loop. It switches on for 1-2 seconds, then ...
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Why don't RAID systems protect against motherboard crashes?
There are a few questions around here that make it clear there's no simple way to recover data from a RAID array after a motherboard crash.
The answer to this particular question suggests using an add-...
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PC-grade motherboard for virtualization server
Is it possible to use (some carefully selected) PC motherboard to build a machine that can run barebone hypervisor (ESXi)?
If not, what is missing/different on PC boards compared to servers?
If yes, ...
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Hard drives connected to motherboard or via PCI Express card
I have a computer which has:
SSD 550 GB drive connected with SATA directly to motherboard (ASUS Z170-K). This drive has Windows 10 installed and it set to boot.
Two HDD 3 TB drives connected ...
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PCI-E RAID Card prevents boot (fans on, no display)
RAID Card: LSI SAS 9240-8i (FW:P20 9211-8I IT Mode)
Computer: Intel DQ67OW, i7 2600K, 16GB RAM
Really peculiar fault... When I install the RAID card and start up the computer, I can hear the fans turn ...
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Options for RAID recovery after motherboard dies
The Skinny
Personal home computer with RAID built with the onboard Intel chipset hardware RAID controller has died after a power fluctuation. The system hardware was kind of old. Will the RAID array ...
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Windows freezes when accessing optical drive when SATA mode is set to RAID
I have a Asus X570-E motherboard with a couple drives connected in raid on the SATA bus. I've set the SATA mode from AHCI to RAID, and configured the raid successfully.
However, today when I ...
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How to connect a SATA III port to a SAS hard drive?
On my motherboard, the ASUS Z9PA-D8, it says that it has a row of 8 SAS ports for connecting to SAS hard drives.
I'm talking about the line of blue things running horizontally in the bottom right of ...
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PCIe raid controller in a PCIe slot for GPU
I have 3 components:
Ryzen 1600X CPU
Asus X370-PRO Motherboard
ARECA ARC-1880DI-IX-12 Raid controller
My question is that if it's possible to put and use the raid controller in one of the mobo's ...
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How can I check if my UEFI supports RAID?
I can't find it in UEFI settings. Motherboard name is ASRock Z370 Pro4.
I had a look at the specification at the manufacturer's site however all the info they provide is:
128Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS ...
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Raid5 gone bad, using ASRock raid
My son has (had) a PC using ASRock Z97 Extreme4 MB. The PC died, seemingly because of some Windows issue. I got the C drive working using Windows restore points &c, and by moving the drives to an ...
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Personal RAID5 long run maintenance
I'm considering to build a RAID5 storage from three 8TB hard drives inside my PC being run under Windows 10 Home (if it matters). In my motherboard's manual I can see instructions how to setup RAID5 ...
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Can the Dell H730 Raid Adapter be used in none Dell boards?
I notice that HP, Dell raid cards being sold separately, can these cards be used in boards other than HP and DELL?
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