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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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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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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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Soft-Raid HDD fail signal support
I've got a home server project I've been working on for a while now. It is a web and file-storage/backup server. It runs on Debian 8. I've been thinking about upgrading my storage options as I'm ...
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RAID 0 - what happens if mainboard changes?
I had an MSI z77a-g41 mainboard with Ocz vertex3 raid 0 configuration. Yesterday, my mainboard stopped booting. It seems something is wrong with the mainboard because there is no video, no BIOS ...
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Dump all data to just one disc
Right now I have two HDDs set in RAID-0, each having 1TB. And I bought SSD drive that I want to connect right now.
The problem is that I only have two SATA connectors. I have power connector, but not ...
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Convert boot hdd to RAID 1 array
I've added another hdd to my 'server' since I wanted to clone it using RAID.
I've read several articles about converting an existing filesystem to a RAID 1 system. They all use software, and I want ...
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Recover data if PC (motherboard) fails with software RAID 5
I'm planning to implement a RAID 5 (or 6) system on an old PC (windows or linux).
It doesn't have HW RAID 5 support so I'll do it via software (e.g. windows integrated RAID).
Will I be able to ...
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RAID 5 setup across SATA II/III
I have an ASUS P8Z77-V LK mobo with 4 SATA 3Gb/s and 2 SATA 6Gb/s. I'm considering purchasing 3 WD7500AZEX HDD's and putting them in a RAID 5 configuration.
My question is, if I put the two ...
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How can I install Windows through an ASUS P5Q's orange and white SATA ports?
I have an ASUS P5Q motherboard, which apparently has two SATA controllers - the standard Intel one (red ports), and a Marvell controller (orange and white ports).
I need the Intel controller to be in ...
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Do SSDs have to have AHCI to maximize performance?
After my last post concerning my motherboard's RAID, I'm considering purchasing an additional dedicated RAID controller, but I have a few concerns about what to buy, because I'm facing yet another ...
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How to install several hard-drives to Tyan S7025 motherboard
First of all, the disclaimer: I do not know much about computers.
CONTEXT
In February 2010 I purchased a workstation with a Tyan S7025 motherboard. This motherboard has 6 SATA ports (SATA0 to SATA5) ...
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Intel RST Drive missing error -- with a twist
I'm beginning to think that Intel RST software on Windows 8.1 is having issues.
The Components Involved
I am using the following:
Windows 8.1
Asus Maximus V Extreme motherboard with latest firmware ...
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Would an Intel raid configuration benefit from Intel Smart Response feature?
My hard drive took a dive so I looking at getting some new drives.
I was thinking of getting 3 WD Black Edition 1TB disks.
My motherboard has the Intel Matrix Storage feature and I was going to hook ...
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