can i disable the raid sata and use it like ordinary sata for optical drive in the intel D975XBX2 ? thanks
raid sata to ordinary sata
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I use two sata drives in a hardware raid 0.
What RAID are you using? RAID 0/RAID 1/RAID 5
You can break your RAID, BUT you will lose all the striped data on all your drives if configured in RAID 0.
RAID 1 are mirrored drives, and the array can be broken without data loss.
What RAID are you using? RAID 0/RAID 1/RAID 5
You can break your RAID, BUT you will lose all the striped data on all your drives if configured in RAID 0.
RAID 1 are mirrored drives, and the array can be broken without data loss.
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My Computer
System One
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- CPU
- T7600G Core2Duo 2.66 Ghz
- Motherboard
- Intel 945PM + ICH7 Chipset
- Memory
- 4GB DDR2 PC2-5300 667MHz
- Graphics card(s)
- Mobility Radeon x1900 256MB
- Sound Card
- Realtek HD
- Monitor(s) Displays
- WUXGA 17"
- Screen Resolution
- 1920X1200
- Hard Drives
- 640GB 7200RPM SATA/RAID 0 (2x320GB) and 320GB 7200RPM External
- Mouse
- Wireless Microsoft 3000
- Internet Speed
- 10 mbps/2 mbps
- Other Info
- Optical Drive: Panasonic UJ-220 DL BD-RE (Blu-Ray)
i have 8 sata ports 4 of them is ordinary (ICH7) which connect to the 4 hard drives. and the other 4 of them is raid additional interfaces available with optional discrete RAID controller can i used them to connect my optical drive?
the model of the Desktop Board is Intel® Desktop Board D975XBX2
the model of the Desktop Board is Intel® Desktop Board D975XBX2
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SATA optical drive- yes.
Just keep in mind if you install a sata optical drive and ever have to reinstall Windows you may have a problem. (if using a Retail or OEM System builder O/S DVD which do not include slipstreamed SATA/RAID drivers)
Windows will not see the SATA hard drives or the SATA optical drive until you load the sata/raid/SCSI driver at installation (and since it will not see the sata optical, it will not read the O/S disk in the first place).
Just keep in mind if you install a sata optical drive and ever have to reinstall Windows you may have a problem. (if using a Retail or OEM System builder O/S DVD which do not include slipstreamed SATA/RAID drivers)
Windows will not see the SATA hard drives or the SATA optical drive until you load the sata/raid/SCSI driver at installation (and since it will not see the sata optical, it will not read the O/S disk in the first place).
My Computer
System One
-
- CPU
- T7600G Core2Duo 2.66 Ghz
- Motherboard
- Intel 945PM + ICH7 Chipset
- Memory
- 4GB DDR2 PC2-5300 667MHz
- Graphics card(s)
- Mobility Radeon x1900 256MB
- Sound Card
- Realtek HD
- Monitor(s) Displays
- WUXGA 17"
- Screen Resolution
- 1920X1200
- Hard Drives
- 640GB 7200RPM SATA/RAID 0 (2x320GB) and 320GB 7200RPM External
- Mouse
- Wireless Microsoft 3000
- Internet Speed
- 10 mbps/2 mbps
- Other Info
- Optical Drive: Panasonic UJ-220 DL BD-RE (Blu-Ray)
I thought BIOS RAID is software RAID and hardware RAID is a PCI RAID card for example?
My Computer
System One
-
- Manufacturer/Model
- Custom Built
- CPU
- Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550
- Motherboard
- XFX MB-750I-72P9 NF750i
- Memory
- 4096MB Corsair XMS2 PC-5400
- Graphics card(s)
- ASUS Nvidia Geforce GTX470
- Sound Card
- ASUS Xonar DX
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Dell 24" S2409W & Dell 20" E207WFP
- Screen Resolution
- 1920x1080 & 1680x1050
- Hard Drives
- 750GB Western Digital Caviar Black & 500GB Samsung
- PSU
- 750 watt Thermaltake Toughpower
- Case
- Coolermaster Dominator 690 Nvidia Edition
- Cooling
- Zalman CNPS9700-NT Cooler, 6x 120mm Chassis Fans
- Mouse
- Logitech G5 Laser Mouse (2007 edition)
- Keyboard
- Logitech G11 Keyboard
- Internet Speed
- 100Mbps
- Other Info
- abit airpace 54mbps wireless PCI-E x1 card
Hardware implementation of RAID requires at least a special-purpose RAID controller. On a desktop system this may be a PCIexpansion card, PCI-eexpansion card or built into the motherboard.
Software implementations are now provided by many operating systems. A software layer sits above the (generally block-based) disk device drivers and provides an abstraction layer between the logical drives (RAIDs) and physical drives.
I actually have a RAID Controller built into my motherboard, but it is accessed through my BIOS- though technically a "BIOS RAID" is quasi hardware RAID (software) for which the RAID configuration is managed in part or in full by the storage controller's BIOS. Sorry for the confusion.
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My Computer
System One
-
- CPU
- T7600G Core2Duo 2.66 Ghz
- Motherboard
- Intel 945PM + ICH7 Chipset
- Memory
- 4GB DDR2 PC2-5300 667MHz
- Graphics card(s)
- Mobility Radeon x1900 256MB
- Sound Card
- Realtek HD
- Monitor(s) Displays
- WUXGA 17"
- Screen Resolution
- 1920X1200
- Hard Drives
- 640GB 7200RPM SATA/RAID 0 (2x320GB) and 320GB 7200RPM External
- Mouse
- Wireless Microsoft 3000
- Internet Speed
- 10 mbps/2 mbps
- Other Info
- Optical Drive: Panasonic UJ-220 DL BD-RE (Blu-Ray)
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My Computer
System One
-
- Manufacturer/Model
- Custom Built
- CPU
- Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550
- Motherboard
- XFX MB-750I-72P9 NF750i
- Memory
- 4096MB Corsair XMS2 PC-5400
- Graphics card(s)
- ASUS Nvidia Geforce GTX470
- Sound Card
- ASUS Xonar DX
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Dell 24" S2409W & Dell 20" E207WFP
- Screen Resolution
- 1920x1080 & 1680x1050
- Hard Drives
- 750GB Western Digital Caviar Black & 500GB Samsung
- PSU
- 750 watt Thermaltake Toughpower
- Case
- Coolermaster Dominator 690 Nvidia Edition
- Cooling
- Zalman CNPS9700-NT Cooler, 6x 120mm Chassis Fans
- Mouse
- Logitech G5 Laser Mouse (2007 edition)
- Keyboard
- Logitech G11 Keyboard
- Internet Speed
- 100Mbps
- Other Info
- abit airpace 54mbps wireless PCI-E x1 card