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01-11-2009, 12:06 PM
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| GIGABYTE GA-MA78GM-S2HP setting up RAID Can someone help me understand this setup? I want to setup RAID 0 using two 36 gig raptors and use a 250 gb drive for files. Can i do this? Do i plug the drives into any of the sata ports? The manual for this mb is VERY POOR! I'm kind of sorry i didn't but ASUS but i needed the PS@ port for the mouse for my switch and ASUS doesn't use ps2 anymore. Thanks |
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01-11-2009, 12:37 PM
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| ABX KNIGHT EXEMPLAR  Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: USA-GA
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| Re: GIGABYTE GA-MA78GM-S2HP setting up RAID Plug Sata drives into sats ports. Next go into the bios and set the drives to RAID. Save and restart windows, you'll come to a RAID bios screen. Use Ctrl+I to enter, follow the directions for setting up a RAID-O.
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01-14-2009, 05:13 PM
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| Re: GIGABYTE GA-MA78GM-S2HP setting up RAID Thanks but the commands are completely different on this mb. I did find enugh info to get the raid installed but now i have new problem i can't solve. When i try to install XP on the raid volume C xp writes some of the startup files to D????? I never had this happen before. I tried unpluging D then installing xp then plugging D back in but then the MB refuses to boot to C and looks at D for the start up files????this is crazy. I have the bios setup properly for the raid boot 1st. Any ideas before i send it back for a refund? I've built quite a few systems before and never seen this before. |
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01-14-2009, 06:35 PM
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| Re: GIGABYTE GA-MA78GM-S2HP setting up RAID Quote:
 I think I'd reformat drives and redo RAID. And if that didn't work, return the mobo if I could. When you install XP on the RAID, you should have only the RAID drives plugged in. Then after the XP install on the RAID, plug in the other drives.
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01-14-2009, 09:18 PM
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| Re: GIGABYTE GA-MA78GM-S2HP setting up RAID This is getting crazier......if i just install xp on C raid then try to add lets say a sata drive to the controller afterwards..SETUP RESTARTS as windows starts and installs the boot files on the new drive!...Someone gotta know something about this...pLEASE HELP! |
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