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    Ata,achi,raid otions r3

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by chil, Aug 19, 2012.

  1. chil

    chil Notebook Enthusiast

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    chil, Aug 19, 2012
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    radji Farewell, Solenya...

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    I believe there was a post...somewhere...that stated even though you are set to RAID in the BIOS, if you're not running a RAID array the BIOS will default to AHCI.
     
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    thanks for replying i just took the plunge and done the regedit part then rebooted and dived into my bios and selected achi, my lappy bsod everytime i tried to restart, so i went back into the bios opted for the raid option and now it's booting again.
     
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    Oooh. Ouch. IF the BIOS does default from RAID to AHCI regardless of what it is set to, just don't worry about it...unless you have any performance drop.
     
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    Having the Sata operation in Raid gives the option to build one but doesn't necessarily mean you need to have a RAID. You can upgrade to a SSD and add another drive for storage and still keep the SATA operation in RAID with no issues.
     
    Alienware-Pablo_R, Aug 21, 2012
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