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    Alienware M17 AHCI possible?

    Discussion in 'Alienware Area-51/Aurora and Legacy Systems' started by wing_X01, Feb 23, 2011.

  1. wing_X01

    wing_X01 Notebook Geek

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    hello everyone,i have question,can ahci mode enable in alienware m17?will enabling ahci makes hdd performance faster?


    another question :

    let's say somehow we can enable m17 AHCI,which have better? Single drive with ahci enable or 2 drive using RAID

    Thank You
     
    wing_X01, Feb 23, 2011
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  2. granyte

    granyte ATI+AMD -> DAAMIT

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    only with a moded bios
     
    granyte, Feb 23, 2011
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    wing_X01 Notebook Geek

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    thanks granyte,it just i was wondering which better raid or ahci
     
    wing_X01, Feb 23, 2011
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    granyte ATI+AMD -> DAAMIT

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    they are totaly diferent things

    you could potentialy test kizwan's bios but honestly unless you know how to recover from a bad flash or have someone/somecompagnie that can
     
    granyte, Feb 23, 2011
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