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    M17 raid question

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by 4G63, May 11, 2009.

  1. 4G63

    4G63 Notebook Guru

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    Hey everyone I was wondering if there is a new driver out that fixed the raid issue with the m17. I am looking into getting another hard drive and wanted to know if I should bother with raid or just use it as my secondary hard drive for music/movies...
    Thanks in advance guys.
     
    4G63, May 11, 2009
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  2. dondadah88

    dondadah88 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    what issue can you decribe.
     
    dondadah88, May 11, 2009
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  3. Rob41

    Rob41 Team Pirate Control

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    Yeah, I had raid 0 on my rig for a few months since new and never had a problem or heard of any raid issue.

    If it were me I'd just use the second HDD for mass storage.

    If you want really fast speed and you've got some extra cash I'd say go with dual SSD's in raid 0. If you go with a raid 0 set-up, don't forget to "enable" raid in your bios.
     
    Rob41, May 12, 2009
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  4. The_Moo™

    The_Moo™ Here we go again.....

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    extra cash? if you have that much extra cash please share lol

    there are no raid issues ...the orginal raid issue is the current quad core stutter ...we orginally though the HD's were not playing nicely in raid due to drivers/ controller but it turns out its a north bridge problem
     
    The_Moo™, May 12, 2009
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  5. 4G63

    4G63 Notebook Guru

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    Sorry I forgot to say what problems I herd of.
    I herd in raid 0 that people were getting stuttering when disk was being accessed.
     
    4G63, May 12, 2009
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  6. The_Moo™

    The_Moo™ Here we go again.....

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    please read my post ...
     
    The_Moo™, May 12, 2009
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  7. 4G63

    4G63 Notebook Guru

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    I did thanx for the info.
     
    4G63, May 12, 2009
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  8. Pman

    Pman Company Representative

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    I have Raid 0 on my machine and no problems at all :)

    Pete
     
    Pman, May 12, 2009
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