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    raid0 for m15x?

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by tangtang2002, Dec 21, 2009.

  1. tangtang2002

    tangtang2002 Notebook Consultant

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    According to this, pm55 does support raid, maybe I can take dvdrom apart and put a HardDrive instead? Just assume there is enough space for the harddrive, is raid0 possibble for m15x? :confused:
     
    tangtang2002, Dec 21, 2009
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    RAID isn't an option in the BIOS because the system was only designed for one hard drive. Even if you could get a second identical hard drive in there then you still couldn't enable it.
     
    EviLCorsaiR, Dec 21, 2009
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    but how come some other laptops with pm55 are able to use raid? They have special designed pm55?
     
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    Because they can fit two hard drives, that simple. It's a BIOS option, but there is no option in the M15x because it's only intended for one hard drive...
     
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    still...is there a way to edit BIOS in order to enable raid?
    thanks!
     
    tangtang2002, Dec 21, 2009
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    Instead of going through all that trouble just looking for HDD increase of performance...get your self a SSD that should fix your raid 0 problems! Or M17x!
     
    AlienContact, Dec 21, 2009
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