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    G73Jh dual HDDs with RAID

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by 2sense4free, Jun 6, 2010.

  1. 2sense4free

    2sense4free Notebook Guru

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    Has anyone yet found a way to get the HDDs to work in RAID 0? This would bump up data collection quite a bit without switching out to SDDs... Or is it because of the HM55 Chipset that doesnt accomodate RAID?
     
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    There's no RAID controller on the G73JH, however, you could use software RAID.
     
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    Rumor has it you cant even software RAID it...the chipset still isnt convinced so it still uses the drives independently. I suppose i could try it...
     
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    use windows to do software raid0.

    I don't know if home premium can do it though.
     
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  5. 2sense4free

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    you would recommend professional then?
    and looking at the specs for your processor, which is almost identical to mine, im wondering if the core i7 720qm overclocks to 3.2ghz? i thought it was just 2.8 last time i checked...anything you did to squeeze more power out of it?
     
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    there is no such things, software RAID just reads and writes to the HDD in a certain way, there is no way to even prevent that, since it's just a write and read from the hdds, learn about RAID before making those claims, all that hardware RAID does is it has a controller with a processor on it and a firmware that does it for you (transforms a simple read or write to specific RAID ones )
     
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  7. 2sense4free

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    Chill my brotha. Im just repeating what ive read on other sites. Forums are a place to learn man. If youre going to rail on people, then i suggest you dont post at all. But thanks for the minor help.
     
    2sense4free, Jun 7, 2010
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    Chastity Company Representative

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    The HM55 does not support RAID on the Southbridge. We'd need the HM57 chipset for that.

    My suggestion would be to invest in a SSD or a Momentus XT.
     
    Chastity, Jun 7, 2010
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