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    Is the P FX series raid hardware or software?

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by flynnaz, Apr 22, 2008.

  1. flynnaz

    flynnaz I am a Night Elf Mohawk!

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    Is the P FX series raid hardware or software? I think its hardware because no drivers are needed to load it up, I just am checking.
     
    flynnaz, Apr 22, 2008
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    If it were software RAID, it would be dog slow and you'd know it. If you want to be sure, you can download either (1) Intel Matrix Storage Manager or (2) CPU-Z. #1 will easily show if its RAID, #2 will show you the chipset on the mobo and if it ends with an "R" then its hardware.
     
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    It has an Intel ICH8M-E SATA RAID controller
     
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    Thank you, thats what I thought.
     
    flynnaz, Apr 22, 2008
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