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    Does Intel Matrix Manager offer any benefits to non-Raid users?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by prabhg, Jul 12, 2008.

  1. prabhg

    prabhg Notebook Evangelist

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    In one of my other posts in a thread, someone replied that Intel Matrix manager can cause lot of trouble and not necessary if not using RAID. But I read on Intel website, and also a friend told me that it can help with the HDD performance and battery life. Also, I see that there is an updated version available on intel website while the one on HP is still old one. So I cant decide if its needed or not. Please share your experiences.
     
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  2. Duct Tape Dude

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    I am also interested in this ever since I discovered it's not easy to make a flash drive RAID setup in Vista
     
    Duct Tape Dude, Jul 12, 2008
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    Well if you are using your SATA devices in AHCI instead of IDE mode.. then yeah it would probably serve a purpose. ;)

    The newer version is because of Intel's newer chipsets (ex: P45).
     
    ScifiMike12, Jul 12, 2008
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  4. prabhg

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    So is it recommened to install it after clean install for my machine??
     
    prabhg, Jul 14, 2008
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    Yes, without if you won't be able to enable write caching and advanced perfromance.
     
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    i heard that it has its own caching software and disables windows one
     
    dondadah88, Jul 14, 2008
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    Yeah I can't seem to enable caching in Vista, but I also have Robson. Is this normal?
     
    Duct Tape Dude, Jul 15, 2008
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    your hdd will benefit from intel matrix storage manager if it supports NCQ. But if not and you only use a single hdd better not install it.
     
    bulik, Jul 15, 2008
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