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    AHCI in SSD by optical bay caddy??

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by vip78, Feb 28, 2017.

  1. vip78

    vip78 Notebook Enthusiast

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    can getting ahci performance with Windows 7 installed on optical bay caddy?
     
    vip78, Feb 28, 2017
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    You can enable AHCI mode for the SSD installed in the optical bay, but keep in mind that if you have an older model (like I have), the performance will be limited by the SATA controller on board. If the controller is SATA 2, putting a SATA 3 SSD will give SATA 2 performance.

    You can also select RAID mode in the BIOS even though you have just the one SSD/HDD. The RAID controller will not actually build a RAID, but will interface with the drive rather well.
     
    anytimer, Mar 1, 2017
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