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11/12/12 at 11:05am
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It's because hot-swap is enabled in the BIOS. Although some BIOSes don't have that option and you have to just deal with it. redface.gif

ya i dont remember there being a hotswap option in my bios.. i first did the install with the bios sata set to raid(but not having the ssd in an array) and it didnt have this issue.. im 50% sure i will be adding a raid array for two other storage drives in mirror on the same intel controller later on. could i just run the ssd in raid as long as its not in any array? i know that its posted you can do that but will it affect performance at all?

if it is ok to run the ssd under the raid setting, can i just switch it from AHCI to RAID or do i have to do a fresh install again?
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11/12/12 at 11:14am
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ya i dont remember there being a hotswap option in my bios.. i first did the install with the bios sata set to raid(but not having the ssd in an array) and it didnt have this issue.. im 50% sure i will be adding a raid array for two other storage drives in mirror on the same intel controller later on. could i just run the ssd in raid as long as its not in any array? i know that its posted you can do that but will it affect performance at all?
if it is ok to run the ssd under the raid setting, can i just switch it from AHCI to RAID or do i have to do a fresh install again?

Running your SSD with the RAID setting is perfectly fine. TRIM will still work and you get all the benefits of AHCI. The only drawback is that your board may have a RAID Config screen popup after every reboot.

What board are you using?
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11/12/12 at 11:34am
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Running your SSD with the RAID setting is perfectly fine. TRIM will still work and you get all the benefits of AHCI. The only drawback is that your board may have a RAID Config screen popup after every reboot.
What board are you using?

i am using this gigabyte board, i got it back in like 2009-2010ish:

http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3012#ov
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post #4024 of 4621
11/12/12 at 11:45am
I checked the manual and it looks like hot plug (what they refer to it as) isn't enabled with RAID. I think you don't need to do a registry change in Windows when going from AHCI to RAID.
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11/12/12 at 11:48am
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I checked the manual and it looks like hot plug (what they refer to it as) isn't enabled with RAID. I think you don't need to do a registry change in Windows when going from AHCI to RAID.

ok thanks. ill try and just change that setting and see if everything goes smoothly.. but if not ill do a total install again.. ive been doing the fresh installs with my two other HDDs running and plugged in. not sure if that is a huge deal or not.. they are on a secondary controller and should prolly move them over to the intel controller now that i have room for them on there..
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post #4026 of 4621
11/12/12 at 12:33pm
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I checked the manual and it looks like hot plug (what they refer to it as) isn't enabled with RAID. I think you don't need to do a registry change in Windows when going from AHCI to RAID.

does it matter what sata ports i use(out of the 6) on my board for the ssd? i noticed in my bios that there is a setting to have ports 1-3 or something set to native or legacy(IDE i think).. if thats the case, should i have those ports set to native or legacy?
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11/12/12 at 1:20pm
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my samsung 830 ssd is showing up as a removeable drive in my fresh win7 install.. i set it to ahci in bios and not raid before the fresh install.. i didnt discon my other two sata hdds during the install but im not sure that it should matter?

It's because hot-swap is enabled in the BIOS. Although some BIOSes don't have that option and you have to just deal with it. redface.gif
Deal with it? why?
There is a fix for it.
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my samsung 830 ssd is showing up as a removeable drive in my fresh win7 install.. i set it to ahci in bios and not raid before the fresh install.. i didnt discon my other two sata hdds during the install but im not sure that it should matter?

Follow this: http://www.overclock.net/t/974023/fix-ahci-sata-drives-showing-in-safely-remove-hardware
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11/12/12 at 1:47pm
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Deal with it? why?
There is a fix for it.
Follow this: http://www.overclock.net/t/974023/fix-ahci-sata-drives-showing-in-safely-remove-hardware

I've just started the reinstall process and figured I'm going to want to use the raid in the future on the Intel controller anyways so I'm going to go that route.. hopefully the performance is the same..
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11/12/12 at 1:50pm
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Deal with it? why?
There is a fix for it.
Follow this: http://www.overclock.net/t/974023/fix-ahci-sata-drives-showing-in-safely-remove-hardware

I've just started the reinstall process and figured I'm going to want to use the raid in the future on the Intel controller anyways so I'm going to go that route.. hopefully the performance is the same..
It is the same. It is basically the same as AHCI only you get to use RAID options as well.
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11/12/12 at 2:43pm
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It is the same. It is basically the same as AHCI only you get to use RAID options as well.

i cant figure out which of the intel rapid storage drivers i need.. there are like 4 to choose from:

RAID Enterprise: Intel® Rapid Storage Technology Enterprise Driver for Intel® Desktop Boards - 3.5.1.1009

AHCI: Intel® Rapid Storage Technology Driver for Intel Desktop Boards - 11.6.0.1030

AHCI: Intel® Rapid Storage Technology Driver for Intel 6 Series Chipset-Based Desktop Boards - 11.6.0.1030

RAID: Intel® Rapid Storage Technology Driver for Intel Desktop Boards - 11.6.0.1030

also im not sure if i just need to driver and not the whole intel suite software stuff that you end up downloading?
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