Raid controller thing coming up on boot.

savagesam117 · 12 Feb 2015 at 12:46

Since i've got my SSD every time i boot i get a screen which is there for a brief couple of seconds and then carry's on booting.

It's asking me to set up a raid controller or something, now i don't have a clue what this is, so can someone shed some light on what i need to do as i'd quite like to get rid of it, so it increases my boot time by that little bit. Not that its slow! I didn't really notice it as i turn on my pc walk away and go make coffee or something but today i sat there while it booted and noticed it.

Ch3m1c4L · 12 Feb 2015 at 12:49

onboard sata controller, either the secondary one, or the primary if set to raid mode. settings in bios.

savagesam117 · 12 Feb 2015 at 12:52

Ch3m1c4L said:
onboard sata controller, either the secondary one, or the primary if set to raid mode. settings in bios.

I've got a 256GB SSD with my OS on and then a 1TB HDD with games and other stuff on.

I can push CRTL + I and it takes me to a screen to create some raid volume or something.

What do i do with the settings in the BIOS because i know they are there, i just don't know what they do.

ED209 · 12 Feb 2015 at 12:56

in the bios you will see the sata ports.

you will get the option to set them to IDE, ACHI or RAID, set the sata ports to ACHI and then you shouldn't get the raid options on boot up

Ch3m1c4L · 13 Feb 2015 at 11:36

as above, have the standard ports set to AHCI, if you have a secondary controller, asmedia/jmicron etc, turn it off if you are not using it. Although it could be the controller for your esata ports, so you might want it on.

Mercutio · 13 Feb 2015 at 16:11

Look in parts of your bios that are raid related. Change "raid" to "AHCI" if you get a blue screen on bootup, change it to the other option (IDE/Legacy, something like that) or google how to fiddle the needed file changes.