Setting up RAID 0 on Asus P5Q

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Hey guys,

Okay i have the following Motherboard: Asus P5Q SE (P45 Chipset)

Im trying to set up RAID 0 using a 250Gb Seagate and a 500Gb Western digital....both have same cache (16mb) and 7200Rpm speed,all that differs is the size but i heard this is not a problem and should work in raid 0... but im having difficulty!

In the Manual it says...

To enter the Intel matrix storage controller:

1;Install the Serial ATA Hard dirks
2;Turn on the system
3;During post,Press <CTRL+l> to display the Utility Main menu
Click to expand...

The thing is,im following that and no menu is showing to allow me to set up Raid....it just carrys on trying to launch from my windows CD!!!!

This is the manual im following if it helps....
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/10485188...r-Guide-Manual

,appreciate any help guys.thanks
 
In the bios, on the main section, scroll down to storage configuration, then set, configure sata as raid, F10 to save and exit bios.
 
I dont see those options :/



In Sata configuration all the choice i see are....

Disabled
Compatible
Enhanced

and in the configure Sata as menu i see....


IDE
AHCI

I see nothing for RAID :cool:
 
Yep, as RJC has pointed out, the P5Q SE only has the ich10 chipset and not the ich10r which supports raid. Misread the op and thought your board was a P5QE.
 
arghh just my luck :(

Well looks like my only other choice would be to purchase a Sata controller card right?

Would it be worth it?...would i realy see much benifits going RAID 0?

Mainly looking to speed up game loading times etc.

Thanks for your help so far chaps :)
 
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I have used RAID 0 in the past and now use single disc, personally I have not noticed any real performance differences.
 
Its a bit faster. If you were to get an add in RAID card these are a lot faster as its hardware stripping the disks where as its software on the mainboards, im pretty sure I read that somewhere. Expensive though getting a seperate RAID card.
 
well looks like il just stick with the one disk then....i noticed when i first took out my 250gb seagate...the jumper that limits it to 150mb/s was on :p....ive now removed that jumper to get the ful 300 mb/s speed...well thats what it says on the sticker on the hdd anyway....why the hell do they put a jumper on it to limit the speed?

when i come home tommorow il have to re-install 7,and il see if its any faster,again with my luck probably wont be lol.

tks
 
I used to run RAID 0 with 2 x 74gb raptors on an asus p5q deluxe, performance was great, but the noise was unbearable, swapped both out for a single hdd, much less noise and tbh i dont really miss the difference in performance, also RAID 0 can be a real pain when it does go wrong, constant backups are required.
 
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