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GA-X58A-UD3R : Which hd drivers do i need if i'm not going to use RAID ?

Which hd drivers do i need for my motherboard if i'm not going to use RAID ?

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Re: GA-X58A-UD3R : Which hd drivers do i need if i'm not going to use RAID ?
« Reply #1 on: December 09, 2010, 02:25:03 pm »
Hi
Basically all the drivers that are needed are included on your motherboard disk but I would recommend downloading them from the website as a better alternative as they will be more up to date. If you post what revision your board is I will link you to them.
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Re: GA-X58A-UD3R : Which hd drivers do i need if i'm not going to use RAID ?
« Reply #2 on: December 09, 2010, 03:15:16 pm »
thanks. i wasn't clear enough.
i'm not going to use RAID, should i still install the RAID drivers ?
do i need these : Marvell RAID Utility (SATA3) ? Marvell Console Driver (SATA3) ?

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Re: GA-X58A-UD3R : Which hd drivers do i need if i'm not going to use RAID ?
« Reply #3 on: December 09, 2010, 03:26:04 pm »
There is no need to install the RAID drivers if you don't intend to use RAID. Also I would suggest disabling it in the BIOS if you are not going to use the ports at all along with the floppy drive etc.
Gigabyte X58A-UD7
i7 920
Dominators 1600 x6 12GB
6970 2GB
HX850
256GB SSD, Sam 1TB, WDB320GB
Blu-Ray
HAF 932

Gigabyte Z68X-UD5-B3
i7 3770K
Vengeance 1600 16GB
6950 2GB
HCP1200W
Revo Drive x2, 1.5TB WDB RAID0
16x DLRW
StrikeX S7
Full water cooling
3 x 27" Iiy

Re: GA-X58A-UD3R : Which hd drivers do i need if i'm not going to use RAID ?
« Reply #4 on: December 09, 2010, 08:29:40 pm »
but Marvell Console Driver (SATA3) is the SATA 3 driver, right ? so i have to install that if i use SATA 3 drives ?

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Re: GA-X58A-UD3R : Which hd drivers do i need if i'm not going to use RAID ?
« Reply #5 on: December 09, 2010, 09:19:35 pm »
I think it is necessary to install that but I am not sure if it is used in all cases such as IDE mode. However it won't hurt to install it anyway.
Gigabyte X58A-UD7
i7 920
Dominators 1600 x6 12GB
6970 2GB
HX850
256GB SSD, Sam 1TB, WDB320GB
Blu-Ray
HAF 932

Gigabyte Z68X-UD5-B3
i7 3770K
Vengeance 1600 16GB
6950 2GB
HCP1200W
Revo Drive x2, 1.5TB WDB RAID0
16x DLRW
StrikeX S7
Full water cooling
3 x 27" Iiy