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Questions about GIGABYTE products => Motherboards with Intel processors => Topic started by: brian t on October 01, 2010, 07:47:17 am

Title: configuring raid array
Post by: brian t on October 01, 2010, 07:47:17 am

Hi, am trying to access raid setup utility in the bios on a ga-h57m-usb 3 the manual says press ctrl - 1, when i do that i get taken to Q flash UTILITY instead would be grateful for some advice. cheers

Title: Re: configuring raid array
Post by: Dark Mantis on October 01, 2010, 08:50:46 am

Hi and welcome to the forum brian.
I think that you are pressing the wrong key try CTRL + l

Title: Re: configuring raid array
Post by: brian t on October 01, 2010, 01:46:40 pm

Have tried that no joy is there a sequence have pressed ctrl and one at same time ,i dont suppose they is another way of accessing it? thanks

Title: Re: configuring raid array
Post by: Dark Mantis on October 01, 2010, 01:49:49 pm

That is where you are going wrong! It isn't CTRL + one it is CTRL + I

Title: Re: configuring raid array
Post by: F5BJR on October 01, 2010, 03:22:51 pm

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That is CTRL I as I... NTEL ( INTEL )

before configure BIOS with RAID option and not IDE or AHCI

Pierre

Title: Re: configuring raid array
Post by: brian t on October 01, 2010, 04:44:53 pm

what a dipstick ! need a new pair of reading glasses. thanks

Title: Re: configuring raid array
Post by: brian t on October 01, 2010, 06:56:03 pm

right have set up raid ok guys cheers . i have 2 wd hard drives and one intel ssd drive for windows 7 for some reason my asus sata dvd drive is not listed in the boot menu have tried new sata cable and also useing different sata ports but no joy,there is power to the drive as it does open  when the pc first starts up it does show the dvd drive.any thoughts on what i may have done wrong?

Title: Re: configuring raid array
Post by: Dark Mantis on October 01, 2010, 07:31:30 pm

Make sure that the port that you have the DVD attached to is set to IDE not AHCI or RAID.

Title: Re: configuring raid array
Post by: brian t on October 01, 2010, 09:14:42 pm

yep tried that no luck

Title: Re: configuring raid array
Post by: Dark Mantis on October 01, 2010, 09:54:54 pm

Maybe the drive is dead. Can you try it on another computer?