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Questions about GIGABYTE products => Motherboards with Intel processors => Topic started by: Brandon on November 18, 2011, 06:21:53 pm
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I have a GA-Z68X-UD4-B3, three 64GB Crucial M4s, and a Seagate Barracuda XT. What I'm trying to do is use one of the 64GB SSDs with my 3TB HDD in an Intel Smart Response Technology configuration for my OS and data, and the other two 64GB SSDs in a RAID 0 configuration for my apps and games and stuff. I'm following the http://download.gigabyte.asia/FileList/Manual/mb_manual_smart-response_e.pdf (http://download.gigabyte.asia/FileList/Manual/mb_manual_smart-response_e.pdf) instructions to the letter, but when it's time to pick a drive to install Windows 7 64 bit on, It says that windows can't be installed on my 3TB HDD nor my 64GB SSD. But it will allow my to install windows on my two SSDs that are in RAID 0.
Intel Z68 Controlled (Set to RAID(XHD) in BIOS)
SATA3_0: 64GB Crucial M4
SATA3_1: 64GB Crucial M4
Marvell 88SE917 Controlled (Set to RAID in BIOS)
GSATA3_6: 3TB Barracuda XT
GSATA3_7: 64GB Crucial M4
I then went back into the BIOS and changed the EFI settings from "Auto" to "Enabled"...now I get a message that says "BOOTMGR Missing"...Do I need to do anything special to get into the EFI? I've never seen the EFI Gui before...can someone write a guide for me to follow? Thanks for your help in advance!
CPU [i7 2600K Sandy Bridge]
MOB [Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD4-B3]
GPU [MSI Lightning Radeon HD 6970 2GB]x2
RAM [Corsair Vengeance 16GB DDR3 1600]
SSD [Crucial M4 64GB SATA III 6.0GB/s]x3
HDD [Seagate Barracuda XT 3TB 7200 RPM]
ODD [Asus Black SATA Blu-ray Burner]
PSU [Corsair ProSeries Gold AX-850W]
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Welcome brandon
Here's a little read that may help......Also It generally helps to strip all the drive except the ones that the OS is going on......you can always add the other drives at a later time........make sure you enable "Optimized Defaults" to begin the configuration.
http://communities.intel.com/thread/22529?tstart=0
Aussie Allan