Re: RAID vs plain SATA?

In article <19307D47-3815-4931-9B81-6DF9D59D87F5@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
attilathehun1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx says...
Ok, I get it, I only have 1 hard drive, so RAID is out. I then want to go
into BIOS and Intergrated Peripherals and ensure that Onboard SATA/IDE Device
is enabled. Then if I don't want to create RAID then set Onboard SATA/IDE
Ctrl Mode to IDE or AHCI, not to RAID/IDE. But, I want to create SATA, but
since I only have 1 hard drive I don't use RAID? Also, since it's not IDE,
but it's AHCI? Is AHCI SATA? So, I want to set Onboard SATA/IDE Ctrl Mode to
AHCI, to create just SATA?

First, you don't create SATA, you BUY SATA.

You create RAID by selecting the RAID Controller ports on the
motherboard and then connecting SATA drives to the connectors, then
setting the RAID mode in the BIOS, then using the BOOT function you
configure the RAID option in the POST.

It's a SAMSUNG Spinpoint SP1614C hard drive, which is SATA. I'm not sure
about the model number and I'm too tired and fed up to go back and look.
Look, besides telling me that since I only have one hard drive and RAID
isn't used for only 1 hard drive, the other replies are a bunch of bull***.

You're going to make this hard on yourself, people reply based on what
you post and that means your content. People will give you help until
you start acting rule, like your "bunch of bull***" comment above.

Look, I'm to the point where I'll max out whatever I can. I have 4 SATA
connectors, or 8 SATA connectors, 4 boxes on the mobo. 3 are yellow and 1 is
purple. I think the purple is a GSATAII0/GSATAII1. If that purple connector
is faster, then I want to use that one.

Which is it? You said you hve 4 SATA connectors or 8 SATA connectors -
you have the computer, just count them.

As for which is faster, why not look at the MOTHERBOARD MANUAL and read
the spec as to the speed of each port? It's certainly going to be more
accurate them anyone's guess here.

Now, I have a feeling someone is
going to tell me I'm a non-bite and say that the purple connector is used for
RAID? I don't know and I'm fed up to the max.

You should READ THE MOTHERBOARD MANUAL.

Ok, lets take a few counts here and calm down.

You should have done that before you started the post.

So far, I've found out that I don't use RAID if I only have 1 hard drive.
Ok now, where do I go from there, in order to create or have the motherboard
or operating system recognize the SATA drive?

RAID requires more than 1 drive, different types of RAID require more
than 2 drives.

To use a SATA Drive you connect it to a SATA controller jack/port on the
motherboard. In non-RAID mode you connect it to a non-RAID controller
jack/port and just reboot. If you've screwed up the BIOS settings then
reset them to factory default and start over.

Please if someone has a brain, give me a details, step by step reply.

You are being rude again, people don't like to help those that are rude.

For
example, go into BIOS and go to Intergrated Peripherals and set this option
to enable or this option to wtf. Another example would be to say use the
motherboard supplied CD and create a floppy disk with the SATA drivers on it,
and when the Operating System asked you to press key F6 if you have any
additional bull*** to add, then wait for the window that says to press S.
Something detailed like that would be nice.

Why have you not read the manual for your motherboard?

Why have you not called the motherboard vendor to support?

Now what I've just given you, I
tried already and it didn't work. Now maybe it didn't work because I copied
the wrong drivers onto the floppy diskette, and maybe it didn't work because
the motherboard I was trying to use is a piece of crap. It's an ECS
Elitegroup model GF6100-M754, that got poor reviews from newegg.com.
That brings me to another question that I better make a new post for.
Having to do with this piece of wtf work mobo.

It appears, from your rude posting and how upset these things get you,
that you are better off purchasing a Dell that is already built and
working.



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