Possible to setup a raid on my NF7-S, temporaily?

Angry · 09-20-06, 09:20 PM

I want to go ahead and setup a raid 0 on my Nf7-s with 2 WD raptors I bought off here, but my board only has 2 SATA ports and they used up by my 80 and 200gb drives.
So I was wondering if it would be possible for me to setup the raid with the raptors, install windows, Tweak or whatever I want to do, and then remove the drives and resetup my 80 and 200gb drives on the same ports without messing up the raid on the 2 raptors till this friday when I can go pickup a PCI SATA card for the 80 and 200gb drives.

Its killing me haveing these 2 raptors and not being able to use them!

Damn NF7-s!

: And I hope you guys can understand all that...

tuskenraider · 09-20-06, 10:34 PM

You cannot move a RAID setup from one controller to another. It won't be recognised. You could only put the RAIDED Raptors back on the controller you created the RAID with them on. If say you wanted to try the RAID with the Raptors on the NF7 controller, put the 80 and 200GB drives back on it, and then go back again to the RAID setup with the Raptors, that would work.

Angry · 09-20-06, 11:21 PM

That is what I wanted to do, keep the raptors on the NF7s onboard controller, the other one Im getting isnt even raid. Thanks!

johan851 · 09-21-06, 01:04 AM

Yeah, that'll work just fine.

Robbie T · 09-21-06, 04:23 PM

yes that should work. Make sure you plug them in the same ports they where original in tho

Angry · 09-21-06, 08:26 PM

Yeah, it works great. I just needed make sure, if I needed to get some important info off one of the other drives, I could without screwing the Raid up...

Thanks guys.

And damn, these raptors are fast! Installed WInxp in like 15mins, running the hell outa my DVD rom....Ill have to see what my HDtach score is...

Angry · 09-22-06, 12:39 PM

Oh yeah, heres my HDTach score....

tuskenraider · 09-23-06, 12:06 AM

Hmmmm.....not bad, not the greatest. Wish I had old pics of my original Raptor RAID setup. Here's what a single new 16MB cache model does:

Angry · 09-23-06, 01:58 PM

This is my NF7-S, the onboard Silicon 3112 chipset... You have a much better board

. :P
I went and got another PCI Controller card..Turns out it was the EXACT same thing..a 3112.

Didnt even have to install drivers lol.

But its nice, no conflicts and it supports raid as well. It does have an older 3112 bios I think.

I ended up with this, my 200gb Seagate vs my raptors. Im a happy camper.

Angry · 09-23-06, 02:05 PM

Did the early raptors only come with 8mb cache?
:edit:
Ah I C, WD360GD's had 8mb buffers while the WD360ADFD's had 16mb...

Oh well still fast as hell lol!

09-20-06, 09:20 PM	Thread Starter #1
Angry Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Bluefield, WV	Possible to setup a raid on my NF7-S, temporaily? I want to go ahead and setup a raid 0 on my Nf7-s with 2 WD raptors I bought off here, but my board only has 2 SATA ports and they used up by my 80 and 200gb drives. So I was wondering if it would be possible for me to setup the raid with the raptors, install windows, Tweak or whatever I want to do, and then remove the drives and resetup my 80 and 200gb drives on the same ports without messing up the raid on the 2 raptors till this friday when I can go pickup a PCI SATA card for the 80 and 200gb drives. Its killing me haveing these 2 raptors and not being able to use them! Damn NF7-s! : And I hope you guys can understand all that... __________________ Main Rig.......................Game Server.........................Media Server..............Untangle Core i3 2100 ....... ........Phenom II X4 965...................Athlon II X4 620....... Athlon X2 2350-BE 2.1ghz MSI P67A-GD65 ..............Asus M4A79XTD........................GA-890GX.................MSI 785GTM-45 G.Skill 1333 4x2gb............16gb Partriot S5 DDR3 1333.......4gb DDR3 1600...........4gb OCZ DDR2 1066 EVGA GTX 670 FTW SLI........2x EVGA GTX 550Ti.........................Onboard 890gx 60gb OCZ Summit.................4x250gb WD RE Raid0 ViewSonic VX2453mh-LED
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09-20-06, 10:34 PM	#2
tuskenraider Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Chicago area	You cannot move a RAID setup from one controller to another. It won't be recognised. You could only put the RAIDED Raptors back on the controller you created the RAID with them on. If say you wanted to try the RAID with the Raptors on the NF7 controller, put the 80 and 200GB drives back on it, and then go back again to the RAID setup with the Raptors, that would work. __________________ Thermaltake V9 BlacX ][ XFX PRO650W ][ Gigabyte X58A-UD3R ][ i7 950@4.2ghz (21x200) Corsair A70 ][ Corsair XMS DDR3-1600 3x2GB ][ Gigabyte GTX660 Ti ][ 90GB OCZ Vertex 2 2TB Hitachi 7K3000 ][ Asus 24B1ST DVD-RW ][ Asus Zonar STX ][ Tannoy 501a heat
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09-20-06, 11:21 PM	Thread Starter #3
Angry Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Bluefield, WV	That is what I wanted to do, keep the raptors on the NF7s onboard controller, the other one Im getting isnt even raid. Thanks! __________________ Main Rig.......................Game Server.........................Media Server..............Untangle Core i3 2100 ....... ........Phenom II X4 965...................Athlon II X4 620....... Athlon X2 2350-BE 2.1ghz MSI P67A-GD65 ..............Asus M4A79XTD........................GA-890GX.................MSI 785GTM-45 G.Skill 1333 4x2gb............16gb Partriot S5 DDR3 1333.......4gb DDR3 1600...........4gb OCZ DDR2 1066 EVGA GTX 670 FTW SLI........2x EVGA GTX 550Ti.........................Onboard 890gx 60gb OCZ Summit.................4x250gb WD RE Raid0 ViewSonic VX2453mh-LED
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09-21-06, 01:04 AM	#4
johan851 Insatiably Malcontent Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Seattle, WA	Yeah, that'll work just fine. __________________ ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 \| 2500K @ 4.6GHz \| 2x4GB Samsung DDR3 \| GTX460 768mb 120GB Crucial M4 \| 2x 2TB Samsung F4 \| Seasonic S12 600w AV-710 --> y2 DAC --> Custom M^3 --> Custom LM3875 ChipAmp --> Modula MTs Dual Dell 2007WFP \| Watercooled
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09-21-06, 04:23 PM	#5
Robbie T Registered Join Date: Aug 2006	yes that should work. Make sure you plug them in the same ports they where original in tho
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09-21-06, 08:26 PM	Thread Starter #6
Angry Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Bluefield, WV	Yeah, it works great. I just needed make sure, if I needed to get some important info off one of the other drives, I could without screwing the Raid up... Thanks guys. And damn, these raptors are fast! Installed WInxp in like 15mins, running the hell outa my DVD rom....Ill have to see what my HDtach score is... __________________ Main Rig.......................Game Server.........................Media Server..............Untangle Core i3 2100 ....... ........Phenom II X4 965...................Athlon II X4 620....... Athlon X2 2350-BE 2.1ghz MSI P67A-GD65 ..............Asus M4A79XTD........................GA-890GX.................MSI 785GTM-45 G.Skill 1333 4x2gb............16gb Partriot S5 DDR3 1333.......4gb DDR3 1600...........4gb OCZ DDR2 1066 EVGA GTX 670 FTW SLI........2x EVGA GTX 550Ti.........................Onboard 890gx 60gb OCZ Summit.................4x250gb WD RE Raid0 ViewSonic VX2453mh-LED
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09-22-06, 12:39 PM	Thread Starter #7
Angry Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Bluefield, WV	Oh yeah, heres my HDTach score.... __________________ Main Rig.......................Game Server.........................Media Server..............Untangle Core i3 2100 ....... ........Phenom II X4 965...................Athlon II X4 620....... Athlon X2 2350-BE 2.1ghz MSI P67A-GD65 ..............Asus M4A79XTD........................GA-890GX.................MSI 785GTM-45 G.Skill 1333 4x2gb............16gb Partriot S5 DDR3 1333.......4gb DDR3 1600...........4gb OCZ DDR2 1066 EVGA GTX 670 FTW SLI........2x EVGA GTX 550Ti.........................Onboard 890gx 60gb OCZ Summit.................4x250gb WD RE Raid0 ViewSonic VX2453mh-LED
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09-23-06, 12:06 AM	#8
tuskenraider Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Chicago area	Hmmmm.....not bad, not the greatest. Wish I had old pics of my original Raptor RAID setup. Here's what a single new 16MB cache model does: __________________ Thermaltake V9 BlacX ][ XFX PRO650W ][ Gigabyte X58A-UD3R ][ i7 950@4.2ghz (21x200) Corsair A70 ][ Corsair XMS DDR3-1600 3x2GB ][ Gigabyte GTX660 Ti ][ 90GB OCZ Vertex 2 2TB Hitachi 7K3000 ][ Asus 24B1ST DVD-RW ][ Asus Zonar STX ][ Tannoy 501a heat
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09-23-06, 01:58 PM	Thread Starter #9
Angry Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Bluefield, WV	This is my NF7-S, the onboard Silicon 3112 chipset... You have a much better board . :P I went and got another PCI Controller card..Turns out it was the EXACT same thing..a 3112. Didnt even have to install drivers lol. But its nice, no conflicts and it supports raid as well. It does have an older 3112 bios I think. I ended up with this, my 200gb Seagate vs my raptors. Im a happy camper. __________________ Main Rig.......................Game Server.........................Media Server..............Untangle Core i3 2100 ....... ........Phenom II X4 965...................Athlon II X4 620....... Athlon X2 2350-BE 2.1ghz MSI P67A-GD65 ..............Asus M4A79XTD........................GA-890GX.................MSI 785GTM-45 G.Skill 1333 4x2gb............16gb Partriot S5 DDR3 1333.......4gb DDR3 1600...........4gb OCZ DDR2 1066 EVGA GTX 670 FTW SLI........2x EVGA GTX 550Ti.........................Onboard 890gx 60gb OCZ Summit.................4x250gb WD RE Raid0 ViewSonic VX2453mh-LED
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09-23-06, 02:05 PM	Thread Starter #10
Angry Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Bluefield, WV	Did the early raptors only come with 8mb cache? :edit: Ah I C, WD360GD's had 8mb buffers while the WD360ADFD's had 16mb... Oh well still fast as hell lol! __________________ Main Rig.......................Game Server.........................Media Server..............Untangle Core i3 2100 ....... ........Phenom II X4 965...................Athlon II X4 620....... Athlon X2 2350-BE 2.1ghz MSI P67A-GD65 ..............Asus M4A79XTD........................GA-890GX.................MSI 785GTM-45 G.Skill 1333 4x2gb............16gb Partriot S5 DDR3 1333.......4gb DDR3 1600...........4gb OCZ DDR2 1066 EVGA GTX 670 FTW SLI........2x EVGA GTX 550Ti.........................Onboard 890gx 60gb OCZ Summit.................4x250gb WD RE Raid0 ViewSonic VX2453mh-LED
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