someone here have this combo?
i dont want to use the marvel chip with my ssd's and i need another sata channels.
thanks.
 

just disable in the bios, all the onboard components you do not wish to use. and set it to boot from your 9220
Henrik

Do I understand correctly that you advise to disable the sata ports on the main board when a Raid card is installed? So a raid card and the on-board sata controller cannot simultaneously work, correct?
 
Thanks.

No, if you wanted to just use your raid card, then disable the devices on the mainboard.
 
You can run your raid card with the other devices onboard, but you may not be able to access the raid cards bios because of the limited Option Rom space.
 
I currently run with two IBM M1015 /LSI 9220/9240 controllers in my machine, but i boot off my onboard SATA-II controller. But to make some room for the two IBM cards, I have disabled SATA-III and eSATA controllers.
 
To boot, I have in the boot option choosen, the onboard SATA-II controller as my Primary boot device, I have also disabled the two raid cards as boot options - NOTE: they are disabled as BOOT OPTIONS, the cards themselves are not disabled.
 
Likewise, you could have chosen your RAID Card as your primary boot device, and then in the boot option selected to disable any devices that you do not want to compete to boot with your primary boot device.
 
i disable other devices in the boot option, so to not confuse the computer and for it to pick the wrong boot drive (i personally find this the best way)
 
confused ? I'll take a picture off it next time i boot ;-)
all the best
Henrik

I noted in your signature fotenote, you have a 8R0 120GB scratch disk. I am wonder why you are running that require such a large scratch disk; if you don't mind answering? Are you running Windows 7 on your system? I still wonder if these Raid cards are OS dependent (require software support to run)?
 

tived


No, if you wanted to just use your raid card, then disable the devices on the mainboard.

You can run your raid card with the other devices onboard, but you may not be able to access the raid cards bios because of the limited Option Rom space.

I currently run with two IBM M1015 /LSI 9220/9240 controllers in my machine, but i boot off my onboard SATA-II controller. But to make some room for the two IBM cards, I have disabled SATA-III and eSATA controllers.

To boot, I have in the boot option choosen, the onboard SATA-II controller as my Primary boot device, I have also disabled the two raid cards as boot options - NOTE: they are disabled as BOOT OPTIONS, the cards themselves are not disabled.

Likewise, you could have chosen your RAID Card as your primary boot device, and then in the boot option selected to disable any devices that you do not want to compete to boot with your primary boot device.

i disable other devices in the boot option, so to not confuse the computer and for it to pick the wrong boot drive (i personally find this the best way)

confused ? I'll take a picture off it next time i boot ;-)
all the best
Henrik

the raid cards are temp solutions till i can affort some better controllers, i have nted that i am not getting the full potential from the disks.
i use the scratch/temp disk when rendering large pano's
 
Henrik
 

raminux


I noted in your signature fotenote, you have a 8R0 120GB scratch disk. I am wonder why you are running that require such a large scratch disk; if you don't mind answering? Are you running Windows 7 on your system? I still wonder if these Raid cards are OS dependent (require software support to run)?

tived


No, if you wanted to just use your raid card, then disable the devices on the mainboard.

You can run your raid card with the other devices onboard, but you may not be able to access the raid cards bios because of the limited Option Rom space.

I currently run with two IBM M1015 /LSI 9220/9240 controllers in my machine, but i boot off my onboard SATA-II controller. But to make some room for the two IBM cards, I have disabled SATA-III and eSATA controllers.

To boot, I have in the boot option choosen, the onboard SATA-II controller as my Primary boot device, I have also disabled the two raid cards as boot options - NOTE: they are disabled as BOOT OPTIONS, the cards themselves are not disabled.

Likewise, you could have chosen your RAID Card as your primary boot device, and then in the boot option selected to disable any devices that you do not want to compete to boot with your primary boot device.

i disable other devices in the boot option, so to not confuse the computer and for it to pick the wrong boot drive (i personally find this the best way)

confused ? I'll take a picture off it next time i boot ;-)
all the best
Henrik

oops yes, i am running Win7 x64