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Ramaddil

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I am trying to put additional storage in my computer that I just bought and I have used up all my regular sata ports however there is one more sata port that has sata_raid2 next to it. Is it possible to use this port as just a sata port and not a raid port?
 
You'll probably be just fine.

After all, you probably have a single non-RAID drives plugged into sata_raid1 and sata_raid0, right? :)
 
yes all my drives are non raided.... i can not get it to work thought i have tried a few different settings in the bios to no avail
 
tgrimley said:
What motherboard?
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Definitely need to know this.

I've seen a few mobos (usually OEM stuff) that actually turn the extra ports off in the BIOS (for some bizarre reason). Usually you can turn them on though.
 
Ramaddil said:
yes all my drives are non raided.... i can not get it to work thought i have tried a few different settings in the bios to no avail
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What do you mean it doesn't work? You cannot see the drives in Windows.. in Bios? there's nothing to turn on? details details details :)
 
From the manual you should set Silicon Image Mode [RAID Mode] to SATA2 Mode in onboard device configuration. Then make sure the Silicon 3132 Controller driver is installed in Windows and then setup the drive in Disk management.
 
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