Originally posted by: yiranhu
Question about RAID:
I just got a second HD for my computer (identical to first WDC 250 SATA II). I would like to setup RAID 0 for performance. But I have a very well setup windows installation that I do not want to destroy. Is it possible to enable RAID and still not lose the data on my current HD and keep windows working? Doesn't sound very feasible for me... but just in case...
Thanks all
http://img80.imageshack.us/my.php?image=untitled1bg2.jpgOriginally posted by: ricochet
StopSign, I'm curious as to what your bios setting is like. I have the same RAM but couldn't get my overclock to go over 410Mhz. My board is a Rev1, though.
That's pretty ridiculous...Originally posted by: redhawk56
That being said, if you dont have the backup bios and your bios gets corrupted or it cannot recover from an overclock, you will be screwed do to the fact that GB does not allow you to flash the bios outside of the bios maintenance screen after you have already posted or in windows with @bios.
Originally posted by: StopSign
http://img80.imageshack.us/my.php?image=untitled1bg2.jpgOriginally posted by: ricochet
StopSign, I'm curious as to what your bios setting is like. I have the same RAM but couldn't get my overclock to go over 410Mhz. My board is a Rev1, though.
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Originally posted by: StopSign
That's pretty ridiculous...Originally posted by: redhawk56
That being said, if you dont have the backup bios and your bios gets corrupted or it cannot recover from an overclock, you will be screwed do to the fact that GB does not allow you to flash the bios outside of the bios maintenance screen after you have already posted or in windows with @bios.
Originally posted by: yiranhu
Originally posted by: StopSign
That's pretty ridiculous...Originally posted by: redhawk56
That being said, if you dont have the backup bios and your bios gets corrupted or it cannot recover from an overclock, you will be screwed do to the fact that GB does not allow you to flash the bios outside of the bios maintenance screen after you have already posted or in windows with @bios.
Say I take this risk. Can I do the following:
1. Use Acronis to make an image of my two logical drives and store them on a USB HD.
2. Setup RAID in bios to do RAID 0.
3. Repartition the combined 500 GB RAID partition into what I want.
4. Image my backup partitions onto the new partitions.
Question: Will windows start? Right now my drives are both on the Gigabyte SATA controllers, running in SATA mode.
Originally posted by: redhawk56
IMO..........raid on the DS3 or S3 or any of the GB 965P motherboards for that matter is risky. If I dont' miss my guess, that is why my bios recovery could not complete. They dont tell you in the manual anywhere, but the backup bios gets written to the hard drive (boot volume) somewhere and I believe that .....
I too have been wondering about the new F10 bios. And, like you, I have no intention of moving off of the F7 unless something else is proven to be better. I have a stable overclock with no reboot issues although I do not do "nosebleed" overclocks... 3.2Ghz stable is enough for me.Originally posted by: yiranhu
Can you guys post stuff about stability/overclockability of F10? I'm also going to stick with F7 until absolutely necessary (which looks like never).
Originally posted by: Beachboy
I too have been wondering about the new F10 bios. And, like you, I have no intention of moving off of the F7 unless something else is proven to be better. I have a stable overclock with no reboot issues although I do not do "nosebleed" overclocks... 3.2Ghz stable is enough for me.Originally posted by: yiranhu
Can you guys post stuff about stability/overclockability of F10? I'm also going to stick with F7 until absolutely necessary (which looks like never).
And yet, I would like to hear more F10 experiences. F10 link for the adventurous
Coolness. Glad to see it working out for you.Originally posted by: audscott
Originally posted by: Beachboy
I too have been wondering about the new F10 bios. And, like you, I have no intention of moving off of the F7 unless something else is proven to be better. I have a stable overclock with no reboot issues although I do not do "nosebleed" overclocks... 3.2Ghz stable is enough for me.Originally posted by: yiranhu
Can you guys post stuff about stability/overclockability of F10? I'm also going to stick with F7 until absolutely necessary (which looks like never).
And yet, I would like to hear more F10 experiences. F10 link for the adventurous
I was a bit bored tonight, so I updated BIOS to F10 from F6 on my R2 DS3: I've tried all the others with lackluster results except F6, which has allowed me max OC of 485, 1:1, 5, 5, 5, 15 with memory VMEM at +.4: always stable, 24/7 or off at night. No cold boot or unusual behavior.
Running Vista RC2, BTY.
Just flashed like 10 minutes ago, so can't comment on stability, but I'm running 495 now, which I had never been able to boot into - although I had to crank VMEM to +.5. Temps (memory diode) are right in line with +.4 on F6.
I'll post some screen links later if anyone's interested. My 6300 has always run at 1.325 - set manually.
For me, F10 is looking like a great release out of Gigabyte.
By the way: Maybe my imagination (playin' 'round with meeee) but it "seems" really snappy: boot, loading GUI and apps response.
Fun anyway I look at it (al long as no BSD).
Originally posted by: vailr
Originally posted by: redhawk56
IMO..........raid on the DS3 or S3 or any of the GB 965P motherboards for that matter is risky. If I dont' miss my guess, that is why my bios recovery could not complete. They dont tell you in the manual anywhere, but the backup bios gets written to the hard drive (boot volume) somewhere and I believe that .....
So: how to explain the location of the "backup bios" on a new-from-factory board?
The correct answer is: they place both the "in use" bios and the "backup bios" on the same CMOS flash memory chip. It's twice the capacity of a "normal" (replacable type) CMOS chip.
I'm gonna do some more research on F10 to try and find out if it fixes the X-Fi issues or not. If it does, it sure sounds like a winner.Originally posted by: audscott
I was a bit bored tonight, so I updated BIOS to F10 from F6 on my R2 DS3: I've tried all the others with lackluster results except F6, which has allowed me max OC of 485, 1:1, 5, 5, 5, 15 with memory VMEM at +.4: always stable, 24/7 or off at night. No cold boot or unusual behavior.
Running Vista RC2, BTY.
Just flashed like 10 minutes ago, so can't comment on stability, but I'm running 495 now, which I had never been able to boot into - although I had to crank VMEM to +.5. Temps (memory diode) are right in line with +.4 on F6.
I'll post some screen links later if anyone's interested. My 6300 has always run at 1.325 - set manually.
For me, F10 is looking like a great release out of Gigabyte.
By the way: Maybe my imagination (playin' 'round with meeee) but it "seems" really snappy: boot, loading GUI and apps response.
Fun anyway I look at it (al long as no BSD).
That pretty much answers my questions about F10...Originally posted by: ThePiston
quick F10 update - the ram timings are gone in F10 and replaced by 2 options - option 1 for ram running <1000Mhz and option 2 for ram running >1000Mhz. I could get my FSB a little higher than with F7-F9 at 465 (could have gone higher but still do not have good cooling). My pseudo-top speed really didn't change much with any config (~3.4Ghz) and I still got the cold boot problem - really badly too. Last night I booted up and checked email at 7X465 with everything mostly at stock (ram at 2.1 and cpu at 1.40) but then i rebooted and had to back it way down to boot again. I left it at 8X410 which was really stable at night and tried to boot in the morning - it went threw 20 on/off cycles before I finally had to clear CMOS. Bottom line: F10 suffers from same cold boot issue and you can't fine-tune ram.
Originally posted by: StopSign
I'm not sure if it was ever "fixed" or not but my RAM is rated at 2.1 and I booted with two sticks at 1.8 when I first put my system together.
That pretty much answers my questions about F10...Originally posted by: ThePiston
quick F10 update - the ram timings are gone in F10 and replaced by 2 options - option 1 for ram running <1000Mhz and option 2 for ram running >1000Mhz. I could get my FSB a little higher than with F7-F9 at 465 (could have gone higher but still do not have good cooling). My pseudo-top speed really didn't change much with any config (~3.4Ghz) and I still got the cold boot problem - really badly too. Last night I booted up and checked email at 7X465 with everything mostly at stock (ram at 2.1 and cpu at 1.40) but then i rebooted and had to back it way down to boot again. I left it at 8X410 which was really stable at night and tried to boot in the morning - it went threw 20 on/off cycles before I finally had to clear CMOS. Bottom line: F10 suffers from same cold boot issue and you can't fine-tune ram.