Recent content by Scottflyer

I tried to go back to the windows config, but when I took the drives out of raid in the Intel config app at boot, windows refuses to config one of the drives, saying that its id is in conflict with the other that was part of the pair. I suppose that the only way will be to clear the CMOS and do...

Hi No, there is certainly a difference in performance. Most all the posts say that the Intel RAID will outperform, however after posting this, I ran the Crystal Disk Mark test on both the Windows and ASUS/Intel configurations. Windows won hands down. Below are the two results FYI. I don't...

I bought a new mobo, installed the OS and various Apps. Then I got two drives with the purpose of setting them up as RAID 1 for my libraries and documents. My system is as follows: [Motherboard Specification] Product Model: Z97-PRO Product S/N: E5M0AJ096412 Place of Purchase: Microcenter...

Hi, I spoke directly with ASUS top tier support. If you already have an OS disk and wish to add 2 (or 3) new drives as RAID later, you must disconnect all drives EXCEPT the new ones targeted as RAID first, set them up as RAID. Once finished add back the DVD and Boot drive. I thought this...

Hi I believe that if you had cleared CMOS and updated the BIOS, your problems would not have happened. I also thought I needed to reinstall the OS, etc., but after further investigation, I found a much simpler solution and found that my OS was not corrupted, it was the BIOS. This may not work...

Hi, Have the ASUS Z97 Pro. I've read all of this thread just now. Before reading it, I had installed Win 8.1 Pro on my Samsung 850 Pro SSD. I then got 2 Seagate Baracuda 4 TB HDDs. I wanted to put them in RAID 1 (mirror) as a single 4TB drive, mirrored. When I saw the warning about losing...