Question HP Z620 Workstation (motherboard question) ?

[MarkSoFla1]

Hi Everyone,

I want to thank you in advance for any help you can provide.

I have a Z620 workstation that I love. It uses a raid card that I would like to get rid of (to free up the Pcie slot for some more memory).

I know the MB has AHCI slots. which I think, I could plug my HDs into.

1. is this even possible?
2. How would I go about editting BIOS to tell the computer to bypass the raid card.

Am I missing something?

Thank!

 

[lvt]

What HDDs do you have actually?

 

[MarkSoFla1]

Sandisk ssd 240gb
Samsung ssd 1 tb
Samsung ssd 1 tb

im trying to get rid of the raid card so I can add another nvme drive in that pcie slot

 

[lvt]

Sandisk ssd 240gb
Samsung ssd 1 tb
Samsung ssd 1 tb

im trying to get rid of the raid card so I can add another nvme drive in that pcie slot

Your motherboard has 2 SATA-3 and 4 SATA-2 ports, you can use the SATA ports for your SSDs.

 

[MarkSoFla1]

Your motherboard has 2 SATA-3 and 4 SATA-2 ports, you can use the SATA ports for your SSDs.

Thank you! I tried plugging them in yesterday and the computer could not detect a HD when I restarted the computer. uuggghh.

 

[Eximo]

Make sure the disk controller is set to ACHI + RAID mode. Regardless I think the drives would show up in the BIOS.

If you had a RAID array configured on that card, it may not be transferable to another controller without a complete wipe.

 

[MarkSoFla1]

Make sure the disk controller is set to ACHI + RAID mode. Regardless I think the drives would show up in the BIOS.

If you had a RAID array configured on that card, it may not be transferable to another controller without a complete wipe.

Thank you! How can I tell if there is a RAID configured on the card?

Also, how can I change the disk controller?

 

[Eximo]

Do you have three drives in Windows, or some other configuration?

From the BIOS, you should have settings related to the onboard SATA controllers.

 

[lvt]

Thank you! I tried plugging them in yesterday and the computer could not detect a HD when I restarted the computer. uuggghh.

You have to re-configure your PC to a non-RAID PC and reformat the disks to regular format.

 

[MarkSoFla1]

Hi All,

I figured it out. After reading the manual, I realized the order of the sata ports. I also went into bios and changed the setting to RAID + AHCI. Everything works (for now).

Thanks again to everyone for taking the time to reply.