Author: maurizio
Subject: How to create Samsung 950 Pro RAID 0, Z170 OC F?
Posted: 30 Apr 2016 at 12:49am
Thanks for replying.
I do not recall whether the CSM was enabled and suboptions were on legacy when I initially installed Windows.
I have a GPT-formatted OS drive and it is a UEFI booting installation. (I do recall taking specific steps to ensure that was the case during the Windows install. I wanted to be done and rid of MBR etc as much as possible going forward.)
Also, I have a few notes I made around the time I was doing the initial install. One line says, "Need to set load only UEFI storage policy oprom."
On the other hand, I do recall trying to follow the instructions in the Manual as much as possible, which unfortunately do not/did not address the specific situation of creating a RAID array that the OS is not part of--the info in the manual discusses installing Windows to a disc in RAID. The Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation and RAID Configuration says (page 8) that under Windows 7 for HDDs with under 2.2TB capacity (which would have been my case) OpROM setting = "n/a" and Required RAID Utility = "Intel RAID BIOS setup utility." However, I may have ultimately ignored that since the subsequent discussion in that part of the manual only talks about installing Windows to the RAID discs.
Also, I took some photos of my UEFI settings before I started tinkering to try to install the NVMEs. The photos show that the CSM was set to enabled and all the suboptions set to UEFI. But that may not have been how I had things when I originally installed Windows. I had a lot of trouble when I was trying to install a gpu card (not using at the moment), and in the process the BIOS settings got wiped a few times.
Subject: How to create Samsung 950 Pro RAID 0, Z170 OC F?
Posted: 30 Apr 2016 at 12:49am
Thanks for replying.
I do not recall whether the CSM was enabled and suboptions were on legacy when I initially installed Windows.
I have a GPT-formatted OS drive and it is a UEFI booting installation. (I do recall taking specific steps to ensure that was the case during the Windows install. I wanted to be done and rid of MBR etc as much as possible going forward.)
Also, I have a few notes I made around the time I was doing the initial install. One line says, "Need to set load only UEFI storage policy oprom."
On the other hand, I do recall trying to follow the instructions in the Manual as much as possible, which unfortunately do not/did not address the specific situation of creating a RAID array that the OS is not part of--the info in the manual discusses installing Windows to a disc in RAID. The Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation and RAID Configuration says (page 8) that under Windows 7 for HDDs with under 2.2TB capacity (which would have been my case) OpROM setting = "n/a" and Required RAID Utility = "Intel RAID BIOS setup utility." However, I may have ultimately ignored that since the subsequent discussion in that part of the manual only talks about installing Windows to the RAID discs.
Also, I took some photos of my UEFI settings before I started tinkering to try to install the NVMEs. The photos show that the CSM was set to enabled and all the suboptions set to UEFI. But that may not have been how I had things when I originally installed Windows. I had a lot of trouble when I was trying to install a gpu card (not using at the moment), and in the process the BIOS settings got wiped a few times.