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    Can't format a just installed SATA HDD

    Thanks Bozo, I'm going to try once ready... I'll let you know... bye
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    Can't format a just installed SATA HDD

    Hello, this was my situation (some hours ago): Motherboard AsRock P4i65G CPU Intel Pentium 4 3.2 GHZ 2 GB RAM PATA Western Digital 200 GB Hard disk (primary master) DVD Writer (secondary master) SATA1 and 2 free (no drives). WinXP Pro SP3 32 bit Since Windows was very slow, I had to re-install...
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    Serial ATA Bios configuration

    mmmmhhh..... :scratch: I'm UNABLE to solve this problem! But I wrote to the author of that advices, hoping that he could find a solution.
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    Serial ATA Bios configuration

    yes It's the post! So it works. I'm happy. Which registry modify got this?
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    Serial ATA Bios configuration

    well I don't know why all this procedure. I found it on a forum. But if it doesn't work, maybe that you have another controller chip. So I found this: "I just don't know what controller type used in my system, so this .reg makes a deal with all types!": JUST ADD THIS TOO: Windows Registry...
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    Serial ATA Bios configuration

    ERROR! It doesn't work! because it needs that windows is re-installed, using that drivers on a floppy. This is the correct procedure to let an already installed Windows XP see the AHCI mode on a ICH9 SATA AHCI Controller motherboard: 1. Go to Intel's download centre and download the latest...
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    The 3,5 GB RAM limit of Windows

    ok Thank you Bozo and others. bye.
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    The 3,5 GB RAM limit of Windows

    ok I'll have a read. Thank you.
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    The 3,5 GB RAM limit of Windows

    ok But I don't want see more than 4 GB of RAM. I only want to exceed the 3,1-3,5 GB limit to let windows see 4 GB of ram, NOT MORE! The 32 bit limit is at 4 GB, but windows for other reasons has got some difficulties to reach the 4 GB limit.
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    The 3,5 GB RAM limit of Windows

    Hello, I need an advice: OS: Windows XP Pro SP2 32 bit MB: Asus Maximus Formula CPU: Intel Q6600 2400 MHz. Bus: 1066 MHz. Ram: 4 modules of Kingstone 1 GB, model KHX8500 D2K2/2GN (two couples). Using diagnostic programs it seems that windows can't see more than 3,something GB of RAM, and that...
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    Serial ATA Bios configuration

    ok Thank you very much. Since the MB has an Intel Chipset ( X38 ) we installed the Intel AHCI driver from here. It seems working very well: http://support.intel.com/support/it/chipsets/imsm/ Thank you again.
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    Serial ATA Bios configuration

    Hello. Setting the motherboard bios setup of the Asus Maximus Formula in AHCI mode, the 4 hdd have problems. They only works if used in IDE mode (parallel)! The drives are four Western Digital classe Enterprise, RE250 WD2500YS, 250 GB each, SATA-II, 7200 rpm, 16 MB buffer. How could I solve...
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    outer diameter hard disk and partitioning

    I understood Thanks a lot to all you. Bye.
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    outer diameter hard disk and partitioning

    but is it possible to create (format) a RAID-0 array without partition the disks, or should I partition each disk first, then format all them in RAID-0 and then re-partition the whole RAID-0 volume? About Solid State Disk, I know that they have about 20-40 MB/sec. vs 100-150 MB/sec of two disks...
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    outer diameter hard disk and partitioning

    which method? And how did you do? Did you first partitioned the drives using only the first 10GB for each and then formatted them in a RAID0 volume of 10 GB x numbers of drives, or did you partitioned and formatted them using 100% of space, than created the RAID0 volume and then divided the...
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    outer diameter hard disk and partitioning

    Hello, this is my first post! I need an advice. Here we need to install an external eSATA-II 2bay raid system, with two sata-ii hard disks formatted in RAID0, and use it as a virtual memory/scratch disk for photoshop (we work with huge graphic files, also 5-10 GB of opened size, and we can't...
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