Can you boot from the PCI Raid card?
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Blake I'm sorry for this late response. on May 22, 2013 my heart decided to attack me. I installed the card so that I could install another hard drive and to overcome an unreliable sata port on my motherboard. the printed instructions that came with the board were printed on a single sided half sheet of paper (very small print) I only read them briefly as I was not going to try to boot off of the raid card. But I'm fairly certain that booting from the card was one of the choices. after installing the card and connecting the hard drives and starting the computer up I'm running XP Home SP3 the "found new hardware" pest popped up I closed it and installed the mini Disc that came with the card, the drivers were installed and the computer rebooted. Now on the post start up screen the offer to enter the raid controller is the first thing that comes up, you get about five seconds to press F3. Hope this helps.
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yes, you can if you choose. you'd just have to set the boot order correctly in the BIOS
1000417
You cannot boot your sustem from a hard drive connected to a raid card. yes that is a raid card. Your system boots from its main memory so the hard drive must be connected in its normal spot. Rodney G. April 27, 2014
1682424
Yes. It just needs power to run the fans. There's no data being exchanged between the card and your system.
2062169
if there is a pci-e slot and it fits then i don't see why not. depending on how your system was set on default you may have to enable a bios setting so your system can run this card as it is considered a certain kind of new software. i think its calle trinity or something but i dont remember. either way your computer wont be able to boot up unless this setting is enabled in the bios.
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Sorry, But no. You will need something like a highpoint PCIe card that may support that.
1287435
I returned my LSI card, because it wouldn't work on my Asus or Gigabyte motherboard. I have an Areca raid card now, but it works much better than the LSI. As for the specs, of the LSI here is the website. http://www.lsi.com/products/raid-controllers/pages/default.aspx
588240
You would have to see if there is a free PCIe slot first. Since the card is not large it is possible.
1046323
I don't see why not. As long as you can choose a boot drive by going through BIOS or (if your motherboard is new enough) by clicking F10, 11 or 12 and are given a choice of bootable drives bypassing BIOS, this card should work. I've worked with the Apricot folks over the phone for a particular problem and they were very helpful. You might look up their number and give them a call as they have an extension for new sales there as well.
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This card doesn't actually do RAID (it's all done in software) so there is not really any restriction in how you can use it. For instance I used mine with 4 drives connected to this card and another to the on-board controller, for a total of 5 drives in the array.
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Correct - RAM (laptop memory) and a hard drive (3.5"). No PCI card needed unless you have specific requirements. You can do a RAID 1 configuration, but only with 2x 2.5" drives and buying a special mounting bracket (MCP-220-00044-0N). Keep in mind you'll need to be able to install via the network or temporarily hook up an external DVD drive via USB or USB memory stick. Check this specs page for more info: http://www.supermicro.com/products/system/1U/5015/SYS-5015A-EHF-D525.cfm?parts=SHOW
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PSU, raidcard, and depending om the raid card, you might need a mobo and hdd.
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No, it uses a special kind of msata which has built in raid controller and also bios is locked to raid mode.
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Hello fellow Transcend card user:First of all, I am not using my card in a RAID configuration. However, I do believe your assumption is correct. I have an ASUS MoBo and to access the installed RAID functionality of the MoBo, I have to attach the hard drives directly to a specific set of SATA III I/O ports. You may want to check your MoBo manual for such requirements. You may also want to pose this question to your Mobo manufacturer. Further, you may want to consider running your RAID configuration from a USB-3 and/or e-SATA external RAID enclosure. Hope this information can be of some help - Good luck. Hello fellow Transcend card user:First of all, I am not using my card in a RAID configuration. However, I do believe your assumption is correct. I have an ASUS MoBo and to access the installed RAID functionality of the MoBo, I have to attach the hard drives directly to a specific set of SATA III I/O ports. You may want to check your MoBo manual for such requirements. You may also want to pose this question to your Mobo manufacturer. Further, you may want to consider running your RAID configuration from a USB-3 and/or e-SATA external RAID enclosure. Hope this information can be of some... » Read More Hello fellow Transcend card user:First of all, I am not using my card in a RAID configuration. However, I do believe your assumption is correct. I have an ASUS MoBo and to access the installed RAID functionality of the MoBo, I have to attach the hard drives directly to a specific set of SATA III I/O ports. You may want to check your MoBo manual for such requirements. You may also want to pose this question to your Mobo manufacturer. Further, you may want to consider running your RAID configuration from a USB-3 and/or e-SATA external RAID enclosure. Hope this information can be of some help - Good luck. « Show Less
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Yes either raid 0 or raid 1 is possible. I would not recommend this product though.
1900454
most definitely it can boot via this card.I am using it as the source for sata drives and have only one HD on itand of course it boots, the bios has to see it then the drive and boot sequence is set in order of preference.
1944264
Probably not. If you motherboard is equipped with SATA3, RAID0 on this card will not be any faster (probably slower) than onboard RAID0.
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Yes, this card can be used as non-raid. I used this card just to add an extra sata hard drive because my older MB only had two sata ports.