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I've read thru this entire thread ... and have a couple questions before installing the latest bios that's been so kindly posted here. Thanks for all the work, and education!
My R3E is working ok (with the latest "official" ASUS bios, in bios1), but I'd like to optimize the drives.
I currently have 2 large HDDs set as a large RAID 0 array, on the ICH10R ports, along with my (recent acquisition) Samsung 840EVO ssd. The latter is connected as a single drive, non raid.
Currently, I have the Samsung as my boot drive.
Questions:
1) If I switch to bios2, then update to the ZioMod bios, will the RAID array settings still be the same, or will I have to rebuild it?
2) If so, will it still be usable if I switch back to bios 1?
I'd like the RAID array to work on either bios, if possible. I guess the question is, is the RAID setup independent of the BIOS used?
3) I understand the for a Raid set, using the ICH10R ports rather than the Marvell ports, is optimal ... but for a single SSD, is that also the case?
4) If I was to use the Marvell for a single SSD, assuming it's faster than using it on one of the intel ports, is it safe to use as a boot drive?
I had previously used an OCZ vector off the marvell port as boot drive, and it was working fine for almost a year, until it bricked overnight (and has been replaced by OCZ, just not yet re-installed.)
Thanks for any sage advice!
..Mike