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[+djdanster]

So I have 2 OCZ Agility 3's both at 60GB that I would like in RAID 0. I've got an Asus M5A97 motherboard.

How do I go about setting up RAID with the 2 SSD's?

My SATA port config

1, Agility SSD
2. Agility SSD
3. Case's e-sata
4. DVD drive
5. Toshiba HDD
6. WD HDD

[Detection]

Make sure the SSDs you want in RAID are in RAID SATA ports if they are labeled as such, I think mine are.

Enter BIOS, Change SATA controller mode to RAID, Save and reboot, During or before POST look for something like "Enter RAID setup" and hit that key (Some BIOSs have the RAID setup as an option in the BIOS), then choose 'RAID 0 Striped Array' and select the 2 SSDs, Save and Reboot again and start setup, You should see a 120GB SSD listed instead of 2 x 60GB SSDs

(Make sure you have the RAID Controller Drivers extracted onto a FAT32 Flashdrive, or burned to CD/DVD incase Windows doesnt see the drive in setup, if it doesn't hit the BROWSE for Driver button and point it to the extracted drivers on your flashdrive or CD/DVD


(Might have missed out some majorly important steps there, its been a while since I setup RAID 0, but thats the general direction, Keys and Settings for the RAID setup might be different per BIOS / Board)

[+djdanster]

After a bit of messing around I worked out I have to set it to legacy ROM instead of UEFI driver.

Thanks Dave!