Hey guys,
Ok, so not related to an Intel motherboard, rather the intel Chipset/Rapid Storage Technology...
So, I recently upgraded to an Asus P8Z77V motherboard with i5 CPU and 8 GB memory. I've got an old 60 GB OCZ Vertex spare, so I changed my Windows 7 SATA driver from AHCI to RAID and installed the Intel Rapid Storage Technology drivers/software. When I run the software I can create the RAID device using the SSD, but when I try to specify my 300GB WD VelociRaptor drive as the target for acceleration, the software either finds it and clicking OK does nothing... or it simply doesn't see it in the HDD drive drop down list.
I can select my 2 TB Seagate Barracuda HDD as the Target and the caching acceleration works fine, but any ideas why it does not work with the VelociRaptor or does not even see it sometimes to show in the list?
I've seen other people use VelociRaptors as targets of this Z77 Chipset caching, though they were more recent versions of VRs. Could it be a VR Firmware issue? I've updated to the latest RAID drivers, but to no avail.
Ideas?
And for the record, I did a fresh install of Win 7, updated all the drivers and the same issue..