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D1v1d3d
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 Posted: Fri, 21st Dec 2007 04:44 Post subject: can I boot to a Sata drive with this mobo? |
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I have a Asus a8n-sli-premium mobo. My question is, can i boot up on a Sata drive. I have tried googling for it but either i am not putting in the right key words or i am not able to boot on a Sata drive. Any info would be greatly appreciated.
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| Posted: Fri, 21st Dec 2007 10:33 Post subject: |
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I don't know, haven't really looked at reviews but from a quick read of ASUS' homepage you should be able too...
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Lutzifer
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| Posted: Fri, 21st Dec 2007 13:57 Post subject: |
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usually you can boot from anything attached to a mobo. I guess thats why you didnt find anything, because it's been a feature for mobos like forever.
Just enable the sata-controller (if it isnt by default) and set it as the first device in the boot-chain.
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$en$i
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| Posted: Fri, 21st Dec 2007 15:15 Post subject: |
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Yeah you can. With this board you can also boot from a RAID 0,1,0+1,JBOD (also RAID 5 if you customize the BIOS) array made of 4xSATA or 2xIDE drives (Nforce 4 SLI Southbridge), and a RAID 0,1,10,5 array of 4xSATA drives with the Silicon Image 3114R RAID controller.
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| Posted: Sat, 22nd Dec 2007 12:01 Post subject: |
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Hmm, thought it was weird that he wouldn't be able to boot off a Sata hard drive, but I really only got into PCs last year so my knowledge is still limited, thats why NFOrce is so cool 
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| Posted: Sat, 22nd Dec 2007 12:36 Post subject: |
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| Theatre_Of_Tragedy wrote: | | Hmm, thought it was weird that he wouldn't be able to boot off a Sata hard drive, but I really only got into PCs last year so my knowledge is still limited, thats why NFOrce is so cool |
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D1v1d3d
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| Posted: Mon, 24th Dec 2007 04:26 Post subject: |
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thanks guys, im gonna try this tomorrow, i just got back from a mini vacation.
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