kizwan horns At windows and debian , I can't safely remove USB3.0 hard drive and I can't check SMART status on external hard drive.
I suspect it's the bios issue where using other computer , I can do it without a problem.

what usb 3.0 hdd are you using? i thought there are still issues to grab smart status from usb hdd in linux? (due to incompatible controllers that do not use standards) however i might be wrong about this, because i haven't used smartctl for quite sometimes.

i think you can still check out hdd health with crystal diskinfo on windows (it's based on smart info).

whether or not it's a bios issue, i think it's better for you to do a small research on that.

approx 1 year
yes. sad thou

That's unfortunate :/ it's hard to tell what caused it if it failed this way.

hi..i not really good at this but i would like to know if my current setup is capable for 2 ssd at raid 0.

i have asrock z77 extreme 4 and 1 wd black 1x samsung f1. so if i were to get 2 ssd for raid 0 then i need til plug that 2 ssd under Intel controller SATA 3 port and the remaining for my hdds right?

now do i have to update any bios or any apps first before i install this SSD? because i have not touch anything (bios update/configuration) in my mobo even since i bought the system abt 2+ years ago.

can i just plug and configure raid 0 then install windows, that's it?

hi, i have similar mobo as you but extreme6.

1. if you are not comfortable in updating firmware and not experiencing any issues now, just leave it as it is.
2. plug both ssd in sata0 and sata1, those are intel native SATA3 controllers.
3. in the bios, set hard disk config as RAID and also turn on ROM option for devices, so the RAID menu will show during startup.
4. build your RAID array after entering the UI of RAID menu.

a. At the RAID Setup UI you select the first option "Create Raid Volume"
b. Give it a name (Optional) - Press Enter to move down to "Raid Level"
c. Set to RAID0(Stripe) and press enter - Mine had that already by default.
d. Give it a Strip Size of 128 by pressing the down arrow on the keyboard and then press enter - You can set it to something else, but I prefer 128.
e. Press enter again to accept the given capacity (should be max by default)
f. Press enter once more to begin creating the volume.
g. Press Y to continue.
h. You're all set now...

I would recommend you to use UEFI instead of legacy settings to boost your boot up time

RAID 0 for my samsung evo 850 500GB*2, and set created 80GB for OS and the remaining for my files/games.

This post has been edited by edministrator: Aug 27 2015, 03:06 PM

That's about right. The two SSDs connected to the first two Intel SATA 3 ports.

Updating BIOS & firmware not always necessary. They should be plug-n-play.

You can configure RAID0 in BIOS & proceed installing Windows on it. Before you can install windows, copy Intel RST drivers folder (extracted) to the USB thumb drive. This is because when installing windows, you will need to load the Intel RST drivers for the installer to detect the SSD RAID0.

This post has been edited by kizwan: Aug 27 2015, 09:16 PM

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Having a similar motherboard too , does you guys having problem cannot eject USB3.0 port using an external USB hard disk ?
I am having similar problem for every usb3.0 port wheres it's fine on usb2 port

horns At the bios section didn't mention on bug fix on SSD , so I just i'll be fine install SSD first for testing benchmark.
What bug will present or encounter for SSD if bios doesn't support it ?

windows 8 and windows 10 no intel rst drivers needed when installing OS.

no such issue encountered using native windows 10 USB3 drivers, on windows 8.1 previously no issue as well.

Using Windows 7 and I encounter it.What software and driver you use for your motherboard ?

Assuming he is using Win 8 or 10. Lots of people still using Win 7. I'm just covering all the bases.

Assuming he is using Win 8 or 10. Lots of people still using Win 7. I'm just covering all the bases.

if there is nothing about things related to ssd, yes you can ignore bios update.

in general when hardware has issues, random things can happen so there is no definite answers. fortunately, most of them can be isolated if you do step-by-step trouble shooting.

i did not use any special software. just install latest intel RST RAID drivers and intel chipset drivers only.

I have a question. Is Liteon SSD OEM performance good? I've googled few user reviews and most of them said it's worth getting it.

I just bought another one Liteon S900 256GB today.

This post has been edited by NightFelix: Aug 28 2015, 03:53 PM

If I'm not mistaken it have Marvell controller. So it should be good. No comment on the NAND flash though. Is this S900?

This post has been edited by kizwan: Aug 28 2015, 03:56 PM

Nice, I was planning to upgrade from Vertex 2

vertex 2.. and it's still rocking? that's nice

this will be a good upgrade for you, in terms of speed and capacity.