PsychoFishKiller Posted May 31, 2010 Posted May 31, 2010 Can some one tell if I have to change anything in the bios concerning the AHCI connection? I want to connet an eSATA harddrive, but I don't know if it's enough just to turn on the AHCI in bios.. Quote
Dalo Harkin Posted June 1, 2010 Posted June 1, 2010 You shouldnt need to no, just plug it in and then windows should pick the drive up when it starts, it should also be listed in the BIOS POST as a plug and play drive or something along those lines Quote Intel Q6600 @ 4Ghz (Watercooled)Asus P5K premium black pearl4GB OCZ Reaper 8500260GTX Join Free PC Help - Register here Donations are welcome - here PC Build We are all members helping other members.Please return here where you may be able to help someone else.After all, no one knows everything and you may have the answer that someone needs.
PsychoFishKiller Posted June 1, 2010 Author Posted June 1, 2010 You shouldnt need to no, just plug it in and then windows should pick the drive up when it starts, it should also be listed in the BIOS POST as a plug and play drive or something along those lines I have got the information now that the eSATA harddrive I'm going to buy isn't smart-monitoring capable. Does this conflict with the drive's stability If the port that I'm using the eSATA on is enabled with smart..? And auto detection? And this hasn't got anything to do with plug and play right? Quote
Dalo Harkin Posted June 1, 2010 Posted June 1, 2010 SMART is just something the BIOS/other programs can use to display information relating to the HDD Wiki explanation here S.M.A.R.T. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. It wont stop the HDD being recognised by the OS, but I am surprised that its not SMART capable as pretty much all HDDs now are. As said in the above it helps early detection of HDD failure (as you are using it as external, often used for backup purposes you ideally want SMART) why are you going down the external route? are you planning on using this between multiple locations with multiple PCs? Quote Intel Q6600 @ 4Ghz (Watercooled)Asus P5K premium black pearl4GB OCZ Reaper 8500260GTX Join Free PC Help - Register here Donations are welcome - here PC Build We are all members helping other members.Please return here where you may be able to help someone else.After all, no one knows everything and you may have the answer that someone needs.
PsychoFishKiller Posted June 1, 2010 Author Posted June 1, 2010 SMART is just something the BIOS/other programs can use to display information relating to the HDD Wiki explanation here S.M.A.R.T. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. It wont stop the HDD being recognised by the OS, but I am surprised that its not SMART capable as pretty much all HDDs now are. As said in the above it helps early detection of HDD failure (as you are using it as external, often used for backup purposes you ideally want SMART) why are you going down the external route? are you planning on using this between multiple locations with multiple PCs? Yes I'm surprised too, It's the verbatim one on 1,5 GB combo... Very weird that this model isn't capable of SMART. The company has said so. Well I will use this option because it's the cheapest way to get a lot of space and an okay speed I think, but If you have a cheaper one I would really like to hear it:) Quote
Dalo Harkin Posted June 1, 2010 Posted June 1, 2010 Youve not said how much it is, but 2TB drives in the UK are aroudn £90 1.5TB around £70 Quote Intel Q6600 @ 4Ghz (Watercooled)Asus P5K premium black pearl4GB OCZ Reaper 8500260GTX Join Free PC Help - Register here Donations are welcome - here PC Build We are all members helping other members.Please return here where you may be able to help someone else.After all, no one knows everything and you may have the answer that someone needs.
PsychoFishKiller Posted June 1, 2010 Author Posted June 1, 2010 Youve not said how much it is, but 2TB drives in the UK are aroudn £90 1.5TB around £70 Those prices are pretty much the same in Danemark Quote
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