Raid by Accident

[Hidegski]

I'll start by saying I'm a jackass. I got a new cpu/mobo/mem combo and due to a dumb oversite, I tried a lot of things in Bios to get Win7 to install on my new HD. Once I finally figured out what I did wrong I loaded Win7 and ALL my programs. After attempting some simple OC moves I realized in the Bios that one thing I must have tried and forgot to default back was I left my system in Raid mode.

I tried to change it, but everytime I run OS after I get a ridiculously fast blue screen of death and it starts all over. Won't boot. If I switch back to Raid mode, no problem. Now OS only runs in Raid.

Is there a consern here? I'm only running one HD currently and everything seems to be running fine, but not sure if it will create issues later. I don't know enough about Raid to tell.

Should I re-install now, or just wait till I get my SSD down the road to re-install and not raid? Thanks!

 

[GhislainG]

Did you switch from RAID to AHCI or RAID to IDE? Even though the controller is in RAID mode, the hard disk isn't. You can leave it as is. I usually setup my systems that way.

 

[Hidegski]

I tried both. Neither worked. Only Raid.

 

[GhislainG]

I'd leave it as is. Out of curiosity, what motherboard do you have?

 

[Hidegski]

ASUS P8P67 LE

Their AI Bios is wierd to get used to. In addition, since I've been trying to OC and other things, I've found a lot of bad reviews. Not so much that the board is bad, it's just limiting. I wish I would have spent the extra $20-$30 for the PRO version. Live and learn.

 

[Hidegski]

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