[ARCHIVED THREAD] - raid 1 question, using nvidia chipset

Posted: 8/25/2007 5:17:40 AM EDT

i just bought a asus m2n-e sli board.

bought 2 seagate sata II harddrives.

i enabled raid 1 in the bios (raid utility) after i installed the nforce driver, this program called mediashield pops up and starts rebuilding the array

. this is done by software ?? since this was a hardware raid why is this software needed ?

im confused or is this normal

thanks

Posted: 8/25/2007 7:09:12 AM EDT

[#1]

I have a RAID 0 setup on an Nvidia chipset motherboard, and I don't see any software needed to run it. Granted there is no "shielding" to be done with a RAID 0 setup, but still I don't think there should be any software other than the drivers.

-d

Posted: 8/25/2007 7:10:38 AM EDT

[#2]

great

Posted: 8/26/2007 1:07:16 PM EDT

[#3]

The drivers are there for hot swapping applications and RAID management functions.

It's just tools, but not necessary to install for winblows...

Posted: 8/26/2007 3:59:44 PM EDT

[#4]

In my past experience, be wary of "additional" Nvidia drivers that come bundled on an Asus Mb CD.....Did you also install anything like a "Forceware" network.firewall manager from Nvideous?

Posted: 8/26/2007 6:08:04 PM EDT

[#5]

no other software was installed for the nic.

i've had previous horror stories with their software firewall

i posted online asus forum, so far 5 people have viewed it

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