Hi guys,
I've been hoping to buy a new ssd for my AW14 to do raid 0
now the drive has finally arrived, I also bought a aftermarket hdd caddy for it
It's from ebay
(CAUTION: This one doesn't fit perfectly, I had to cut two little metal corners to fit it in)
After a quick check before erasing everything, I found that it's running at SATA2 (3Gbps)
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Before purchasing such an expensive drive, I certainly did some research:
The post here
The official rep said the connection doesn't matter, all the sata ports are SATA3
What's wrong with mine? Certainly not the ssd, could it be the cheapo caddy I've got or something went wrong in the installation?
EDIT1: Sometimes the ssd isn't detected by windows (It shows up in bios), could it be that I bought a crappy caddy?
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All SATA ports aside form the ODD bay should run at SATA III; the ODD bay runs at SATA II. The manual states SATA III and SATA II.
As to why the SSD isn't being recognized, it could be the caddy or how well fitted the SSD is in the caddy. -
Some dude on this forum did do a 3 drives raid 0 on the AW14
occupying all three drive bays
And the speed is what SATA III should have
maybe the problem would be the caddy
It's sad that Dell Australia was extremely unhelpful when I asked about purchasing the official part -
All of the ODD bays for of the latest Alienware laptops run at SATA II. If you want to run an SSD at SATA III, use the primary bay or get an mSATA. -
you may want to take a look at this bro on the forum...
http://forum.notebookreview.com/alienware-14-m14x/743827-aw14-3-x-250gb-raid-0-a.html
He did the raid 0, and the speed he got 1500MB/s sequential read is only achievable under SATAIIIpapusan likes this. -
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EDIT: Dell also sold various ssd setup in different countries, where they have sold their Alienware :cry: -
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Should I buy exactly the same setup now it had cost me over $ 5100 and there without getting 120mhz 3dmoinitor.
Why is the odd bay running at SATA2 in my AW14?
Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by hypersonic, Nov 3, 2014.