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    3d Benchmark and Raid

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by JellyBeans, Jul 26, 2008.

  1. JellyBeans

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    Well when I run a benchmark (06) when it shows me my scores under graphics card is just say generic vga not a 9800gt why is this?

    Also, I setup raid using an intel matrix program I fixed the volume and all that stuff but it still shows that I have a C drive (windows) and E drive(the one I setup) and a d drive(recovery drive). How can I make it so I have to 500gb hdd running in raid 0? I followed the instructions exactly. Thank you guys fr the help and happy gaming!!!!!! :cool:
     
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    not sure, but I think you will need to reinstall the whole windows, delete the d drive.
     
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    why? is there like a way I can check if it is seeing both drives as 1 terabyte? and how am I supposed to reinstall windows it did not come with a disk. what about the generic vga thingy
     
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    what score you got in 3dmark? and you have dual 500GB HDDs?
     
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    yes and i got around 13000
     
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    for the vga, go to laptopvideo2go.com and check out the forums for the latest 177 series drivers.

    as for the RAID, yes, you do need to re-install windows after setting up the RAID array in the bios. otherwise you will get errors and BSOD's. i just recently went through setting up RAID in this laptop, and it was a piece of cake.

    when you enable raid support in the bios, it should restart and you'll see a screen that says Intel Matrix Configuration Utility. press the keys needed to enter the utility, and set it up through that. restart the computer afterwards and install windows.
     
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    Ok but I did not get a windows installation cd. And also I am connected through dvi but after I run the benchmark it says generic vga instead of my graphics card 9800gt
     
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    one explanation could be 3dmark06 is too old to recognize the 9800m GT. you can reinstall your windows on raid0 by using recovery partition i believe.
     
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    ok so use my d drive? Thanks nirvana your a real panda :D
     
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    create recovery discs from the D: partition, as when you set up the RAID it will erase all data from your partitions/drives.
     
    Diablo, Jul 26, 2008
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