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    Is it possible to upgrade MSI GT680 to have 2 hard drives?

    Discussion in 'MSI' started by DoDeH1, Apr 4, 2011.

  1. DoDeH1

    DoDeH1 Company Representative

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    Hi,

    I have a MSI GT680 notebook with one hard drive 500GB (it also has an additional free connector/slot for SATA).

    I was wondering if I can put a second 500GB hard drive into it. I know that MSI GT680R comes with 2 hard drives but the question is if I can upgarde the regular MSI GT680 with such hard drive.
    If yes then do I have to upgrade the bios to have the raid 0 option?
    In the download section on MSI website there is bios separetly for MSI GT680 and MSI GT680R. Does this means that I can not upgrade my MSI GT680 bios to MSI GT680R bios?

    Regards!
     
    DoDeH1, Apr 4, 2011
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  2. Bo@LynboTech

    Bo@LynboTech Company Representative

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    if it has the connector then you should be able to
    just beware of 1TB drives as they are thicker

    The GT680R will use the same chassis.
     
    Bo@LynboTech, Apr 4, 2011
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  3. James D

    James D Notebook Prophet

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    If it has slot then you can add. also you can put 3-rd one hdd instead of optical drive (check on eBay "2nd HDD caddy sata").
    Can't say about bios. open bios and check if you have that option but I never used RAID so i don't even know if it needs to be changed anything in bios for that
     
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  4. DoDeH1

    DoDeH1 Company Representative

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    Thanks for quick answer.
    Now the question is how to have a RAID 0 system with 2 hard drives.
    I saw some bios screenshoots of GT680R with that option but in regular GT680 there isn't any.
    Wondering if GT680 has such a controller for RAID. If the 2 motherboards are identical for R and non R version then it should have.
    How can I check such thing or maybe is it safe to upgrade the bios to GT680R version to have all benefits?
     
    DoDeH1, Apr 4, 2011
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  5. GOURRYNSX

    GOURRYNSX Notebook Enthusiast

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    To have a RAID 0 system with 2 hard drives is not hard.
    Just us the GT 680R'S BIOS and flash it.
    It's work!! My Taiwanese friend just did for another version.
     
    GOURRYNSX, Apr 4, 2011
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  6. DoDeH1

    DoDeH1 Company Representative

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    Well thank you for the answer. It's exactly what I was expecting to hear :)

    Cheers!
     
    DoDeH1, Apr 5, 2011
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