Mikeobe wrote:
I think what I'm finding out from talking to my Brother is that I no longer can have a RAID 10 set up with my SSD drive, just 0 or 1 since I have to access Raid thru windows, which kinda Sucks!
I found a few posts that implied that you can't use Intel ports 5 or 6 for a boot drive if you have a RAID 10 setup using the other Intel ports.
So, I'd probably just use one of the JMicron JMB322 SATA ports (the two orange SATA ports on your Asus P6T) instead.
IOW, just plug the SSD into the orange SATA E1 port versus one of the Intel ports (ports 1 through 6). It is a P6T, right?
Make sure the JMicron Controller is enabled in your BIOS Setup (there's a separate option for that in the Advanced section somewhere, as it might default to disabled) and configure it for AHCI versus IDE (same screen where you enable it), and make sure it sees your SSD OK in the BIOS Setup, making sure it's the first boot choice.
Then, boot into the Windows DVD and see if Windows Install detects your SSD OK.
If not, use the "Install Drivers" choice you'll see at the bottom of the partitioning screen (the screen asking Where to Install Windows) and have either a DVD or USB Thumb Drive ready with the latest JMicron drivers on it that you can load. Then, Windows should detect your drive OK and let you install Windows to it.
Get the latest drivers (very recent, individual driver file dates show September 2012 with JMicron Releasing them for download in December 2012) using the below link.
It's my understanding that the JMB36X drivers are also used for the JMB322 controller (your two orange SATA ports), even though they appear to be only for the 36x series controllers. I found an old review testing the JMB322 controller performance indicating that the JMB36x drivers work for the JMB322 controller chipset. Also note that the same drivers are for both RAID and AHCI setups without RAID (they're the JMicron RAID/AHCI drivers for most of their chipsets).
I also found some comments that the older drivers from early 2009 available on the Asus Website had issues with AHCI. So, grab the latest version from JMicron here:
ftp://driver.jmicron.com.tw/SATA_Controller/Windows/JMB36X_WinDrv_R1.17.65_WHQL.zip
Unzip the file, and copy the 4 files from the
Floppy64 folder to the root of a DVD or USB Thumb Drive.
IOW, you want the 64 bit versions of these 4 files: jraid.cat, jraid.sys, jraid_f.inf, and txtsetup.oem
Again, see if Windows 7 detects your drive (making sure the JMicron Controller is enabled and the mode set to AHCI) first, as it may be able to use the built in MS AHCI drivers.
If it doesn't show up in the list, use the Install Drivers choice you'll see on the screen asking Where to Install Windows, and point it to the media you copied those 4 files to. You can use a DVD (just remove the Win 7 DVD after you use the Install Drivers Choice and insert the DVD with the drivers on it and let it copy them), or a USB Thumb Drive (and even a USB Card reader with a memory card can work) inserted into a USB 2.0 port; or on a floppy disk if you happen to have one. You want the 4 files I mentioned above (from the Floppy64 folder in that .zip file) to be in the root folder on the media you use.
Then, after the drivers are loaded, see if the SSD shows up in the list asking where to install Windows (it should at that point).
The question would be if Trim works OK with those drivers, and if you can change to the Windows 7 AHCI driver if it doesn't. But, I'd get it installed first and go from there (for example, you could always use the Magician Software to do periodic garbage collection instead if you can't get Trim working with the latest JMicron drivers).
