ForceGT Raid0 on 8.1 advice

[Destructionj]

Hello Fernando, Newegg had my drive on sale for dirt cheap so I figured I would double my space. I have been doing a lot of reading trying to crash course my way into a raid0 configuration with 2 Corsair ForceGT ssd (SF-2282 I think). I have doubts on weather trim is truly working. I run the trimcheck-0.6 and get as status of trim seems to be NOT working. On occasion when I’m running ATTO benchmark tool and run the trimcheck tool at the same time, I can get a status of trim appears to be working. Is this normal behavior? I’m also wondering if you could help with the best driver combination for my z77 chipset. I am running windows 8.1 in UEFI mode. I just did enough reading to figure out how to get rid of the long boot time caused by the legacy raid rom on bootup. Thank you much.-Z77X-UP5 TH
GIGABYTE GA-Z77X-UP5 TH
Bios F12J mod9
IRST OPTION ROM 13.1.0.2030
Intel Rapid Storage Technology (IRST) 13.1.0.1058
Intel UEFI SataDriver 13.1.0.2030
Intel Chipset Device 10.0.14

[Fernando]

@ Destruction:
Welcome at Win-RAID Forum!

@Destructionj

I have been doing a lot of reading trying to crash course my way into a raid0 configuration with 2 Corsair ForceGT ssd (SF-2282 I think). I have doubts on weather trim is truly working. I run the trimcheck-0.6 and get as status of trim seems to be NOT working. On occasion when I’m running ATTO benchmark tool and run the trimcheck tool at the same time, I can get a status of trim appears to be working. Is this normal behavior?

Yes, these TRIMCheck results are quite normal for SSDs with a Sandforce Controller.

I’m also wondering if you could help with the best driver combination for my z77 chipset. I am running windows 8.1 in UEFI mode.

1. I recommend to insert the Intel RAID ROM and SataDriver v13.1.0.2126 into the BIOS (this version is newer and better than v13.1.0.2030).
   2. An installation of any Intel Chipset Device Software Pack is not required at all, because Win8.1 has everything needed to detect and to manage the Intel chipset devices on-board.
   

Intel Chipset Device 10.0.14

You will not get any INF file installed by using this or any other v10.0.xx Intel Chipset Device Software Set. Only Intel 9-Series (and some 8-Series) Chipsets are supported by this new "INF Update Utility" development branch.

Regards
Fernando

[jeroompje]

I’ve no info about Force GT raid-0 trim compliancy with Z77 chipset.

With Z87 chipset it is NOT compliant, so no trim.
check Lost trim after upgrading to Z87

cheers,
Jerome.

[Destructionj]

@Fernando

Yes, these TRIMCheck results are quite normal for SSDs with a Sandforce Controller.
1. I recommend to insert the Intel RAID ROM and SataDriver v13.1.0.2126 into the BIOS (this version is newer and better than v13.1.0.2030).
2. An installation of any Intel Chipset Device Software Pack is not required at all, because Win8.1 has everything needed to detect and to manage the Intel chipset devices on-board.
You will not get any INF file installed by using this or any other v10.0.xx Intel Chipset Device Software Set. Only Intel 9-Series (and some 8-Series) Chipsets are supported by this new "INF Update Utility" development branch.

Thank you for your information and time. Ill do some research on how to update the bios with 2126, I just grabbed this one off TTown which was already done and current at the time. and I just grabbed the Intel Chipset Device 10.0.14 info when I did a auto scan on intell. That explains why the package didn’t seem to install anything when I ran it.

EDIT by Fernando: Unneeded quoted text deleted (to save space)