Enabling Virtualization on a 970A-G46?

I've been trying to figure out how to enable Virtualization.
My BIOS version is V1.11/20121031.
My CPU is a AMD FX-8120 (Which supports AMD-V).
I'm using the GUI Click Bios 2.
My goal is to run create and run a Linux Ubuntu VM using virtual box for development. Is it possible?

Got it. I'm dumb. I enabled IOMMU in click BIOS. Got to create the VM and it's installing UBUNTU. Works well - so far. We'll see how it runs.

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Enabling analog output sound on MSI 970A-G46 motherboard

Please tell me how to enable analogue output on my MSI 970A-G46 motherboard (via Realtek integrated audio card). I installed the drivers, but I only have Realtek Digital Output and Realtek Digital Output (Optical) available. The analogue output (Realtek High Definition Audio) returns "Not plugged in" error. How can I enable this output ? What exactly shall I plug in ? Everything is plugged in. I think it may have something to do with the JAUD1 connector, but I'm not sure. On old AC'97, it used to be 2 jumpers that needed to short some pins, but I don't know if this is the case with the new Realtek HD anymore (who has a different connector). Thanks.

Try the appropriate drivers from this page:
http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=24&PFid=24&Level=4&Conn=3&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false
I would first uninstall your present Realtek sound drivers, then reinstall the driver from the above page link. You have to check the box that says "I accept to the above" (yes, poor English...), then hit the "Next" button and the driver page loads.
They work fine.

MSI 970a-g46 / AMD-Vi/VT-D problems.

I have a msi 970a-g46 Motherboard, a AMD FX4100 CPU, 8GB apacer DDR3 1333mhz Ram and a Geforce 210 GFX card.
I have enabled all the options in the bios under virtualisation/IOMMU, Yet parellels Workstation Extreme tells me there is no VT-D detected on my board. I have also updated my bios via live update to latest version and it doesnt make any difference.
I am using Windows 8. Altho i have tried parallels in linux as well and i got exactly the same error. So it cant be an operating problem. I have also updated parallels to latest version, still it does exactly the same.
See screenshot :
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Can someone please assist me to fix this issue ?

Ok i ran it and it shows compatible, see pic below :
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What my goal here is to run Linux as a host and Windows in a guest OS ( but with direct access to PCI devices and GFX card ). that way i dont have to dual boot Linux and windows. and for the time being Parallels is the only app that supports IOMMU in linux. hence why i bought it. I first tried it in Linux and got the same error as above, then installed windows 7, same error, then installed Windows 8, same error.
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I/O MMU virtualization (AMD-Vi and VT-d)Main article: IOMMU
An input/output memory management unit (IOMMU) enables guest virtual machines to directly use peripheral devices, such as Ethernet, accelerated graphics cards, and hard-drive controllers, through DMA and interrupt remapping. This is sometimes called PCI passthrough.[30] Both AMD and Intel have released specifications:
AMD's I/O Virtualization Technology, "AMD-Vi", originally called "IOMMU".[31]
Intel's "Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O" (VT-d).[32]

Windows 8 64-bit install on 970a-g46 Mainboard AHCI and NVIDIA DRIVER issues

My Box:
MSI 970A-G46
BIOS 1.9 (AUG 2012) (Tried 1.11 but the nightmare started then)
AMD FX-6100 (STOCK SPEED AND SETTINGS) WITH OEM HSF
16GB PATRIOT VIPER 3 (1866) RUNNING @ (1600)
USED an EVGA 9800GT 1ST AND UPGRADED TO NVIDIA REFERENCE CARD GTX 550 Ti (1GB) WITH SAME ISSUES
90gb MonsterDigital Daytona SATA III SSD DRIVE (OS and minimal programs)
Antec HE 550
I am at a point of pulling my hair out. I decided to upgrade my system to enhance Diablo III game play. I got a combo deal on the mainboard and cpu, and thought the speed of the game caching on a SSD would also help. The first attempt which took a little struggle was Vista 64-bit. Eventually, I was able to get the OS to work with me, and it was smooth. Since M$ decided to offer the Windows 8 Pro upgrade for only $39.99, I thought, what do I had to lose. Well….lots of time. Now, I am not a newbie, though SSD drives haven’t been more than an interesting thought. So yes, I read many guides on everything from Trim enabled Win 7 and 8, and many other do’s and don’ts. What is driving me to the Netherlands of hell, is the installation and how buggy it has been. It boils down to drivers for the IDE/SATA/AHCI CONTROLLER. First, even thought it “sees” the SSD on installation drive selection, after pulling the USB installation drive, the system forgets it, and there is a “problem with the boot sector”. If you load the driver from the AMD site, it lets the install occur “fine”, but there is an issue with that driver which causes an irq conflict which leads to D3 audio issues and freeze ups. I did finally get things in order (not sure which driver I choose for that), and things were smooth, except I tried to install the GTX 550 ti and that led to a corrupt file error, which the system runs a check disk and cycles the “preparing to repair” and “diagnosing PC” a few times and never allows me to enter SAFE MODE (shift+f8), to disable the NVIDIA driver that is buggy, and doesn’t allow for the NVIDIA Control Panel to install without losing video, and starts the repair cycles again… Leading to ANOTHER RE-INSTALL...
My question, for the Windows 8 Pro installation on the 970a-G46 mainboard and then after install is complete, which driver is the correct choice for the AHCI/SATA Controller? All I find is Win7 64-bit AHCI inf’s, and SB7XX 64-bit inf’s (no SB950 INF). The Driver disk which came with the mainboard is very dated pre Win 8 stuff, ASMEDIA X106 which are not recognized by the OS as written for Win 8. AMD’s latest drivers are the ones causing the IRQ type lags and corruption.
What version, build and type of Windows 8 installations have you used on this mainboard, and what drivers allowed you install it without the above conflicts? Your input may decrease my insanity… So, thank you in advance…

Quote from: m0r9h3u5 on 28-January-13, 12:11:16
I understand what you are telling me, only the generic drivers deliver subpar results. What is the point of running those drivers instead of windows 8 certified drivers written for said devices. My last install is functioning better, but still windows update fails every attempt, the apps i install (ie. weather bug) on the start screen wont load... to me windows 8 is a big fail....but that is just my view...
OK...I also own the 970a G46, and my upgrade experience from Win7 x64 AHCI to Win8 x64 AHCI was flawless the first time. No problems at all. You are running an AMD chipset board with a nVidia gpu, which means that your chipset drivers are not automatically updated with every gpu driver update you do--this would happen automatically if you owned an AMD gpu because AMD includes them in its gpu driver install packages. But--all you have to do to get the proper drivers for your motherboard is go here and download them. You only need the *chipset drivers* from this page--you do not need the RAID drivers, of course. That's it. It's no big deal, and back in the days when nVidia was making motherboard chipsets you had to separately download both the motherboard chipset drivers from nVidia and the AMD gpu drivers from AMD if you did not also own a nVidia gpu.
From your description of your problems it sounds like your installation of Win8 is hosed and you need to format C:\ and clean install from scratch, anyway, so...
A note about AHCI--the *ideal* way to install the AHCI drivers is prior to installing your OS for the first time, you enter the UEFI and set "AHCI" in the appropriate place, instead of IDE, and *then* you reboot from DVD and install your OS which will automatically install the correct AHCI driver from Windows. After the driver installation is complete you should then install the updated 970a drivers from AMD as linked above.
However, it is actually very easy to activate and install AHCI *after* you have installed Windows in normal IDE mode:
To enable AHCI in existing Windows 8 IDE Installation's
Caution: Do NOT enable AHCI in UEFI prior to making the following changes in your Registry! If you had AHCI enabled alreadyin UEFI, disable it first and restart your computer!
Use WinKey + R and type Regedit in the command line and hit the Enter key, this will open the Registration Editor.
Go to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/services/iaStorV
right click on Start, select Modify and set Data Value to 0
Close Registration Editor and restart computer.
While booting, open the UEFI Page and set the SATA Mode to AHCI from IDE
Save UEFI settings and restart.
Windows will now install the AHCI drivers automatically and they should work without issues.
In order to avoid installation problems just like you have been experiencing, here is what I would do in your shoes:
1) Set UEFI for normal IDE drive mode
2) Reboot into IDE mode and install your OS
3) After you have finished with the installation, you should be having no troubles in IDE mode. Then go to the instructions above on how to properly enable AHCI *after* you have installed Windows 8 in normal IDE mode.
4) After everything is coming up roses in AHCI mode and you are having no problems, then install the AMD chipset drivers as linked above and you are golden.
Those 4 steps worked perfectly for me the first time (the first time I got them right, that is...).
There's nothing wrong with Win8--this is strictly operator error caused by insufficient research into what AHCI is and how to properly enable it. The Internet has some bad info on Win8 registry settings for AHCI because of the developer preview and the consumer preview versions of Win8 that Microsoft released to the public prior to the final shipping build--many "instructions" for Win8 are therefore not valid for the shipping version of Win8. At first I made some of the same goofs that you did, but now you get to benefit from my hard-won experience... Good luck! Should work like a charm. And, registry AHCI is done differently in Win8 than it is done in Win7 or Vista. Also, the registry settings relative to AHCI in Windows 8 for AMD are different from the registry values that must be changed for an Intel controller.
Parenthetically, My FX-6300 (Vishera) will be here in a couple of days! Yeah!

Sata hot swap possible with 970a-g46? If so, how?

Recently installed 970a-g46, FX4170 and everything is working fine. I installed an esata bracket on the back (which is connected to Sata port 6) so that I could attach an external drive. When I turn the drive on Win 7 sees it and I can access it (read & write) ok. However, it does not show up in Windows "safely remove hardware" so that I can shut it down when I want. Can the sata ports be made swappable so I can plug n play this drive. I searched the manual cover to cover--no luck. Googled it and can't find anything on it. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

You can fix it without reinstalling - there are methods. It was unfortunate that when you build with this board by default AHCI is not set properly when loading "optimized defaults" - default is IDE. This is MSI's fault actually. Asus boards have AHCI enabled by default, as do most Intel MSI boards. Even so your burner should work fine in IDE mode as long as it's attached to one of the two SATA 6 ports. Perhaps you used one of the legacy SATA 3 ports. I have built with 13 of these boards (I'm a local builder-shop owner) in my town and I didn't have this issue, mostly because my configurations are simple (eg 1 to 2 HD's) and a single DVD burner, and I always make sure AHCI is enabled anyway.

MSI 970A-G46 : No Sound

Just bought a new 970A-G46 board. I've updated all the realtek drivers, uninstalled them re-installed them. I've double and triple checked the both the front panel and rear connections. I've reinstalled windows and then reinstalled the drivers and I cannot get any sound out of my speakers or headphones on either jack (front and rear). The device manager is saying that the device is working properly but it is not recognizing any speakers being plugged in. I've also made sure that everything was enabled in the bios and I have reset the CMOS once. I can't decide if its a bad board or if there is something else I am missing. Any help would be much appreciated.
Also, I have tried drivers that came with the board, from MSI's website, and from realtek's website.
Mainboard: MSI 970A-46
CPU: AMD Phenom II 955 - HDZ955FBK4DGM
GPU: 920GT DDR3 1 GB
Power Supply: Corsair TX750W
RAM: 2 sticks of Kingston 4Gb - KHX1333C7D3K2
Hard Drives: 2 320Gb Seagate - ST3320820AS
Windows 7 Professional -- Fully updated

Quote from: pTrick on 19-August-13, 10:36:40
Just bought a new 970A-G46 board. I've updated all the realtek drivers, uninstalled them re-installed them. I've double and triple checked the both the front panel and rear connections. I've reinstalled windows and then reinstalled the drivers and I cannot get any sound out of my speakers or headphones on either jack (front and rear). The device manager is saying that the device is working properly but it is not recognizing any speakers being plugged in. I've also made sure that everything was enabled in the bios and I have reset the CMOS once. I can't decide if its a bad board or if there is something else I am missing. Any help would be much appreciated.
Also, I have tried drivers that came with the board, from MSI's website, and from realtek's website.
Mainboard: MSI 970A-46
CPU: AMD Phenom II 955 - HDZ955FBK4DGM
GPU: 920GT DDR3 1 GB
Power Supply: Corsair TX750W
RAM: 2 sticks of Kingston 4Gb - KHX1333C7D3K2
Hard Drives: 2 320Gb Seagate - ST3320820AS
Windows 7 Professional -- Fully updated
Same board, no problems...When you right-click the white Windows speaker icon in your systray--not the larger silver&black Realtek speaker icon! (which you ought to set up to show there always together with the realtek speaker icon), and you select "playback devices," what shows up? When the sound box appears with the "playback" tab open, you should see an entry for "Speakers- 2 Realtek high-definition audio Default device" and there should be a large green circle through it with a big checkmark--denoting its default sound-device status.
It's possible that somehow some other device has been selected as default--with the RealTek HD audio device turned off--so check that carefully. That would explain what you are reporting--driver installed and working properly, but simply disabled in the software.
Also, I generally find it a good idea to setup you rear speaker system first and make sure its working properly before you try and set up the front connections--do those second--That's the way I do it... (Always trying to stay ahead of a potential problem should one arise.)
Good luck! The 892 I've found to be quite good in all respects.

High pitch hissing sound from 970A-G46 motherboard with AMD FX 8 core processor

I am getting high pitch hissing sound from 970A-G46 motherboard with AMD FX 8 core processor.
Sound is coming from some place near CPU area.
I tried changing Core C 6 State in BIOS from Enabled to Disabled to fix this issue.
I also followed steps in following link, w w w . tomshardware.com/forum/292915-30-high-pitched-noise-coming-area
No luck with above changes.
I heard this is a common problem with MSI motherboards. Is there any fix for this issue.

Quote from: flobelix on 12-January-13, 18:49:48
That is surely no typical problem of MSI mainboards. In fact that is very rare if it is the board.
Tke the board out of case on a non conductive surface with nothing else connected but but mainboard, ram, psu, cpu and vga. Try it again after clearing CMOS (>>Clear CMOS Guide<<)
If you are then 100% sure that it is the board this could be a defect as MSI mainbaords normally don't cause coil whine and I haven't heard that about 970A-G46 so far
I tried clearing CMOS by replacing jumper and loading factory defaults. Still high pitch sound is coming intermittently. As my 30 day period is over with Frys Electronics, How easy to get a replacement board from MSI. Does anyone know the steps?

MSI 970A-G46, PC speaker dont Beep

Hi there,
My current system is as follows:
Motherboard: MSI 970A-G46 SockelAM3+
CPU: AMD FX-8350
RAM: 16 GB G.Skill RipJawsZ 4*4GB (2133MHz, CL9, 4x 4GB) DDR3-RAM Kit
Power Supply: Enermax EPM 750AWT Platimax 80Plus Platinum 750 Watt
Graphics Card : Asus Radeon HD 7870
Error Description: After I did the Bios version 2.2 update, the PC speaker no longer works.
How can I enable this again.
In the BIOS settings I could not find a matching entry.
Please help me ..
Martin

Quote from: gldndragn on 21-July-14, 23:23:51
If I am not mistaken, the newer bios disables only the "post" (successful boot) beep. Other error beeps like "no graphics card" etc still work.
I could be wrong, so if I am, someone correct me.
You are correct AFAIK. It seems to me that the board still beeps during boot (running the 2.6 UEFI), but it's faint--so faint that if you aren't listening closely you won't hear it. If something's wrong, however, the beeps are nice and loud, IIRC. Like Nichrome says, though--if the system boots then there's no point in worrying over the beeps...

MSI 970A-G46 SLI BIOS for processor

Hi!
I have been considering to buy a MSI 970A-G46 SLI with a AMD FX-6300 6C 3.5Ghz Black Edition processor.
What i have researched is that some motherboards do not have updated BIOS for AMD FX processors.
So now im wondering, does MSI 970A-G46 SLI have this updated BIOS for AMD FX processors? or do i need to update it myself with an older AMD AM3 socket processor?
Thanks alot for the feedback.

I have seen it reported here w/ stock clocks during stress tests. IE: Prime 95 or Intel Burn Test
It has also been seen when doing rendering, Antec spot cools and vrm coolers have been used in the past to enable better overclocking, but I wouldn't.
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I have seen multiple people online with this and a 125w CPU. 125w cpus are in the cpu support list as well
The board will run with 125 watt cpu's and will work fine for many users, there may however be some issues if stress tests are used or airflow is insufficent.
This is the only downside to AMD using the same socket over and over, some older designs will "work", but weren't designed with the future cpu's in mind.

MSI 970a-g46 motherboard starts up but doesn't display anything.

Hello, I'm having problems with a new motherboard I got from Amazon, specifically the 970a-g46. The following are my specs in use with this motherboard:
CPU: AMD Phenom 2 x4 965
GPU: nVidia GeForce 560 GTX
Ram: 8gb Kingston HyperX Fury 1866mhz.
PSU: Corsair 650TX (650 Watts)
Compatability-wise, everything checks out so I wasn't expecting problems at first. All the other parts excluding the ram I've used before. Here's exactly what happens:
I power up the computer after everything is installed and connected. The 4 phase LEDs turn on which tell me the CPU is powered up and working (so I assume). I don't get any beeps or buzzs mainly because I don't see any speaker/buzzer on this board. The monitor blinks and while it is connected to my GPU, it doesn't display anything, it's just a black screen. I can leave it on for a few minutes and I'll still not see anything happen. An important observation here is that my keyboard which has LEDs will turn on after a short period of time in boot-up (with my older set-up that is). This does not happen ever regardless of how long I leave my computer on on this new mobo.
I've gone over and checked/tested numerous things:
* The PCI-E and ATX cables for the GPU, motherboard and CPU are all connected and secured (I've tried both 4-pin and 8-pin connections for the CPU, neither help).
* I've tried jumping the CMOS multiple times to no avail.
* I tested the ram on another computer and it worked just fine on that one.
* I've tested the motherboard without a GPU and it still does nothing (though I think that's because this motherboard doesnt have its own integrated GPU for some reason).
So far the only possible reasons why my computer is not working is because of my PSU (very unlikely as it's only a year old and it's a Corsair, which I've heard is very reliable in the long-run), GPU (It is quite a few years old but even without the GPU my computer still doesn't go past boot-up), CPU (possible due to its age and how many freaking time I've reseated it (probably around 8 times) so I wouldn't doubt it, but before I put it into this motherboard I did check its pins and they were all there and placed nice and smoothly into the socket.) and finally the motherboard (it's possible that this is just a defected motherboard and giving me a super hard time which would be a first in all the years I"ve spent computer building).
The best case scenario of course is me giving some kind of oversight to how I transferred over the parts and connectors. I might've missed something obvious to please any advice/insight on how I can solve this problem would be greatly appreciated
EDIT: Some other things I did but forgot to mention:
* Checked ground nut things and ensured they matched the specifications of the motherboard ATX; only 6 are under the board and each one is aligned up with the holes on the board as designed.
* Tried booting up without powering the CPU. Only one phase LED light came on, still the same problem (for an obvious reason this time now).
* Re-seated GPU multiple times, re-connected cables multiple times.
What I have NOT done is re-seat the CPU because I am almost out of acetone so I would need to get another supply of that which won't be until tomorrow. I also have not re-seated everything back on my older motherboard to check if it still works. Tomorrow I'll most likely do that and if I find that the old motherboard works flawlessly then that tells me that the new motherboard I got is either defected or there's some compatability issue I"m missed out on.
EDIT 2: Just found a speaker and plugged it into the motherboard. Booted it up and I got no beeps whatsoever. So this mobo is giving me no video activity (there is a signal it's just blank), and no beeps from the motherboard. I have no idea what that could mean at this point.
EDIT 3: I decided to test a few things with the new speaker I just got. First I removed ram and tried running, I got 3 beeps which I assume is the beep sequence of faulty/no ram. Removed the power to CPU and the GPU itself individually, gave no beeps this time.

Quote from: rhradacut on 06-January-15, 16:49:14
What's the serial number of your MB? Needed to determine what BIOS may be on the MB. Exactly which version of the CPU is it? There were several different 965 CPUs and they required different BIOS versions, 1.2, 1.9,2.2 depending on which CPU you actually have.
Also another problem may be that native memory supported by your CPU is DDR3-1333, not 1866
None of the supported CPUs have integrated graphics, any MB graphics would be in the chipset, not CPU. Examples would be 785G, 880G
Thank you very much rhradacut! The problem was that the mobo for whatever reason was forcing 1866mhz on my CPU when it only supported up to 1600mhz. I had to install a spare ddr3 module to downclock it so that I could access the BIOS and manually set the DRAM timing to 1600mhz for it to work. That's a very strange problem that I figured would've been auto-resolved by the hardware, and would also be a big problem if I didn't have any spare DDR3 ram to work with.
Once again thanks for helping out on solving my problem.

MSI 970A-G46 help.

I just built my first PC and it won't boot up. The I can hear the PSU running but the a light called LED 1 flashes and then nothing else happens. Ive checked and rechecked the cables and haven't found anything messed up. The RAM and CPU are installed correctly. Could the Hard drive possibly be the problem? Please help i really want my pc to work.
Specs:
Mother Board: MSI 970A-G46
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 955 3.2ghx Quad-Core.
GPU: MSI HD R5450
Hard Drive 1tb Sata.
PSU: 600 watt Thermaltake.
RAM: 2 sticks of 4gb Corsair.

I recently got same motherboard. When it is running normal you will have four small blue LED lights that stay lighted. I had issue where over clock would not disengage and or engage. And only one blue LED indicator light was on. And no matter what it would not restart; with reset, hard shutdown.
SOLUTION by Bumper: Simple CMOS manual reset on motherboard, restart and press F2 [At this point motherboard bios has been reset to default settings.]
If it turns out you still have a problem; search Amazon for simple cheap testers to test mainboard, PSU, etc. Chances are if you see lights the PSU is OK.

970a-g46 am3+ cable connection questions

Hi all,
I'm a first time computer builder and am in the process of building my own rig. I have MSI AMD 970a-g46 am3+ mobo and cool master elite 431 case.
1) I can't seem to find where on the mobo to connect the speaker for the post beep test. I've tried to look through the manual and watch videos but all the videos skip ahead of the internal cable connections to them being done.
2)the cool master 431 case comes with HD and AC 970 audio, which do I use with the MSI AMD 970a-g46 mobo? I think its the HD from what I've seen/read in videos.
3)I would like to do the test boot with the mobo, the gpu, psu on the monitor and post beep before mounting to make sure I connected it all correctly at least once but I don't know where to connect the speaker (question1). Also I don't know where to "short" the mobo before connecting the psu and plugging it in to "turn on" the mobo for the test. I saw a video by newegg of building a computer where he did the same.
That's all the questions at the moment since I'm taking a break. Any help would be majorly appreciated. Thanks.

ok attached the Front panel connectors diagram below! just find the missing pins and count to locate pins! (the name of the headers should be marked JFP1 and JFP2)
Quote from: Arafellin on 27-February-13, 23:54:30
1) I can't seem to find where on the mobo to connect the speaker for the post beep test. I've tried to look through the manual and watch videos but all the videos skip ahead of the internal cable connections to them being done.
ok there is a picture below from the manual and it should be connected on JFP2 on pins 4 and 6!
Quote from: Arafellin on 27-February-13, 23:54:30
2)the cool master 431 case comes with HD and AC 970 audio, which do I use with the MSI AMD 970a-g46 mobo? I think its the HD from what I've seen/read in videos.
connect the HD audio one not the AC97 from your case to the audio header!
Quote from: Arafellin on 27-February-13, 23:54:30
3)I would like to do the test boot with the mobo, the gpu, psu on the monitor and post beep before mounting to make sure I connected it all correctly at least once but I don't know where to connect the speaker (question1). Also I don't know where to "short" the mobo before connecting the psu and plugging it in to "turn on" the mobo for the test. I saw a video by newegg of building a computer where he did the same.
and as for shorting the board to power it up to test it works thats on JFP1 on pins 6+8 just short those 2 and it should start up!
if you do start it outside your case use a piece of plain cardboard under the mother board to isolate it from shorting out on anything!

Help: How do i set up Raid 0 on a 970a-g46 board

Hello everyone
I have been Building my own computers since 1997. (Remember Windows 3.11 and Dos 6.22 LOL)
but i have never tried to use Raid. i just got 2 SanDisk 128GB SSD drives,
i have read other things on this forum "970A-G46 raid issues"
But everything i have tried has not worked.
when i try to start the computer and hit Ctrl-F. it shows the hard drives. but i can't do anything.
I just don't understand what i am doing. I really would like someone to tell me step by step how to setup a raid 0.
I have a 970A-G46,
AMD FX 8350 eight core processor
MSI R9 280 gaming 3g
8GB memory
Thank you for your time

Quote from: timpw1969 on 16-November-14, 01:19:44
Hello everyone
I have been Building my own computers since 1997. (Remember Windows 3.11 and Dos 6.22 LOL)
but i have never tried to use Raid. i just got 2 SanDisk 128GB SSD drives,
i have read other things on this forum "970A-G46 raid issues"
But everything i have tried has not worked.
when i try to start the computer and hit Ctrl-F. it shows the hard drives. but i can't do anything.
I just don't understand what i am doing. I really would like someone to tell me step by step how to setup a raid 0.
I have a 970A-G46,
AMD FX 8350 eight core processor
MSI R9 280 gaming 3g
8GB memory
Thank you for your time
Glad you were able to do it...I remember my first RAID 0 experiences...It's really funny when I recall the paranoia from folks who'd never done it themselves...like, for instance, the old wives' tail that states that with RAID 0 your odds of drive failure are multiplied 100% by the number of drives you have in the array... "If you lose one drive, you lose it all," etc., which seems to make sense until you consider the fact that if you have just one drive running in SCSI/IDE mode--and it fails--you also "lose it all"... Then there's the "But RAID 0 isn't fault tolerant" myth, which is true but still a myth because normal SCSI/IDE is also not fault tolerant...! The fact is that if you have 2 standard IDE/SCSI drives running compared with 2 drives running in RAID 0, there's no difference at all in the odds of a single drive failing at any time... The drives don't care whether you run them in RAID 0 or IDE, of course, etc. Drives always fail individually--almost never in pairs, of course--and so the odds of a RAID 0 drive failing are exactly the same as they'd be if you weren't running RAID 0 at all.
Anyway, I've included RAID 0 in every build I've done personally since 2004, and the interesting fact is (although mere coincidence) that on those rare occasions when a drive has failed it has not been one of my RAID 0 drives...!... Enjoy!

How Enable Virtualization Technology in HP Mini 110

How to enable Virtualization Technology in HP Mini 110 ?
I want to install some OS in VirtualBox, And i want to enabled VT for share 2 CPU. Generally, this can be enabled in BIOS but HP Mini BIOS does not have any option to do this. Even i was update my BIOS.
I would like to know the way to enable VT on my HP MINI 110, Intel Atom N570 1.66 GHz processor.
Thanks in advance.
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The Atom N570 processor does not have VT, so it is not possible
http://ark.intel.com/products/55637

Enabling Virtualization Technology to Install Windows 8 on Virtual Machine?

Hello…I have an HP HPE-310t Desktop computer that is currently running the 32-bit version of Windows 7.
I'm interested in installing the Windows 8 Customer Preview on a virtual machine such as Virtual Box. I've done a little bit of research on how to do this, but there is one thing I am unclear about, and so I'm requesting assistance here.
The documentation I've read states my processor must support Virtualization Technology. The processor is a quad-core, so I'm assuming it does. However, the documentation also says Virtualization Technology is often disabled by default, and may need to be enabled to use it.
I'm not sure how to do this. I'm assuming it has to be done in BIOS. Can anyone please tell me where to find the option to enable Virtualization Technology, or check to see if is already enabled?
Thank you for your assistance. J. Danniel

Hello, and thank you for replying.
I actually found the Virtualization Technology option in BIOS and enabled it. I had no trouble installing Windows 8 on Virtual Box.
However, while I'm sitting here typing this, I should say something: I did install Windows 8 Customer Preview on my computer when it first came out. (I did a full system backup with Acronis True Image prior to the installation.)
Anyway, the installation went smoothly, and I installed a dozen or so programs on it with no problems. When I installed a Thunderbird E-Mail backup program, I rebooted, and my computer froze at the HP Welcome/BIOS sign-on screen.
It just stayed there. I shut the computer off for a minute or two, restarted it, and it froze again. I began to feel a touch of panic. I shut the computer off yet again, waited 15 minutes, and restarted it using the Acronis True Image boot CD. Fortunately, it booted up, so I restored my backup.
For the brief period of time I used Windows 8 on my actual system and not in Virtual Box, my reaction was highly negative. I was VERY impressed with the revised Explorer--they finally got that right. I actually LIKE the ribbon in it!
But Metro? The elimination of a Start button? It's hell on earth to use a keyboard and mouse to get to a Shut Down, Log Off, or Restart option.
I can't envision a scenario where I would upgrade my computer to Windows 8. Messing with it once in a while in Virtual Box...yeah, I'll do that. I can nuke the whole thing without much chaos.
Thanks again! Jd

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