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redbaron_snoopy · 04-28-2013, 10:48 PM

Hi

(1a) Am putting together an old rig comprising Asus PQ-EM, Q6700, 4GB RAM, 60Gb SSD, 250Gb 3.5" SATA, Win 7 64.
No experience with installing Win on a SSD. Read about setting AHCI in bios but not clear what I really need to do. Need to load any other drivers ?

(1b) Do I reach full USB3 speeds if I add a PCIe USB3 card to the motherboard ?

(2) I have a home machine on Win 7 64 and I added a external 3.5" (Astone 2 bay USB3) and plugged a 3TB disk into it. However in Disk mgt, it sees/allows only 2TB per partition when I tried format it. Is this normal ?

Thanks !

04-28-2013, 10:48 PM	#1
redbaron_snoopy Member (10 bit) Premium Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Singapore Posts: 792	Win 7 on SSD / USB3 PCIe / Above 2TB partition Hi (1a) Am putting together an old rig comprising Asus PQ-EM, Q6700, 4GB RAM, 60Gb SSD, 250Gb 3.5" SATA, Win 7 64. No experience with installing Win on a SSD. Read about setting AHCI in bios but not clear what I really need to do. Need to load any other drivers ? (1b) Do I reach full USB3 speeds if I add a PCIe USB3 card to the motherboard ? (2) I have a home machine on Win 7 64 and I added a external 3.5" (Astone 2 bay USB3) and plugged a 3TB disk into it. However in Disk mgt, it sees/allows only 2TB per partition when I tried format it. Is this normal ? Thanks ! __________________ Dell Inspiron 2330