Please excuse my lack of knowledge on RAID Controllers.
I've just build a new workstation and since the motherboard is SATA II decided to buy a cheap PERC H310 Controller of Ebay and put 2x120GB Samsung Evo 850 SSD.
I thought that since the controller allows up to 6 Gb/s transfer (SATA III) I would be able to double it in RAID0.
The Problem is that BIOS recognises the Controller but the controller menu (Ctrl + R) doesn't recognise any of the drives (RAID enabled in the BIOS SATA options). I've tried to put the drivers on usb stick while installing windows 7 but the OS didn't recognise the drivers either.
Now I'm running the SSD's separately directly from the mobo in SATA II and after the OS install I'm trying to find any suitable drivers but all seems to give an 'not compatible with this system' or 'This computer does not meet the minimum requirements for installing this software' errors.
Is it the controller or I'm messing it up ?
If I won't be able to use the controller what other controllers would allow me to reach higher speeds than SATA II ?
I've just build a new workstation and since the motherboard is SATA II decided to buy a cheap PERC H310 Controller of Ebay and put 2x120GB Samsung Evo 850 SSD.
I thought that since the controller allows up to 6 Gb/s transfer (SATA III) I would be able to double it in RAID0.
The Problem is that BIOS recognises the Controller but the controller menu (Ctrl + R) doesn't recognise any of the drives (RAID enabled in the BIOS SATA options). I've tried to put the drivers on usb stick while installing windows 7 but the OS didn't recognise the drivers either.
Now I'm running the SSD's separately directly from the mobo in SATA II and after the OS install I'm trying to find any suitable drivers but all seems to give an 'not compatible with this system' or 'This computer does not meet the minimum requirements for installing this software' errors.
Is it the controller or I'm messing it up ?
If I won't be able to use the controller what other controllers would allow me to reach higher speeds than SATA II ?
A copy of the latest Dell firmware for the PERC. I downloaded mine from the Dell support site. Put in your service tag and change the category to 'SAS RAID'. In my case, the download was called 'Dell PERC H710P Mini Monolithic Adapter firmware release 21.3.5-0002'.
- Perc H710 Adapter Driver for Windows 7 32 bit, Windows 7 64 bit, Windows 10, 8, XP. Uploaded on 3/7/2019, downloaded 5347 times, receiving a 95/100 rating by 2679 users.
- Aug 12, 2019 Not exactly a supported solution, but I wrote a little article on installing an avago vib to get it to work for a PERC H710 Mini. Monitor storage for a Dell PERC H710 Mini on vSphere 6.5 - PlanetVM Hope this helps,-Wil.
Perc H710 Driver
Scan performed on 4/26/2017, Computer: HP GU631AA-UUW a6225.sc - Windows 7 64 bit
Perc H710 Adapter Driver Update
Outdated or Corrupted drivers:3/18
Perc H710 Mini
Perc H710 Adapter Driver
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| Intel(R) Xeon(R) Processor E5 Product Family/Core i7 DDRIO - 3CB8 | Up To Date and Functioning | ||
| Mice And Touchpads | |||
| Logitech Logitech iFeel Mouse (USB) | Up To Date and Functioning | ||
| Alps Alps Pointing-device | Up To Date and Functioning | ||
| Wacom Wacom Mouse | Outdated | ||
| Usb Devices | |||
| Intel(R) 925X/XE PCI Express Root Port - 2585 | Up To Date and Functioning | ||
| ASMedia Universal Serial Bus (USB) Controller | Outdated | ||
| Sound Cards And Media Devices | |||
| Intel(R) Intel(R) Display Audio | Up To Date and Functioning | ||
| Network Cards | |||
| TP-LINK 802.11g Wireless USB Adapter | Up To Date and Functioning | ||
| Keyboards | |||
| Microsoft Keyboard Device Filter | Corrupted By Perc H710 Adapter | ||
| Hard Disk Controller | |||
| Intel Intel(r) 82801DB Ultra ATA Storage Controller-24CA | Up To Date and Functioning | ||
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| Nokia Nokia USB OBEX | Up To Date and Functioning | ||
| Intel Intel(r) AIM External Flat Panel Driver 2 | Up To Date and Functioning | ||
| Cameras, Webcams And Scanners | |||
| Canon CanoScan 3200/3200F | Up To Date and Functioning | ||
| Video Cards | |||
| ATI ATI Technologies, Inc. 3D RAGE PRO AGP 2X | Up To Date and Functioning | ||
| Input Devices | |||
| Microsoft Microsoft Hardware USB Keyboard | Up To Date and Functioning | ||
| Port Devices | |||
| MediaTek DA USB VCOM Port (COM11) | Up To Date and Functioning | ||
| Monitors | |||
| Sony Digital Flat Panel (1024x768) | Up To Date and Functioning | ||
| Mobile Phones And Portable Devices | |||
| Acer NOKIA | Up To Date and Functioning | ||