Can you RAID0 two SATA drives straight from the mobo without special RAID controller?

[compuwise]

I mean: I have a pretty cruddy mother board but it has 4 SATA ports. If I took two SATA drives that are exactly alike, can I create a RAID lets say in Disc Management on Windows 7?

Looks like I should be able to make each a Dynamic drive and make them look as one. Will that be a true RAID though?

[Guest]

Only if the motherboard supports RAID.

And I think from memory that could be a Z77 and above feature (X79 ect)

[Ssoele]

Only if the motherboard supports RAID.

And I think from memory that could be a Z77 and above feature (X79 ect)

Q67, H67, P67, Z68, Q75, Q77, H77, Z75, Z77 and X79 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGA_1155, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGA_2011)

[Guest]

Only if the motherboard supports RAID.

And I think from memory that could be a Z77 and above feature (X79 ect)

Can't say I've seen some of those with RAID functions..

[Rain]

Which motherboard do you have? If it is an Intel board, in your BIOS your SATA ports are probably set to IDE or AHCI mode; you have to set them to RAID to enable the chipset's RAID functionality.

Be careful though, if it is currently set to IDE, switching to RAID without making the proper adjustments in Windows will cause Windows to fail to boot. This page describes the procedure: http://www.ithinkdiff.com/how-to-enable-ahci-in-windows-7-rc-after-installation/