HelloScott,
No,mySSD(C)isonlyforWindowsandmy programsofdrawingsonasinglepartition.
Ihave too anHDD (D)of1Toforthedata.
Yourquestions:
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Iusedtheslot1-PCIe2-X8(4)becauseit'saPCIEversion2.
http://h50146.www5.hp.com/lib/doc/manual/workstation/hp_workstation/504631_001.pdf
page70.
Ihesitatedwiththeslot4-PCIe2-x16to leavemorespacebetweenmyFX1800andmy SSD
in order tosupportventilation,Ithinkthatalso functions.
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ControllerserialATA/AHCI1.0
Microsoft Corporationv6.1.7601.18231 Date6/21/2006
Versionofthefile:6.1.7601.17514(win7sp1rtm101119-1850)
The driver self instal withthe first startup of WS
3/
YestheactivityoftheSSDisvisibleonthe led(green for me)ofthePowerbutton
4/
BIOS:SATAemulation=RAID+AHCI
Ineedto reinstallW7onZ600andIhaveonly theDVDofHPwithalltheHPtools…!
Isearchafile .iso :W7PROSP164FREOM whichisclean and sure,doyoudo haveatrack to adviseme?
Thank you,Christophe