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Question posted by jgDitise on July 6th, 2014

How To Turn Off Raid On Dell Poweredge 840

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Answer #1: Posted by JCatDell on July 7th, 2014 8:06 AM

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Hi jgDitise,

The 840 does not have a built in RAID controller, so you can just remove the PCIe card for the RAID controller and use the onboard SATA.

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