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NEW BUILD - M.2 SSD RAID for Motherboard Rampage VI Encore VROC

Jahmen
Level 7
PC CASE: CORSAIR Graphite Series 780T Full-Tower Case (White)
MOTHERBOARD: ASUS ROG Rampage VI Extreme Encore LGA 2066 Intel X266 EATX
CPU: INTEL - Core I9-10920X 12-core 3.5 GHz Desktop Processor With Enhanced Hyperthreading Technology
CPU COOLER: DEEPCOOL Castle 360EX, Addressable RGB AIO Liquid CPU Cooler, Anti-Leak Technology
RAM: X2 CORSAIR Vengeance LPX 32GB X2 (2 x 16GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 3200MHz (PC4 25600) Desktop Memory
HARD DRIVE: Intel Pro 7600p M.2 2280 1TB PCI-Express 3.0 x4 Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) SSDPEKKF010T8X1
HARD DRIVE: Intel Pro 7600p M.2 2280 1TB PCI-Express 3.0 x4 Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) SSDPEKKF010T8X1
DVD/CD: SAMSUNG DVD/CD Player/ Rec BD-C5500/XAA
DVD/CD: SAMSUNG DVD/CD Player/ Rec BD-C5500/XAA
OPERATING SYSTEM: WINDOWS 10 PRO

Searching online looking for some definitive steps on how to set up my ASUS ROG Rampage VI Extreme Encore motherboard VROC Tech.
Searching through Technical Posts, YouTube, Forums and Vendor Support.

YouTube 2017 Jan ASUS Greg Checchi Z270 How to: Create a Bootable M.2 PCIe Raid Disk with a ASUS MAXIMUS IV HERO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxYUg-IBvBc
Obviously, Motherboard UEFI BIOS change constantly from motherboard to motherboard models and makers over time, but I found this to be a good foundation to the basic steps involve with setting up a RAID configuration.

Intel The Intel RST driver SetupRST.exe supports RAID 0, 1, 5 and 10. The driver should be installed after the operating system has been installed. F6 and RAID BIOS configurations need to be performed prior to installation of this driver for proper operation. This driver supports NVMe devices.
The RAID setup steps can get confusing, especially if you already have installed the Windows OS and/ or you partitioned the M.2 Solid State Drives.
Go do crazy some place else, we're all stocked up here!
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Jahmen
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After considerable time and effort spent on finding the drivers and how to get a hardwired VROC RAID setup in the BIOS steps, it turned out that a Software RAID with an ASUS Quad Card worked slightly less than a Hardwired RAID setup.  Given the time and effort to go through all the steps involved in setting up a Hardwired RAID, it only made sense to do a Software RAID instead.

Go do crazy some place else, we're all stocked up here!