GA-EP45-UD3R and OCZ RevoDrive PCI-Express SSD

[jr39]

Does anybody know if the OCZ PCI-Express SSD can attach (and operate) to a GA-EP45-UD3R board. From what I read on OCZ RevoDrive 120GB PCI-Express SSD Review - OCZ RevoDrive - Introduction - Legit Reviews and OCZ RevoDrive Review: SSD RAID + PCI-Express - HotHardware , it seems that the MOBO needs a PCI-Express x4 and be able to boot from PCI-E?
If it works, what would the BIOS look like?

[profJim]

Re: GA-EP45-UD3R and OCZ RevoDrive PCI-Express SSD

The EP45-UD3R setup is:

• 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 (The PCI Express x16 slot conforms to PCI Express 2.0 standard)
• 3 x PCI Express x1 slots
• 3 x PCI slots

Unless you are willing to use your PCI-E 16x slot for the SSD card, you won't be able to run it in a 4x slot.
Check with OCZ tech support to see if/how it will run in a pci-e 1x slot.

Let us know what OCZ has to say.
Good luck.

[jr39]

Re: GA-EP45-UD3R and OCZ RevoDrive PCI-Express SSD

OCZ mentions that a 4x PCI-E is a prerequisite. Thus the RevoDrive cannot attach to a GA-EP45-UD3R.

[Lsdmeasap]

Re: GA-EP45-UD3R and OCZ RevoDrive PCI-Express SSD

As mentioned above this would not work with that model motherboard, unless you planned to use a PCI Graphics card, then you could probably use the Revo in the PCIE x16 slot without any issues.