Setting up and configuring the AMD RAIDXpert2 Utility involves modifying your motherboard’s BIOS settings, initializing your physical disks, and building your array. Step 1: Enable RAID in Motherboard BIOS
Before the utility becomes accessible, you must switch your storage controller from AHCI mode to RAID mode.
Restart your PC and repeatedly tap the Del or F2 key to open the BIOS setup menu. Navigate to the Advanced or Storage configuration tab.
Locate SATA Configuration (or AMD-CBS / FCH Common Options depending on the motherboard brand) and change the mode from AHCI to RAID.
If you are using M.2 NVMe drives, locate the NVMe RAID Mode setting and change it to Enabled.
Under your boot/CSM parameters, ensure your Storage Boot Option Control is set to UEFI. Save your settings (F10) and reboot back into the BIOS. Step 2: Initialize Physical Disks
Once the system reboots back into the BIOS, the utility will appear in your menus.
Navigate to the Advanced tab and select the RAIDXpert2 Configuration Utility at the bottom of the page. Click on Physical Disk Management.
Select Select Physical Disk Operations and choose Initialize Disk.
Toggle the status to Enabled for all the specific hard drives or SSDs you want to include in your array. Click OK or Apply Changes to wipe and ready the drives. Step 3: Create the RAID Array
Return to the main RAIDXpert2 menu and choose Array Management. Click on Create Array.
Choose your desired RAID Level (e.g., RAID 0 for speed, RAID 1 for mirroring data redundancy).
Click on Select Physical Disks and check the box next to each initialized drive intended for the pool. Select Apply Changes.
Scroll down to the bottom of the pane and select the final Create Array option to build the volume. Step 4: Configure Drivers and Desktop Management (Windows)
If you are installing a fresh copy of Windows onto this new array, you must side-load the mandatory AMD RAID Driver during the standard Windows setup wizard via a USB drive.
Once inside Windows, download and install the desktop AMD RAIDXpert2 Application from the official AMD Support Page or your motherboard manufacturer’s driver portal. Open this app to monitor array health, verify configuration properties, or manage dedicated hot spares if a drive happens to fail.
To ensure optimal speed, open the app, click Disk > Properties, select your active array, and toggle both Disk Write Back Caching and Disk Read Ahead to Enable.
Are you setting up this array to install a fresh operating system, or will it be used as a secondary data storage drive? Tell me your motherboard model so I can provide precise menu paths. Using AMD Array Management Software (RAIDXpert) – HP Inc.
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