Unsupported configurations
The HP Compaq dc5850 Business Desktop PC products only support the best user experience and highest
possible reliability. As a result, HP does not support the following combinations of RAID hard drives:
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Different sizes.
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Different speeds (5400 rpm, 7200 rpm, etc.).
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Old and new technologies (SATA 1.5 GB and SATA 3.0 GB).
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NCQ hard drives and non-NCQ drives.
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Different cache size.
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RAID combinations of hard drives with any operating system other than Microsoft XP Pro (SP2) or
Microsoft Vista using Microsoft's IDE driver stack based on ATAPI.SYS and AMD drivers.
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RAID configurations of two or more 10,000 RPM hard drives.
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