wrote:
> If I format my HD and if I have RAID really, could you tell me if
> those green writings (no RAID) will disappear?
> thanks
No, I don't think so.
The status you're getting, is probably coming from a check of
the "reserved sectors" on each drive.
When you format the partition on that array while in Windows,
the reserved sectors are not touched by the formatting operation.
So the annoying error message will remain.
To change the reserved sector information content, you'd
have to use the motherboard jumper procedure. In the BIOS,
is a setting which causes the jumpers to be re-read. Go
to the BIOS and set...
"Enable Backup RAID Mode Change" [Enabled]
You then "Save and Exit", so that the new BIOS value is stored.
(When you read it later on, it will revert to [Disabled], as the
control is a one-shot operation, and clears itself when the update
operation is finished. So after the next computer startup, it will
say it is Disabled, and you leave it alone and don't change it
again. Setting it to Enabled once, should be enough to fix your
problem.)
When the computer starts again, you'll see this printed on the screen.
"EZ Backup RAID Mode will change.
Press F1 to continue."
When you press F1, the computer should then continue the boot sequence.
The "reserved sectors" should get overwritten with new RAID disk information.
The contents (the data) on the array could be *erased* by this
operation, if, for example, the disks are put in a different order.
(On a pair of RAID0 disks, one is the "odd" disk, and the other one
is the "even" disk. That relationship should remain fixed the same
way, for the data to be retrievable from the array. Swapping the cables
on the disks, and then doing the above BIOS operation, would exchange
the odd and even disks and spoil the data on the array.)
The jumpers are shown in the manual, this way. You say that you're
using RAID0, so there should be one jumper present, as shown in
the figure on the right hand side here. Check your user manual, for
a more realistic version of this picture. Using the
"Enable Backup RAID Mode Change" BIOS setting, is what causes
the jumper value to be re-read and applied to the two disks
on the EZ_RAID1 and EZ_RAID2 SATA ports. This 2x3 jumper block
is near the IDE ribbon cable connector.
X X X X X X X X X
^ ^ ^ ^
| | | |
v v v v
X X X X X X X X X
RAID1 BIG mode RAID0
I was hoping the "EzRaid Manager V3.0.0.44A" would tell you something,
so you would at least understand what happened. But I guess we'll
never know. When you do the above operation, the Event Log will
likely get flushed out.
I was also hoping that you would mention whether the diagram I drew
of your disk configuration was correct or not. As the above operation
is dangerous, and can cause a problem with the EZ_RAID disks, you
should be absolutely sure that the two 250MB disks are connected to
the EZ_RAID1 and EZ_RAID2 connectors. And, that any data stored
on the two 250MB disks, is backed up somewhere. I don't want
your next question to be - "how do I get my data back ?"
PCI-E x1 Hub_bus
| |
| |
JMB363 S o u t h b r i d g e
| | \ | | | \
SATA Ext Pri Sata Sata Sata \
RAID Sata EIDE 1 3 4 \ (465GB)
1 (160GB) (160GB) (160GB) S i l i c o n
5RA0GHGZ 6PT2C518 6PT29497 I m a g e
\ / 4723
Array_0000 |<-- RAID0? -->|
320GB total Sata Span? Sata
(250GB) (250GB)
^ ^
| |
| |
"Enable Backup RAID Mode Change"
and the 2x3 jumper block, control
and affect the data on these two
disks !!! Be careful!
Your motherboard is very very complicated. And playing with
disks at any time is dangerous. I hope you have a good
backup plan, so that if any of your disks get erased,
you can recover from the data loss.
HTH,
Paul
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