ABit IS7-G Loosing RAID Array

Paul Landregan · Jul 21, 2003

My IS7_G occasionally loosed the RAID array. I can switch off and it detects this and I can recreate it without data loss. Its more of an annoyance and curiosity because something must be wrong.

IS7-G BIOS 14
P4 3.0GHz
2x Maxtor SATA 120GB 7200rpm 8MB Cache DM9+ in RAID 0 mode TruePower 440W PSU

Is there a solution to this problem yet?

TomG · Jul 21, 2003

those are true, native SATA drives right? not through a serillel-2 adapter?

when this happens, you are already booted and the drives go away? are you using the newest Intel IAA drivers and SATA drivers?

Paul Landregan · Jul 22, 2003

They are SATA Maxtor DiamondMax 9+'s. Not via Serillel adaptor. They loose the raid at random times usually once windows is up and running. The machine will just hang, when I force a reset the machine shows that the raid is damaged, and ask whether all raid drives are present, I click yes and it boots normally.

I am using the latest drivers for the Intel and Silicon image controllers.

"TomG" wrote:

those are true, native SATA drives right? not through a serillel-2

adapter?

when this happens, you are already booted and the drives go away? are you using the newest Intel IAA drivers and SATA drivers?

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... and curiosity because something must be wrong.

IS7-G BIOS 14
P4 3.0GHz
2x Maxtor SATA 120GB 7200rpm 8MB Cache DM9+ in RAID 0 mode
TruePower 440W PSU

Is there a solution to this problem yet?

Jerry Polyak · Jul 22, 2003

Hey Paul,

I don't know whether it's related or not, but I had a similar problem with my ST6R (admittedly regular PATA drives). Same symptoms though. Raid would disappear in windows locking the machine up. Eventually turned out to be a bad drive (IBM 60 GXP) even though the IBM utility was telling me the drive was fine for a while. Took some extensive drive exercising to get it to fail. Might be worth looking into.

"Paul Landregan" wrote:

They are SATA Maxtor DiamondMax 9+'s. Not via Serillel adaptor. They loose the raid at random times usually once windows is up and

running.

The machine will just hang, when I force a reset the machine shows that the raid is damaged, and ask whether all raid drives are present, I click yes and it boots normally.

I am using the latest drivers for the Intel and Silicon image controllers.

"TomG" wrote:

those are true, native SATA drives right? not through a serillel-2 adapter?

when this happens, you are already booted and the drives go away? are you using the newest Intel IAA drivers and SATA drivers?

--

Thomas Geery
Network+ certified

ftp://geerynet.d2g.com
ftp://68.98.180.8 Abit Mirror <----- Cable modem IP
This IP is dynamic so it *could* change!...
over 113,000 FTP users served!
^^^^^^^
...

Paul Landregan · Jul 22, 2003

will have to run a few instances of Sandra at the same time and see if it fails.

"Jerry Polyak" wrote:

Hey Paul,

I don't know whether it's related or not, but I had a similar problem with my ST6R (admittedly regular PATA drives). Same symptoms though. Raid would disappear in windows locking the machine up. Eventually turned out to be a bad drive (IBM 60 GXP) even though the IBM utility was telling me the drive was fine for a while. Took some extensive drive exercising to get it to fail. Might be worth looking into.

"Paul Landregan" wrote:

They are SATA Maxtor DiamondMax 9+'s. Not via Serillel adaptor.
They loose the raid at random times usually once windows is up and running. The machine will just hang, when I force a reset the machine shows that the raid is damaged, and ask whether all raid drives are present, I click yes and it boots normally.

I am using the latest drivers for the Intel and Silicon image

controllers.

"TomG" wrote:

those are true, native SATA drives right? not through a serillel-2
adapter?

when this happens, you are already booted and the drives go away? are you using the newest Intel IAA drivers and SATA drivers?

--

... annoyance and
curiosity because something must be wrong.

IS7-G BIOS 14
P4 3.0GHz
2x Maxtor SATA 120GB 7200rpm 8MB Cache DM9+ in RAID 0 mode
TruePower 440W PSU

Is there a solution to this problem yet?

...

Paul Landregan · Jul 22, 2003

No failure, even whilst running 5 instances of the Sandra benchmark simultaneously. Obviously they all got very bad scores but no drive crash.

"Paul Landregan" wrote:

will have to run a few instances of Sandra at the same time and see if it fails.

"Jerry Polyak" wrote:

Hey Paul,

I don't know whether it's related or not, but I had a similar problem with my ST6R (admittedly regular PATA drives). Same symptoms though. Raid would disappear in windows locking the machine up. Eventually turned out to be a
bad drive (IBM 60 GXP) even though the IBM utility was telling me the drive was fine for a while. Took some extensive drive exercising to get it to fail. Might be worth looking into.

"Paul Landregan" wrote:

They are SATA Maxtor DiamondMax 9+'s. Not via Serillel adaptor. They loose the raid at random times usually once windows is up and running.
... that the
raid is damaged, and ask whether all raid drives are present, I click yes and it boots normally.

I am using the latest drivers for the Intel and Silicon image controllers.

"TomG" wrote:

those are true, native SATA drives right? not through a serillel-2 adapter?
... are you
using the newest Intel IAA drivers and SATA drivers?

--

Thomas Geery
Network+ certified

ftp://geerynet.d2g.com
ftp://68.98.180.8 Abit Mirror <----- Cable modem IP
This IP is dynamic so it *could* change!...
over 113,000 FTP users served!
... it detects
this and I can recreate it without data loss. Its more of an annoyance and
curiosity because something must be wrong.

IS7-G BIOS 14
P4 3.0GHz
2x Maxtor SATA 120GB 7200rpm 8MB Cache DM9+ in RAID 0 mode
TruePower 440W PSU

Is there a solution to this problem yet?
...

TomG · Jul 22, 2003

so you are using the latest Intel drivers AND the latest IAA?

Jerry Polyak · Jul 22, 2003

Interesting. Well that was my 5 cents.

"Paul Landregan" wrote:

No failure, even whilst running 5 instances of the Sandra benchmark simultaneously. Obviously they all got very bad scores but no drive crash.

"Paul Landregan" wrote:

will have to run a few instances of Sandra at the same time and see if it fails.

"Jerry Polyak" wrote:

Hey Paul,

I don't know whether it's related or not, but I had a similar problem with my ST6R (admittedly regular PATA drives). Same symptoms though. Raid would
disappear in windows locking the machine up. Eventually turned out to be ... to fail. Might be worth looking into.

"Paul Landregan" wrote:

They are SATA Maxtor DiamondMax 9+'s. Not via Serillel adaptor. They loose the raid at random times usually once windows is up and running.
The machine will just hang, when I force a reset the machine shows that the
raid is damaged, and ask whether all raid drives are present, I click yes
and it boots normally.

I am using the latest drivers for the Intel and Silicon image controllers.

"TomG" wrote:

those are true, native SATA drives right? not through a serillel-2 adapter?

when this happens, you are already booted and the drives go away? are you
using the newest Intel IAA drivers and SATA drivers?

--

Thomas Geery
Network+ certified

... and it
detects
this and I can recreate it without data loss. Its more of an annoyance
and
curiosity because something must be wrong.

IS7-G BIOS 14
P4 3.0GHz
2x Maxtor SATA 120GB 7200rpm 8MB Cache DM9+ in RAID 0 mode TruePower 440W PSU

...

Paul Landregan · Jul 23, 2003

Sorry I mis read your previous post. What is IAA?
Sorry for my ignorance.

"TomG" wrote:

so you are using the latest Intel drivers AND the latest IAA?

--

Thomas Geery
Network+ certified

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ftp://68.98.180.8 Abit Mirror <----- Cable modem IP This IP is dynamic so it *could* change!... over 113,000 FTP users served!
^^^^^^^
...

yes

and it boots normally.

I am using the latest drivers for the Intel and Silicon image

controllers.

"TomG" wrote:

those are true, native SATA drives right? not through a serillel-2 adapter?

when this happens, you are already booted and the drives go away? are you using the newest Intel IAA drivers and SATA drivers?

--

... annoyance and
curiosity because something must be wrong.

IS7-G BIOS 14
P4 3.0GHz
2x Maxtor SATA 120GB 7200rpm 8MB Cache DM9+ in RAID 0 mode TruePower 440W PSU

Is there a solution to this problem yet?

...

R. J. Salvi · Jul 23, 2003

Intel's Application Accelerator (for RAID only)

Paul Landregan · Jul 23, 2003

This is not installed.
Is this the GUI version of the RAID config tool? If yes do I have to have it installed

"R. J. Salvi" wrote:

Intel's Application Accelerator (for RAID only)

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(858) 485-7514

"Paul Landregan" wrote:

Sorry I mis read your previous post. What is IAA? Sorry for my ignorance.
... click yes
and it boots normally.

I am using the latest drivers for the Intel and Silicon image controllers.

"TomG" wrote:

those are true, native SATA drives right? not through a serillel-2 adapter?

when this happens, you are already booted and the drives go away? are you
using the newest Intel IAA drivers and SATA drivers?

--

Thomas Geery
Network+ certified

... and it
detects
this and I can recreate it without data loss. Its more of an annoyance
and
curiosity because something must be wrong.

IS7-G BIOS 14
P4 3.0GHz
2x Maxtor SATA 120GB 7200rpm 8MB Cache DM9+ in RAID 0 mode TruePower 440W PSU

...

TomG · Jul 23, 2003

Intel Application Accelerator

TomG · Jul 23, 2003

yes it is the GUI version of the raid tool but I also had the impression, maybe wrongly, that it played a larger role with the raid than just a GUI for interfacing to the raid. could be way off...