RocketRaid 640L array sometimes visible in Post but not Windows 7

Cat Greenwoods

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Whenever I turn on my computer, my RocketRaid 640L RAID5 array is always visible in Post. Sometimes (seemingly randomly) it is not visible in Windows 7, even if I ask Windows 7 to rescan for disks. Rebooting seems to pretty much always cause Windows 7 to find the array. I've got the latest firmware and drivers. Help?
 

Cat Greenwoods

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During post, the RAID array seems to appear to be functioning normally every single time, so I it seems the array is all spun up already. Can you explain why waiting even more time will help?
 

Because the adapter first sends a spin command to all disks, waits for X seconds, identifies the disks, reads the boot record, assembles the raid and at the end tells windows about it. Seeing the disks doesn't mean the raid is fully recognized. It's working after a reboot, because the disks are already spinning.
 

Cat Greenwoods

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That makes sense. Unfortunately the web UI doesn't seem to have a way for you to configure for a longer spin-up delay, and when I type control-H during post to tell the bios I want to configure RocketRaid my computer reboots instead of entering some kind of configuration mode. I'd contact customer support except that they need the serial number and it is a huge hassle to disassemble my extremely tightly packed machine just to see if the board has a serial number on it (the box is long gone). The serial number doesn't seem available in the web UI either. Bummer.