I have a problem with my ICH9R. Setting up the array and installing Windows works fine, but whenever the system restarts the raid-bios hangs after detecting the first 3 drives allthough it reports 4 drives is connected. The cursor blinks and the the system will restart with ctrl-alt-del. I have 4 x WD-5000AAKS in raid-5. (Raid-0 gives the same result.)
Since the raid-bios hangs I can not enter BIOS or either of the other configs (2 x sata onboard controller (ctrl-i, ctrl-g)or network)
The only way to get the system going again is to disconnect the failed drive. Connecting the drive to any other port on the ICH9R will not help.
To fix the array I need to connect the disk to another controller and format the disk (or erase it completly with Western Digital Dignostics tool). Now connecting the formated drive to the array I can add it back to the raid-5 array. It will rebuild just fine, but restarting will hang the bios and the cycle continues. Argh!
Testing the drive with Western Digital Dignostics Tool (full scan and SMART) gives the thumbs up.
Any idea on how to resolve this?
Since the raid-bios hangs I can not enter BIOS or either of the other configs (2 x sata onboard controller (ctrl-i, ctrl-g)or network)
The only way to get the system going again is to disconnect the failed drive. Connecting the drive to any other port on the ICH9R will not help.
To fix the array I need to connect the disk to another controller and format the disk (or erase it completly with Western Digital Dignostics tool). Now connecting the formated drive to the array I can add it back to the raid-5 array. It will rebuild just fine, but restarting will hang the bios and the cycle continues. Argh!
Testing the drive with Western Digital Dignostics Tool (full scan and SMART) gives the thumbs up.
Any idea on how to resolve this?