Raid problems

[tadroptopgirl]

GA-990fxa-ud3 version 1.0
amd phenom 2 3.4ghs x4
xfx ati radeon 4650
4 western digital 1 tb each in raid 5 array
2 seagates 1 tb each
sata add on card for opitcal drives

Set up my raid. functional at first and boots up into windows 7 and i can see the array drive
but when i restart the system it is critical because i go down a drive. seems like it is e same drive which is in the 4:01 slot

i have made it two different times. i dont want it to keep doing this.

I can not use raid if it is going to be unstable, how do i fix this?

 

[GhislainG]

Did you replace the drive that keeps on failing? Are you using drives that are certified for RAID?

 

[tadroptopgirl]

Ya im using caviar black drives western digital says they are good for software raid

Not yet I checked the drives with the western digital utility and they say they are good also replaced the cables same problem

 

[GhislainG]

Did you replace the drive which is in the 4:01 slot? Is it the only one that drops from the array?

 

[tadroptopgirl]

The warrenty replacement is on the way

 

[jaquith]

BTW - Western Digital, except Enterprise, do NOT have TLER support which makes them horrible RAID (any) drives.

IMO - Use Seagate, Hitachi, or Samsung they all have their versions of "TLER" on ALL their HDD's.

TLER - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time-Limited_Error_Recovery