D10 Startup Issues - RAID controller Help!

Hi, I have just received a D10 ThinkStation 6427-33U
It has two 250GB HDD's connected in RAID 1. The system booted up fine the first few times, and on the 3rd reboot, I get the error shown below.
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e50/blue350z/junk/IMG00091-20090903-0938.jpg
1. Tried clearing the CMOS
- System booted up fine, but when I got to setup, RAID had been disabled. WHen I re-enable it, save config and reboot, back to the same error.
Screenshots:-
a. Bios Summary:-
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e50/blue350z/junk/IMG00089-20090903-0937.jpg
b. bios showing RAID enabled
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e50/blue350z/junk/IMG00088-20090903-0937.jpg
c. booting up showing RAID
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e50/blue350z/junk/IMG00090-20090903-0938.jpg
I'm pulling my hair out right now... flashed the bios to 6/10/09 and still same error.
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e50/blue350z/junk/IMG00091-20090903-0938.jpg
If I press F1 , I get weird dots and it hangs
If i press F2, blinking cursor on top left

if this is a new system and you don't care about rebuilding it, pull one of the drives and see if it still gives you an error.   if it does then leave the second drive out, disable RAID, and try booting.   if this works then replace the second drive, destroy the array, and rebuild it from scratch.   it could be that the array data is corrupted.
if this doesn't work then call lenovo service as there may be something else going on here.   i personally don't use the intel RAID controller and prefer to use the LSI controller whenever possible.
in fact, you may consider using the LSI contoller for your SATA disks.   it's a unified SAS/SATA controller and can handle SATA drives just fine.   performance may be slightly slower but it's closer to a hardware RAID solution than the intel controller.
(edit: typo)
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assigned-addresses: 81024810.00000000.00009000.00000000.00000008.81024814.00000000.00009400.00000000.00000004.81024818.00000000.00009800.00000000.00000008.8102481c.00000000.00009c00.00000000.00000004.81024820.00000000.0000a000.00000000.00000010.82024824.00000000.fa009000.00000000.00000400.82024830.00000000.00000000.00000000.00080000
reg: 00024800.00000000.00000000.00000000.00000000.01024810.00000000.00000000.00000000.00000008.01024814.00000000.00000000.00000000.00000004.01024818.00000000.00000000.00000000.00000008.0102481c.00000000.00000000.00000000.00000004.01024820.00000000.00000000.00000000.00000010.02024824.00000000.00000000.00000000.00000400.02024830.00000000.00000000.00000000.00080000
compatible: 'pci1095,3114.1095.6114.2' + 'pci1095,3114.1095.6114' + 'pci1095,6114' + 'pci1095,3114.2' + 'pci1095,3114' + 'pciclass,010400' + 'pciclass,0104'
model: 'RAID controller'
power-consumption: 00000001.00000001
66mhz-capable:
fast-back-to-back:
devsel-speed: 00000001
interrupts: 00000001
max-latency: 00000000
min-grant: 00000000
subsystem-vendor-id: 00001095
subsystem-id: 00006114
unit-address: '9'
class-code: 00010400
revision-id: 00000002
vendor-id: 00001095
device-id: 00003114
name: 'pci1095,6114'
I am unable to find additional information on what I have to do to use this controller. What am I missing here?
Thank you for your help.

ok, I gave devfsadm a shot. Nothing spectacular happened.
I also peaked in /var/adm/messages and got the following:
May 12 13:30:10 pbfs01 genunix: [ID 935449 kern.info]      ATA DMA off: disabled. Control with "atapi-cd-dma-enabled" property
May 12 13:30:10 pbfs01 genunix: [ID 882269 kern.info]      PIO mode 4 selected
May 12 13:30:10 pbfs01 genunix: [ID 935449 kern.info]      ATA DMA off: disabled. Control with "atapi-cd-dma-enabled" property
May 12 13:30:10 pbfs01 genunix: [ID 882269 kern.info]      PIO mode 4 selected
May 12 13:30:10 pbfs01 genunix: [ID 935449 kern.info]      ATA DMA off: disabled. Control with "atapi-cd-dma-enabled" property
May 12 13:30:10 pbfs01 genunix: [ID 882269 kern.info]      PIO mode 4 selected
May 12 13:30:10 pbfs01 genunix: [ID 773945 kern.info]      UltraDMA mode 5 selected
I then tried enabling ATA DMA mode using eeprom atapi-cd-dma-enabled=1 and on reboot the message changed to the following:
May 12 14:30:01 pbfs01 genunix: [ID 773945 kern.info]      UltraDMA mode 2 selected
May 12 14:30:01 pbfs01 last message repeated 2 times
May 12 14:30:01 pbfs01 genunix: [ID 773945 kern.info]      UltraDMA mode 5 selected
The full /var/adm/messages file is as follows:
May 12 14:46:01 pbfs01 pseudo: [ID 129642 kern.info] pseudo-device: rsm0
May 12 14:46:01 pbfs01 genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] rsm0 is /pseudo/rsm@0
May 12 14:46:01 pbfs01 pcplusmp: [ID 637496 kern.info] pcplusmp: lp (ecpp) instance 0 vector 0x7 ioapic 0x2 intin 0x7 is bound to cpu 0
May 12 14:46:01 pbfs01 isa: [ID 202937 kern.info] ISA-device: ecpp0
May 12 14:46:01 pbfs01 genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] ecpp0 is /isa/lp@1,378
May 12 14:46:01 pbfs01 pseudo: [ID 129642 kern.info] pseudo-device: devinfo0
May 12 14:46:01 pbfs01 genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] devinfo0 is /pseudo/devinfo@0
May 12 14:46:01 pbfs01 pci: [ID 370704 kern.info] PCI-device: pci10de,e2@b, pci_pci0
May 12 14:46:01 pbfs01 genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] pci_pci0 is /pci@0,0/pci10de,e2@b
May 12 14:46:01 pbfs01 pseudo: [ID 129642 kern.info] pseudo-device: pseudo1
May 12 14:46:01 pbfs01 genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] pseudo1 is /pseudo/zconsnex@1
May 12 14:46:03 pbfs01 genunix: [ID 773945 kern.info]      UltraDMA mode 2 selected
May 12 14:46:03 pbfs01 last message repeated 2 times
May 12 14:46:03 pbfs01 genunix: [ID 773945 kern.info]      UltraDMA mode 5 selected
May 12 14:46:03 pbfs01 pcplusmp: [ID 637496 kern.info] pcplusmp: asy (asy) instance 0 vector 0x4 ioapic 0x2 intin 0x4 is bound to cpu 0
May 12 14:46:03 pbfs01 isa: [ID 202937 kern.info] ISA-device: asy0
May 12 14:46:03 pbfs01 genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] asy0 is /isa/asy@1,3f8
May 12 14:46:03 pbfs01 pcplusmp: [ID 398438 kern.info] pcplusmp: asy (asy) instance #1 vector 0x3 ioapic 0x2 intin 0x3 is bound to cpu 0
May 12 14:46:03 pbfs01 isa: [ID 202937 kern.info] ISA-device: asy1
May 12 14:46:03 pbfs01 genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] asy1 is /isa/asy@1,2f8
May 12 14:46:03 pbfs01 pseudo: [ID 129642 kern.info] pseudo-device: ramdisk1024
May 12 14:46:03 pbfs01 genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] ramdisk1024 is /pseudo/ramdisk@1024
May 12 14:46:03 pbfs01 pseudo: [ID 129642 kern.info] pseudo-device: lockstat0
May 12 14:46:03 pbfs01 genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] lockstat0 is /pseudo/lockstat@0
May 12 14:46:03 pbfs01 pseudo: [ID 129642 kern.info] pseudo-device: llc10
May 12 14:46:03 pbfs01 genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] llc10 is /pseudo/llc1@0
May 12 14:46:03 pbfs01 pseudo: [ID 129642 kern.info] pseudo-device: fcp0
May 12 14:46:03 pbfs01 genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] fcp0 is /pseudo/fcp@0
May 12 14:46:03 pbfs01 pseudo: [ID 129642 kern.info] pseudo-device: fcsm0
May 12 14:46:03 pbfs01 genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] fcsm0 is /pseudo/fcsm@0
May 12 14:46:03 pbfs01 pseudo: [ID 129642 kern.info] pseudo-device: lofi0
May 12 14:46:03 pbfs01 genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] lofi0 is /pseudo/lofi@0
May 12 14:46:03 pbfs01 pseudo: [ID 129642 kern.info] pseudo-device: profile0
May 12 14:46:03 pbfs01 genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] profile0 is /pseudo/profile@0
May 12 14:46:03 pbfs01 pseudo: [ID 129642 kern.info] pseudo-device: systrace0
May 12 14:46:03 pbfs01 genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] systrace0 is /pseudo/systrace@0
May 12 14:46:03 pbfs01 pseudo: [ID 129642 kern.info] pseudo-device: fbt0
May 12 14:46:03 pbfs01 genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] fbt0 is /pseudo/fbt@0
May 12 14:46:03 pbfs01 pseudo: [ID 129642 kern.info] pseudo-device: sdt0
May 12 14:46:03 pbfs01 genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] sdt0 is /pseudo/sdt@0
May 12 14:46:03 pbfs01 pseudo: [ID 129642 kern.info] pseudo-device: fasttrap0
May 12 14:46:03 pbfs01 genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] fasttrap0 is /pseudo/fasttrap@0
May 12 14:46:04 pbfs01 pseudo: [ID 129642 kern.info] pseudo-device: fssnap0
May 12 14:46:04 pbfs01 genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] fssnap0 is /pseudo/fssnap@0
May 12 14:46:04 pbfs01 pseudo: [ID 129642 kern.info] pseudo-device: winlock0
May 12 14:46:04 pbfs01 genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] winlock0 is /pseudo/winlock@0
May 12 14:46:04 pbfs01 pseudo: [ID 129642 kern.info] pseudo-device: pm0
May 12 14:46:04 pbfs01 genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] pm0 is /pseudo/pm@0
May 12 14:46:04 pbfs01 ipf: [ID 774698 kern.info] IP Filter: v4.0.2, running.
(sorry for the long post)
Still no drives in smc or after issuing a format command.

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