External Raid drives not on desktop

I have just installed OS X and now my external SoftRaid Drives do not show up on the desktop. Any suggestions on how to get these to show up. I have contacted SoftRaid and they are trying to help but no luck so far.
These drives worked fine with Tiger but not after installation of OS X

do you see those drives in Finder? type shiftcommandG in Finder and enter
/Volumes in the popup. Do you see the drives listed in /Volumes? Also, do they show up in the sidebar?
Also, make sure that external drives are set to show up on the desktop in Finder preferences.
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