Intel raid controller ROM in MSI 875 updated yet?

Intel recently enabled the raid 1 option for the raid controller in their ICH5R chipset.
On the Intel website under the "Important information on Intel RAID Option ROM version" section Intel write the following:
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In order to fully utilize the new features included in version 3.5 of the Intel® Application Accelerator RAID Edition, Intel recommends that you first upgrade your system BIOS to one that includes version 3.5 of the Intel RAID Option ROM. You can obtain this system BIOS from your motherboard or system manufacturer.
The latest bios for my 875P Neo-FIS2R MS-6758 was released 2003-6-26 so I find it hard to believe that the 3.5 raid ROM is included since the software was (officially) released on 7-7-2003.
Furthermore I still have no raid 1 option when configuring my intel raid controller - only performance arrays can be set up.
When will MSI release a new bios with the latest Intel raid controller ROM?
Best regards
Andreas

I also humbly await the arrival of the (875P)6758 1.7 Bios update to enable RAID1......Any ideas on when we might get it?...any one?........eeerrrr...how about an ftp site address for a beta bios? anyone?..speak up I can't hear you back there........
Thanks
Polecat out

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P67A-GD55 Rev B3, When a new bios including Intel Raid Oprtion Rom 10.6.0.1091 ?
Hello,
I am the owner of a MSI motherboard P67A-GD55 (Rev B3).
The operating system Windows 7 Pro 64 bit is installed on a disk in AHCI OCZ Vertex 3120 Go SATA0 mounted on the port (version 3).
I get many bugs and blue screens.
This would be resolved with the latest driver Intel Rapid Storage Technology 10.6.0.1022.
It must been associated with a bios with the Intel RAID Option ROM 10.6.0.1091.
The latest bios for my motherboard is 1.E (or 1.14) version which includes Intel RAID Option ROM 10.5.0.1034.
Are there plans to release a new bios with the new ROM?
If not, is there a way to include the last Intel Option Rom in the bios 1.E?
Thank you in advance for your reply.
SM

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I get many bugs and blue screens.
This would be resolved with the latest driver Intel Rapid Storage Technology 10.6.0.1022.
It must been associated with a bios with the Intel RAID Option ROM 10.6.0.1091.
What bugs and blue screens?
If this was a major issue as such, then everyone would be complaining about this.
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Intel RAID error in Device Manager after updating Intel Matrix Storage Console

The latest in my catalogue of problems arose after updating Intel Matrix Storage Console (IMSC) ...
Lost my RAID volume, but both drives were OK. However, IMSC seemed to be freezing, so I thought I'd install the latest version from Intel. Once installed, it gave me errors saying a plug in was not found, followed by messages saying that the SATA and RAID drivers were not installed. Device Manager thinks the drivers are OK, but the yellow triangle with the ! is shown against the Intel RAID driver. Tried un-installing and re-installing the controller, updating the drivers, different versions of IMSC and still get the yellow triangle with the !
I have been having trouble with the RAID0 set up for weeks so wonder if it has finally died? I'm out of ideas. Can anyone help?
This post gives more details of the history and PC configuration: https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=121960.0

Quote from: NovJoe on 23-March-09, 14:53:31
Why don't you want to follow up with your previous thread?
It'll be confusing when you started multiple threads linking to the issue.
Sorry, I haven't posted here much so I'm not familiar with the protocols. I just thought it would be less confusing to make this a separate issue. I linked them to avoid duplicating info on my config & h/w

More than 4 IDE devices using the Raid controller on the MSI-6567 645E Max2-LRU ?

Here is the specs page of the board
http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/mainboard/mbd/pro_mbd_detail.php?UID=79
I have a HD and a CD-ROM drive on the first IDE controller, and an HD and a CD-writer on he second IDE controller
Since the specs say the board only supports 4 IDE devices I was wondering-
1) Can I connect another HD to one of the onboard Raid controllers, and work with it in addition to all the other IDE devices currently plugged in, without RAID?
i.e. CD-writer, CD-ROM, and 3 HD's working together ?
2) Can I connect 2 more HD's, one to each onboard RAID controller and have them work in raid in addition to all existing IDE deviced?
i.e. CD-writer, CD-ROM, 2 HD's and 2 more HD's in RAID format working together ?
Thanks in advance..

But like I said, I do not intend to connect CD-ROMS to the RAID controllers, only HD's - the CD-ROM and CD-Writer are currently connected to the normal IDE controllers and I don't plan on changing that in any case
My question was whether or not i can add more HD's to my current system by adding them to the RAID IDE's
simply put, to be 100% clear my question is this -
will the current configuration work:
IDE 1 = CD-ROM + HD1
IDE2 = CD-WRITER + HD2
RAID IDE1 = HD3
and will this one work:
IDE 1 = CD-ROM + HD1
IDE2 = CD-WRITER + HD2
RAID IDE1 = HD3
RAID IDE2 = HD4
when HD3&4 work in RAID mode
Thanks again for you help
RE your suggestion - why not put a CD-ROM and an HD on the same IDE ? that way my HD's are connected to different IDE controllers for better performance

Disk on MSI mobo RAID controller to another MSI mobo

Hello,
I'm running two drives in a non-raid setup but they are connected to the RAID controller on the K7N-Delta ILSR motherboard. What I was wondering is wheter I can reconnect these drives directly on the regular controllers without hitches. And can I expect these disks to work properly if i buy a new motherboard and connect them to the RAID controller on the new motherboard which has possibly a diffrent raid controller integrated.

Hello! If the RAID controller is different you might have a problem with a new mobo.
Is there anything obstructing you from saving the data somewhere else, when fixing the setup that you want? 'Thinking it could be a work-around to store selfcreated, important data and stuff on a regular cheapo IDE disk for a while. Updates and programs is not too hard to find, so there is no absolute need to copy and store those.

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875P Neo FIS2R-Slow boot with Raid on Intel + Raid on Promise

Hello all.
Here is the configuration I'm trying to set up (and almost did)
SI 875P Neo FIS2R,MS-6758 BIOS v2.4
P4 2.6 GHz HT
500W 6fan total
2x1G Kit DDR 400
2x74 G WD Raptor Raid0 (Intel S1-2) Win XP inst
2x36 G WD Raptor Raid0 (Promise S3-4)
GeCube X1600Pro
DVD-RW (IDE 2 )
Win XP SP2 (All latest updates installed)
I followed the instructions as they are listed in the sticky (great job btw) and configured the 2 SATA 74G WD Raptor on Intel Raid controller(serial1&2) as Raid0 and install WindowsXP Prof sp 2 on it.
Then I configured the 2 SATA 36G WD Raptor on Promise controller(serial3&4) as Raid0 and added this Raid to the existing WindowsXP installation.
This set up is working very good once I'm logged into Windows with no problems at all.
The glitch is that I need 3 min waiting time till I see the windows loading logo.
I have all the latest drivers installed also IAA and INFs and my bios is as the default values except the changes mentioned in the sticky
Onboard Promise IDE - as Raid
ON-Chip IDE Configuration:
Native Mode
SATA Only
Keep SATA Active - Yes
Keep PATA Active - Yes
PATA Channel selection - Both
Configure SATA as Raid - Yes
I did the Win XP installation twice till now, taking care to install INFs and drivers in the right order but the result is the same...3-5 mins till I have a fully operational windows environment and after that all is running like a dream.
Now, I've searched in the forum and saw that many more people have the same problem but never read the solution to it, so if someone has ever found the way to solve this or has the same configuration please tell me how he did it. Even if someone knows that it can't be solved just drop me a line telling me so. Altough the system is running smoothly I find the 3 min waiting time unacceptable and frustrating. I've run out of ideas so please help me.
Thanks in advance

Hello Blazer and thank you for replying.
Answering one at a time...
are both raid arrays setup with the same stripe size?--> Yes Both arrays are configured at 16k stripes
do you see both the intel and the promise bios setup screens?-->Yes both screens (Intel(R) RAID... and Fast Built (tm) ...)appear almost instantly after MSI's logo screen showing my Raid arrays in Normal status. The delay starts after the Promise's screen till the Windows Loading logo screen.
how is the raid bootable drive identified in the boot from menu?-->
Boot Device Priority:
1st BBS-0 (Raid): Intel <name> (---> this is the OS drive on Intel controller)
2nd Disabled
3rd Disabled
Try other boot devices NO
I have also the option to select the the Drive on Promise which shows as BBS-1 (Raid) FT 378 Ary 1 but I have left it out cause it doesn't have the OS on it.
is the OS drive labeled as C: and seen as 200GB drive [as one] from the four drive array]--> No as it shouldn't cause these are two different Raid Arrays. The first Raid on Intel's controller with the 2x74G WD Disks indeed shows as one C: 137 G and has the OS on it. The second on Promise controller with 2x36G WD Disks also shows as one D: 70G.These are two separate Arrays with 2 disks each and they show as indented.
is network boot enabled causing a delayed boot?--> I don't quit understand what you mean. In case you mean what happens if I unplug the 2 disks from the promise controller then yes if I do that the system boots fast in the Windows even if I leave the Bios setting "configure promise as raid"!!!
My problem is similar with this post: https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=69994.0
other posts that have reported the same trouble:
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=94944.msg683258#msg683258
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=81901.0
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=66662.0
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=98005.0 ---> I wish it was that simple, I did it as with all other drivers
I hope that info helps you helping me.

Intel raid, find the failing (but not failed) drive?

One of my two Seagate drives is failing, I get intermittent system 'hangs', drive clicking, and the following error in event viewer:
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"The device, \Device\Ide\iaStor0, did not respond within the timeout period.
When I built the system I created two volumes from my two hard drives. The first volume is a Raid 1 mirror set for my root drive. The second volume is a raid 0 stripe for my non-important stuff. The two volumes are named "Root_Mirror" and "Data_Stripe"
Here's the problem, How do I know which drive is on its way out? I believe the event viewer error is complaining about the mirrored volume set (iaStor0 = "Root_Mirror" volume?), but how do I prove this? (I am correct in thinking that WinXP talks to the Intel raid controller, the raid controller talks to the hard drives. Consequently WinXP can only report errors about the raid volume, not the underlying physical hardware.
I have a strong background in unix (Sun Solaris) disk and volume management. If this was a work machine, I'd run an "iostat -En" look at the error count for each device, then determine which lun was having problems. Once I know which lun is in trouble, I'd run a health check on the lun via the array management software (RM6 or whatever). I don't see these tools in WinXP or the Intel Matrix driver...
Here is a system report from the Intel Matrix storage console if it helps:
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System Information
Kit Installed: 6.0.0.1022
Kit Install History: 6.0.0.1022
Shell Version: 6.0.0.1022
OS Name: Microsoft Windows XP Professional
OS Version: 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
System Name: C2D6600
System Manufacturer: MICRO-STAR INT'L
System Model: MS-7238
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6600 @ 2.40GHz
BIOS Version/Date: American Megatrends Inc. V1.2, 11/08/2006
Language: ENU
Intel(R) RAID Technology
Intel RAID Controller: Intel(R) ICH8R/DO/DH SATA RAID Controller
Number of Serial ATA ports: 6
RAID Option ROM Version: 6.1.0.1002
Driver Version: 6.0.0.1022
RAID Plug-In Version: 6.0.0.1022
Language Resource Version of the RAID Plug-In: 6.0.0.1022
Create Volume Wizard Version: 6.0.0.1022
Language Resource Version of the Create Volume Wizard: 6.0.0.1022
Create Volume from Existing Hard Drive Wizard Version: 6.0.0.1022
Language Resource Version of the Create Volume from Existing Hard Drive Wizard: 6.0.0.1022
Modify Volume Wizard Version: 6.0.0.1022
Language Resource Version of the Modify Volume Wizard: 6.0.0.1022
Delete Volume Wizard Version: 6.0.0.1022
Language Resource Version of the Delete Volume Wizard: 6.0.0.1022
ISDI Library Version: 6.0.0.1022
Event Monitor User Notification Tool Version: 6.0.0.1022
Language Resource Version of the Event Monitor User Notification Tool: 6.0.0.1022
Event Monitor Version: 6.0.0.1022
Array_0000
Status: No active migration(s)
Hard Drive Write Cache Enabled: Yes
Size: 596.1 GB
Free Space: 0 GB
Number of Hard Drives: 2
Hard Drive Member 1: ST3320620AS
Hard Drive Member 2: ST3320620AS
Number of Volumes: 2
Volume Member 1: Root_Mirror
Volume Member 2: Data_Stripe
Root_Mirror
Status: Normal
System Volume: Yes
Volume Write-Back Cache Enabled: Yes
RAID Level: RAID 1 (mirroring)
Size: 100 GB
Number of Hard Drives: 2
Hard Drive Member 1: ST3320620AS
Hard Drive Member 2: ST3320620AS
Parent Array: Array_0000
Data_Stripe
Status: Normal
System Volume: No
Volume Write-Back Cache Enabled: Yes
RAID Level: RAID 0 (striping)
Strip Size: 128 KB
Size: 396.1 GB
Number of Hard Drives: 2
Hard Drive Member 1: ST3320620AS
Hard Drive Member 2: ST3320620AS
Parent Array: Array_0000
Hard Drive 0
Usage: Array member
Status: Normal
Device Port: 0
Device Port Location: Internal
Current Serial ATA Transfer Mode: Generation 1
Model: ST3320620AS
Serial Number: 5QF1FGRZ
Firmware: 3.AAE
Native Command Queuing Support: Yes
Hard Drive Write Cache Enabled: Yes
Size: 298 GB
Number of Volumes: 2
Volume Member 1: Root_Mirror
Volume Member 2: Data_Stripe
Parent Array: Array_0000
Hard Drive 1
Usage: Array member
Status: Normal
Device Port: 1
Device Port Location: Internal
Current Serial ATA Transfer Mode: Generation 1
Model: ST3320620AS
Serial Number: 5QF1G7GE
Firmware: 3.AAE
Native Command Queuing Support: Yes
Hard Drive Write Cache Enabled: Yes
Size: 298 GB
Number of Volumes: 2
Volume Member 1: Root_Mirror
Volume Member 2: Data_Stripe
Parent Array: Array_0000
Unused Port 0
Device Port: 2
Device Port Location: Internal
Unused Port 1
Device Port: 3
Device Port Location: Internal
Unused Port 2
Device Port: 4
Device Port Location: Internal
Unused Port 3
Device Port: 5
Device Port Location: Internal

Well, I found a way to identify a failing drive, but it is not pretty..
download Seagate's "Seatools"
burn Seatools to bootable cd
go into bios / Integrated peripherals / on-chip ATA devices / change from "raid" to "ide"
F11 boot to cdrom
run Seatools quick check to almost instantly identify the failing drive.
run Seatools extended test to find a whole SLEW of failed sectors :shocking:
reboot back into bios, Integrated peripherals / on-chip ATA devices / change back to "raid" (pray this won't blow away your data, which it didn't but you don't know that until you do it once
setup RMA refund thru Newegg, order replacement drive, and hope new drive makes it before old drive goes belly up.
while patiently waiting for new drive, sit in amazement that the Intel matrix driver ignores all the errors that Seatools found in a matter of seconds..
Here's a question. Should I be pissed that the Intel raid controller isn't reporting a bunch of errors, or should I be excited that the Intel raid contorller can keep a raid 0 stripe functioning with a clearly failing disk drive. (is it a bug or a feature????)
{sigh}

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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Possible to update Z77A GD65 bios with latest intel raid rom?

I was wondering how difficult it is to update the bios myself with the new intel beta rom?

Quote from: Daffy101 on 10-June-12, 00:29:04
I was wondering how difficult it is to update the bios myself with the new intel beta rom?
Try this one. It's based on the e7751ims.a43 with the following updated components:
1. intel me firmware 8.0.10.1464 (stock: 8.0.3.1427)
2. intel raid orom 11.1.0.1413 (stock: 11.0.0.1339)
3. sandy bridge microcode 0x28 (stock: 0x25)
4. ivy birdge microcode 0x12 (stock: 0x10)
I've NOT tested it because I don't have z77 motherboard but it should work fine. However I'll not be held responsible about any direct or indirect damages to (but not limited to) your board resulting from flashing and/or using this bios. USE IT AT YOUR OWN RISK!
The checksum of the modded file e7751ims-mod1.a43 is:
Code: [Select]
SHA-256: f420998b3dba8a3eb68afcafeeae8297ce279d3dbd95ae88296c35d1259d4fd8
hXXX://world-wide-web.sendspace.com/file/l539gt

[SOLVED] P67A-GD65 mainboard missing Intel RAID Rom after updating BIOS

I use 2 HDDs to build a RAID 0 array using Intel P67 RAID driver. I've just updated the BIOS to the 1.I version, and after that my computer can't boot up, showing the message "Missing Operating System". I booted into DOS and failed to read my hard disk, combining with that the Intel Matrix Storage Manager Option ROM didn't show up during the POST (which prompts me to press Ctrl-I to enter the RAID configuration before I updated the BIOS), I think it's the Intel RAID driver's problem. However, the Marvell RAID's prompt still shows, so the Marvell RAID should still work well. I encountered the same problem the last time I updated the BIOS, but I forgot how I got it well again... Please help. Thanks a lot!
I didn't noticed that my BIOS settings had been reset after I updated the BIOS, so I should manually changed the SATA mode to RAID. I was required to run a system recovery after I set the SATA mode back to RAID since the system failed to load, and Windows re-installed the USB3.0 driver after the first boot after the update (I don't know why this is). And the problem solved. Hope this is helpful to guys have similar problem as me.

Please post the full system specs.
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KT4 Ultra (6590) need update of the Promise SATA RAID Controller PDC20376

The last Bios update AMI 1.4 for the KT4 Ultra (6590) have built in the bios version 1.00.0.18 for the PDC20376 (Promise 376).
I can configure 2 maxtor (6E040T0) sata1 in a raid0 array and it works under WinXP SP3,
but the 2 drives are working in UDMA5 according to the FastBuild Utility when the motherboard specifications talks about 150Mb (SATA1).
It's not an OS problem because the FastBuild Utility at Bios startup show the UDMA5 mode for HDD.
It's not a Maxtor 6E040T0 (SATA1) problem because have no jumper to set.
The Promise support center don't provide support for built in raid controller but the responce was that it's related to a known bios issue of the controller, so i have to update.
For the last Bios version for the S150 TX4 controller look at:
http://promise.com/support/download/download2_eng.asp?productId=108&category=all&os=100&go=GO
It's impossible to update the bios with the promise tool because the controller is integrated in the motherboard.
I read for example than on the motherboard K7N2 Delta-ILSR the bios version of the Promise 376 controller is 1.00.0.21:
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=92756.msg665966#msg665966
I think the only solution is a modding bios, where i have to replace only the Promise controller bios but:
1) The tool amibcp.exe can't open the A6590VMS.140 AMI bios (renamed .rom), i don't know why!!!
2) What promise controller bios rom file is good?
Can anyone out there help . . . please ?

This is my results compared to my other UDMA6 HDD on IDE1, HDTach long bench stop with "Read Error" and only quick bench works.
The version of the Controller driver under WinXP-SP3 is 1.0.1.29 and I configured the driver in the PAM Utility with:
"Driver Write Cache" enabled and "Write Back" as cache settings (The 2 Maxtor SATA1 in RAID have 2MB of cache, but i don't know How many cache have the controller!!).
The Burst Speed is too strange!!! quick bench error?
I made it so your image is clickable.
-Frankenputer

HELP! INTEL ICH5R Controller/S-ATA - "No RAID"

Hi to all who gave me advice for setting up two S-ATA drives on the Intel ICH5R controller with "NO" RAID. I really need some help.
Well, I got my two "NEW" S-ATA drives this afternoon and after following the advice given by several users in this thread, I'm having ptoblems trying to install Windows XP and I'm getting messages like "missing operating system", "Invalid system disk, (when XP CD is in CD drive) replace the disk and press any key", so I need some help please.
Ok, I setup the BIOS settings in Integrated Perpherals/On-Chip IDE Configuration to:
Mode: NATIVE
ATA Configuration: S-ATA Only
Keep S-ATA Enabled: YES
Keep P-ATA Enabled: YES
P-ATA Channel Selection: BOTH
Configure S-ATA as RAID: NO
BTW, given that I will have two Seagate S-ATA drives on SER1 & SER2 and one P-ATA drive (LG CDRW) on IDE1 as Master and the other P-ATA drive (LG DVD) on IDE2 as Master, I was just wondering if the "other options" in "On-Chip IDE Configuration" may be causing my problems and need to be altered and if so, what to?
I.e. "Combined Mode Option" and S-ATA Ports Definition"
I then switched off the computer and connected my two Seagate S-ATA drives
(ST380013AS 7200.7 80GB on SER1 & ST3120026AS 7200.7 120GB on SER2).
I turned on computer and drives were shown on POST screen as "Third IDE Master (80GB) and 4th IDE Master (120GB). I then entered BIOS to check if they were shown and they were and I selected the "ST380013AS 7200.7 80GB drive" as my 3rd boot device with the CD as my first boot device and the floppy as my second.
BOTH drives were already set to "AUTO", but the label on the physical drives states that you should choose "AUTO" and enable "LARGE BLOCK ADDRESSING (LBA), but I could not see an option for this. I did not get any software with the disk but the drive label states that you chould use "Disc Wizard" but I did not have this so I used an updated Boot Floppy that works with drives up to 137GB. I FDISK'd the 80GB drive and formatted it to FAT32 (although I would not normally do this because XP setup always finds my new partitioned ATA133 drives and starts setup and then formats it).
Note: During format, the drive was shown as "Formatting 10,780.56M" and for an 80GB drive, this did not seem right but after formatting, it showed as 76,297,91MB total disk space. FDISK showed the drive as 76,317MBytes.
Also in the BIOS, the 80GB drive is shown with "CYLINDERS:38309", "HEADS:16", SECTORS:255", MAXIMUM CAPACITY:80GB and "WRITE PRECOMPENSATION:(nothing was shown for this - what is this and should there be a reading for it)?
I then restarted the computer with the XP CD in the Master CD drive and the cd was found and showed "Press any key to continue......" but this was quickly followed by "Invalid System Disk - Replace the disk and press any key".
I tried this many times but always get the same message. Can anyone who has setup S-ATA drives on ICH5R with "no RAID" and then installed a fresh copy of XP, please help, or anyone who can help with this, I would be very grateful.
Regards
Brave01Heart

Hi
Ok, I have some more information regarding the Intel ICH5R Controller and S-ATA drives.
I tried your suggestions of " Both SATA+PATA in "On-Chip IDE Config"...." and also a few others, but it made no difference and I still got "invalid disk message". Some changes like "P-ATA only" made my CDRW/DVD drives not show up during POST or in the BIOS or My Computer.
I then used the original advice I was given:
Mode: NATIVE
ATA Configuration: S-ATA Only
Keep S-ATA Enabled: YES
Keep P-ATA Enabled: YES
P-ATA Channel Selection: BOTH
Configure S-ATA as RAID: NO
but also changed "Combined Mode Option" to "S-ATA 1st Channel and the "S-ATA Ports Definition" to P0-1st. /P1-2nd. I then inserted the XP CD and restarted the computer and this time XP installation went ahead without any 'invalid disk' messages and XP was installed without problems but I have noticed a few weird things which I would like some help with please, especially Q1:
Q1: During POST, both my S-ATA drives which are on SER1 & SER2, were shown as the Third and Fourth IDE Masters and as UDMA 5. Surely this can't be correct?
I know ATA133 is UDMA 6 and the S-ATA drives are supposed to run at 150Mb/sec but I don't know if there is a standard for that speed at the moment but it should not be shown as UDMA 5 on POST and also in Device Manager? At the very least it should be UDMA 6?
Q2: In Device Manager/IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers, it shows:
Primary IDE Channel
Device 0 Current Transfer Mode: Ultra DMA 5 (S-ATA 80GB Drive)
Device 1 Current Transfer Mode: Not applicale
Primary IDE Channel
Device 0 Current Transfer Mode: Not applicable
Device 1 Current Transfer Mode: Not applicable
Secondary IDE Channel
Device 0 Current Transfer Mode: Ultra DMA 5 (S-ATA 120GB Drive)
Device 1 Current Transfer Mode: Not applicable
Secondary IDE Channel
Device 0 Current Transfer Mode: Ultra DMA 2 (LG CDRW Drive)
Device 1 Current Transfer Mode: Ultra DMA 2 (LG DVD Drive)
??Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller?
??Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller?
?? After installing the Intel .INF Update, these entries changed to "Intel 82801EB Ultra ATA Storage Controllers". With my two previous ATA133 drives installed in the same computer, there was only one "Intel 82801EB Ultra ATA Storage Controllers" in Device Manager, so with the S-ATA drives installed, why are there now two entries in Device Manager?
Q3: In "My Computer", the total capacity of my Seagate S-ATA 80GB drive is shown as 74.5GB (80,015,491,072 Bytes). Iknow that the CMOS value is considerably less that the purchased disk size, but where has the other 4.5GB gone?
Q4: What is the purpose of the second "Primary IDE Channel" entry in Device Manager?
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Brave01Heart

Intel(R) ESB2 SATA RAID Controller not working out of the box

Dear all,
I'm using, for my tests, an old server with a supermicro X7DBN Server motherboard.
This motherboard comes with an embedded Intel(R) ESB2 SATA RAID Controller.
When I try a native installation from the technical preview DVD it sees the RAID1 volume that has been created (2 disk mirror) but when I select it to proceed with the installation there is an unknown error stating that it's impossible to write to this disk.
The same installation works perfectly with 2012R2 and the out of the box driver provided bin the install media.
An update from the previously installed 2012R2 to the Windows Server Technical Preview also works without problem.
It would make sens for MS to revert to the driver version embedded in 2012R2 for Intel(R) ESB2 SATA RAID Controller which is:
Name : Intel(R) ESB2 SATA RAID Controller
Date : 10.08.2010
Version : 8.6.2.1025
inf section : iaStor_Inst_RAID
Device ID : PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2682&CC_0104

Hi,
Thank you for the information. As you said from the behavior it seems that the build-in drivers of Windows Server Technical Preview will not work with the specific motherboard hence the RAID1 cannot work well.
I'll log the issue down.
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MSI K9N2 Diamond 780a & On Board Raid Controller

So like to know anyone would know why Raid 0 setup with 4 Seagate ST3250410AS would have get corrupted BOOTMGR & BCD after few day on idle time. Since I build this system with pair of 9800Gx2 and AMD 955, always had issue with the raid. Just to be getting worst over time. System seem to crash out and this is a clean install of Window 7 64bit with nothing but drivers. Reboot, show only channel 2 SATA drive failed and sit there waiting for me to fix it. Now every drive been tested and two have been replace by Seagate to to rule out two drives. No matter what drive in channel 2 SATA still will fail on that channel. I've already replaced cables on the drive, nothing change it. Seagate no longer willing to work with me saying Nvidia issue. MSI wont support board seeing no longer being made. Video card, CPU, Motherboard all have been replace this year under RMA. So seeing there new parts and clean OS, I can't think of anything on top of my head that would cause this.
Love to know anyone else as had problems with this chipset or think of idea to try.
Foxler of Furry Fandom

Quote from: Jack on 02-December-10, 16:32:26
PSU maybe? What kind of device are you using (brand & model name)?
If it was PSU, would have lot more issue than Raid.
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W0158RU - Video Cards
Quote from: Bas on 02-December-10, 20:21:07
One of the drives gone bad?
As stated dosen't matter which of the drives are in channel 2 Sata, it always fail on that channel. All drives been tested, two were replace by Seagate just because I felt they were bad. Had +20k hours on them. Once you power down, the array would come back to normal.
Quote from: Fredrik on 02-December-10, 21:51:57
Yeah. Just a thought, are they all jumpered the same? Try SATA 1. And we know Windows 7 has had issues with RAID 0 setups before, so go search for an updated driver.
Lulz, Nvidia hasn't update there drivers since last year. So there no update for 780a chipset. I run a 4 drive setup on MSI 890FX been fine to this day. Seeing only happen when the system in idle, I've believing there some power management kicking in on the chipset, even so I have power profile set to "always" on everything.
I'm to that point were dropping all Nvidia support in my shop. Since 590SLI boards there as been bug and bug with all there chipset and video cards.
Hybrid SLI - (Only Issue In High Clock RAM)
GeForce Boost
590, 680a, 750a, 780a Raid Issue ( got 6 boxes of good motherboard, that I had to replace out because Raid controller.
Driver for 196.75 stop some video cards fan, took my 9800GX2 and got 2 8800GT, and 9800GTX+ that failed in other builds from that update.
Mobile GPU issue since GeForce 8xxx line, just ask HP, Apple, and my 9800m GTS, 480m GTX SLI setup.
Dropping support holder, as we all know BFG and XFX no longer have Nvidia video cards. BFG lost sales over OEM video cards and killed company. XFX started to sell ATI base, then Nvidia wouldn't sell them new Fremi cards. I'm glad I only put MSI video cards in all system I've built for myself and other. BFG no longer up holding to the warranty on there cards.
More work than I need ~sigh~
Foxler

Intel raid controller ROM in MSI 875 updated yet?

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