K9A2 Platinum Raid 0 Setup

Setup:
K9A2 Platinum
Phenom 9850 BE
4 GB GSkill 1066 4 x 1GB
2 WD caviar SATA HD (in RAID 0 - I think??)
LITEON BD Player
Rosewill 850W PSU
Sapphire 3870 HD x2 in Crossfire
I connected the 2 HDD to the 5&6 SATA ports, set them on Promise controller both to RAID 0 and reloaded Windows Vista 64 bit. I manually loaded the RAID driver during the Windows load from the MSI disk that came with MBO. Everything seems ok. Windows only sees a C drive, but on Device Manager sees both drives as a 1+0 RAID device in Raid 0 - this also shows up on Fast Build Utility as LD1 and 2 and both 1+0 RAID device RAID 0. Don't really notice any improvement in load times. Is the RAID setup correctly? Is there a way to improve the speed? When I run the Windows Vista performance test - HDD speed rating is only 5.7.
Thanks for any help

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K9A2 Platinum Raid 1 Setup / Installation Problem

I'm trying to setup a raid 1 with my new K9A2 Platinum board. I would prefer to use the promise controller but have had no luck with the SB600 or Promise.
My PC:
2 gig GSkill Ram 800mhz
2 Identical Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 hard drives
750w Corsair psu
AMD 5200+
Vista Home Premium
GeForce 8600GT
The first hard drive has everything loaded on it including all my business and personal data, so I don't want to reformat and start over with that drive. I just want to add another drive as a mirror for redundancy purposes.
Symptoms:
I can't select my RAID configuration in the Fastbuild Utility. It will show me the current drives as connected, Model, Capabilities, Capacity, RAID mode (showing JBOD), and Status (Functional). The bottom of the screen doesn't give me any options, it just says "Any Key to Continue" at which point it brings me back to the main page of Fastbuild. I have a pictures of the relevent screens, just haven't figured out how to post them here.
What I've already tried:
Enabled the SB600 as Raid while drives plugged into SATA1 and SATA2. (once each with Onboard controller Enabled and Disabled)
Enabled the OnBoard Controller while drives plugged into SATA5 and SATA6 (once each with SB600 set as RAID, set as IDE, and Disabled)
So how do I select RAID 1 as my configuration?
TIA.

Steps to RAID 1:
1) Backup your data to a third drive.
2) Connect both Seagate drives to the Promise controller.
3) Enable the Promise controller in your BIOS.
4) Enter the FastBuild utility using CTRL + F.
5) Select 'Define Array' (I believe it's option # 3).
6) Define parameters and asign drives to the array
7) Save and reboot.
The RAID 1 array is now active. If you plan to install an OS on it, you will need to load a driver during setup. For WinXP you will need to use a floppy and F6, for Vista you can use other media as well (CD-ROM, USB stick, etc.).
If you plan to run your OS from a third drive, you will just need to boot to the OS and access the Drive Manager. Create a partition on the RAID 1 array, the OS will format the array and it will prompt you to reboot when finished.
Regarding the external drive, it's best to use a hard drive of choice and an eSATA external enclosure. I use an ICY IB-351 BL Series for example, it has eSATA, Firewire and USB 2.0. I also have a Cooler Master X-Craft, same idea. It might come in handy to be able to swap drives...

K9A2 Platinum Raid problem

Hi i have 4 days trying to install my new system. And the mobo do not want to recognize the drives in sata 5 and 6, those controlled by promise.
My system specs:
Phenom 9600
MSI k9a2 platinum
6 samsung hard drives SATAII 7200 rpm
8gb ram Corsair Dominator 1066 MHZ
2 x Diamond ati HD3870 512 mb GDDR4
Thermal take toughpower 850W PSU
I want to run:
RAID 1+0 With 4 drives of 320GB each using sb600 controller
and two 320 GB single drives, NON RAID on the promise controller.
How can i run this config on my mobo? it is possible? i need detailed bios settings for this please.
Second alternative config:
Raid 0 on sb600 using 4 disk
Raid 1 on promise using 2 disks
I have 6 drives in total and want to use them all.
Right now if I enable additional raid config on BIOS my sb600 controller only detect disks on the 1 and 3 ports, but doesnt see the 2 and 4 ports. Also i cant see the 5 and 6 ports anywhere in the bios or in the ctrl-f raid utility.
My bios version is 1.3
Any help?

hi, you could use the promise controller for your raid array using the rear esata connectors (with a esata to sata cable) and in side ports 5-6, use the sb600 not in raid for the other drives, like bas was saying each controller has it own bios, so what that means is if promise raid is on (sb600 off) the drives would show up in the promise raid setup and the other way around (drives in the SB600 RAID set up) and also if both raid controllers are off the drives show up in the main board bios. once i did have both controllers run through their setup at the same time but i got "some memory ran out of room" message after post,..
anyway so you should be able to do what you want, but use the promise for raid and sb600 for not, that way only one raid controller is on.

K9N2 SLI Platinum raid setup after bios flash

Hi
I'm building a new system based on K9N2 SLI Platinum. Apart from a new 80 GB sys. HDD everything else is reuse from another MB (MSI K9N Platinum).
Here is what is puzling me: Before trying to install WinXP i flashed the bios to 3.2 because of the included updates to the raid bios. Flashing went well, however in my setup I want the 80 GB HDD to be non-raid and the two 320 GB HDD to be raid1. I've set this up in bios so that only channel 5 and 6 is enabled for raid and would expect that the 80 GB HDD (channel 1) would show up as a normal sata HDD when starting up. But it doesn't - it is listed as 0.0 xxxx after the "press F10 to enter raid setup" message?
This is strange because I had the same HDD setup on my old MSI K9N Platinum and there the 80 GB sata HDD was shown as a "normal" disk and not as a "appendix" to the raid list.
Because of this I have problems installing WinXP on the 80 GB HDD
Any suggestions?

Hi BOSSKILLER
Thanks for your quick response.
Quote from: BOSSKILLER on 12-August-08, 00:14:44
Well, leave the 80GB only and install XP over it.
Then connect other two HDD's and enable RAID for them.
Unfortunately this didn't help. As soon as I installed the Windows nVidia RAID SW it prompted med that it had registered the 80 GB disk as a new disk that wasn't a member of any RAID. This happened everytime Windows XP was started.
The trick was to add the 80 GB disk as a Spanned disk using the nVidia RAID BIOS setup utility. Install Windows XP (again) and the Windows nVidia RAID SW and setup RAID 1 on the other two sata disk.
I don't think this is a great setup but it works. I hope that MSI will fix this issue in a later BIOS upgrade. It would be nice if the enabled/disabled for sata RAID setting actually worked.

P6n sli platinum (raid setup "issues")

got 2# 320 gig seagates formated and ready (sata)
the system was up and running fine on 1 hard drive and windows xp-pro
reformated 1st hard drive and want to re-install XP but in raid O now...............
I am booting from my floppies, when instructed to hit F6 to install raid controllers off another floppy....
the damn system won't allow me...... I hit f6 quite a bit and can never get into the installation of the raid controllers?
any ideas?

I can remember having a similar issue when I installed a RAID system for the first time. It turned out to be the keyboard. I had a MS keyboad and it turns off the F-Keys on defult. There is a function key toggle button just to the right of the f-keys. you need to hit it as soon as the bios shows up on the screen. then you should be able to get the F6 key to work.
also, make sure you have the raid turned on for your drives in the system bios, then you need to activate the raid volume in the raid bios.
hope this helps.

K9a platinum raid setup options?

few quick questions.
for raid 0 what do the following options mean?
gigabyte boundary? default is on. should it be?
next is fast write default is off but i turned it on?
stripe/block size? is smaller better or bigger better?
lastly, can i partition a raid 0 array? or is it a bad idea?
thanx.
p.s. i already set mine up but maybe when i upgrade to vista later i would like to have a better understanding of it.
i set my boundary to on, my fast write to on and my stripe/block size to 64k since it matches the block size for my NTFS. drives are 2 wd 150 gb raptors.

Quote from: msiguy on 26-September-07, 08:31:02
few quick questions.
for raid 0 what do the following options mean?
gigabyte boundary? default is on. should it be?
It means that the raid-size is in GB's only and not parts of them. Just leave it like it is. No reason to mess around with it.
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next is fast write default is off but i turned it on?
I don't know what it does exactly, but I suppose it has to do with the way data is written to the array. I'd leave it at the default value for now.
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stripe/block size? is smaller better or bigger better?
There is no good answer to that. You need to understand first how a striped array works. For example: if you have a raid 0 with two disks, the following situation exists. When the blocksize is set to 64kB and you write a 128kB file, the file is split in two 64kB parts. Those parts are written to both disks at the same time. So, disk A receives one part and disk B receives the other part at the same time. Now, the smaller the blocksize is set, the more files will be split. (You see, a 64kB file cannot be split in smaller pieces, since it is equal to the block size of the RAID-0).
So, the answer is something like this: if you use many small files, setting a small blocksize is better (for example, when you install Windows on the RAID). When you use it for data storage (many large files), larger blocksizes are better. If you are not sure, set it to 64 or Auto.
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lastly, can i partition a raid 0 array? or is it a bad idea?
Yes, you can. No problem.
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thanx.
You're welcome!
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p.s. i already set mine up but maybe when i upgrade to vista later i would like to have a better understanding of it.
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I hope you will wait a bit with that ....
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i set my boundary to on, my fast write to on and my stripe/block size to 64k since it matches the block size for my NTFS. drives are 2 wd 150 gb raptors.
If it is working fine now, just leave it alone.
Note this: if one of your disks gets damaged, or when data is lost from it, you will lose the whole RAID array and all the data on it. So, it is important to backup everything regularly.

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How to Setup RAID 0 on K9A2 Platinum using SATA 5&6 Promise Controller

Setup:
MSI K9A2 Platinum
2 x Sapphire 3870 HD in Crossfire Mode
2 x 500 GB WD Caviar Hard drives ( I want to put these in RAID 0)
Pioneer 115DBK DVD Burner
LITEON BD/DVD Player SATA
Phenom 9850
GSKILL 4 GB 1066
Antec P182 Case
Rosewill 850 W Power Supply
Windows Vista 64 bit
I am trying to set the RAID up on the PROMISE SATA ports 5&6. I have enabled the additional RAID controller in the BIOS and set the SATA controller to RAID. One drive shows up as JBOD and I can set the other to RAID 0 in the Fast Track utility. What do I need to do to change the JBOD to RAID? I'm sure its showing that I am a newbie at this and first RAID attempt. It's a new setup so I don't mind having to re-load VISTA.
Additionally - I cannot get the IDE DVD burner to work. If there is any obvious fix for this I'd appreciate input. The SATA BD Player works just fine.
Thanks for any advice!

Sorry, my explanation seems to be too short... some remarks:
- Yes, you need to go to the Promnise Setup prgram like you say;
- Yes, you have to delete the JBOD-array, but you also need to delete the RAID-0 array. Both drives become available now to setup RAID.
- Make a new striping (0) array and select both drives to use -> make array and reboot.
- go into bios and select the RAID-0 array as second boot device and your DVD/CD as first boot device (for now);
- reboot and boot off the Vista Setup CD/DVD.
- Wait until Vista asks to select the drive to install to. It will show you the RAID-array or it will show you nothing. If it shows you noting (and I bet it won't ), then choose to manually install a driver. Now, you can select the Promise driver to use. Vista will load it and recognize your RAID array. Select the array and tell Vista to install.
- Now start hoping that it will work out!
Good luck!!

Question about Raid set up with (SB600) K9A2 Platinum V 1.0

I am having trouble setting up my raid. I am using Windows XP Pro and go through the usual set up procedures using F6 command then installing the drivers etc. Once I get everything up and running installed on Raid 0 the computer works very well for a few days. Then later BSOD. The first was a 0000007b stop error, then I got the system back up again only to have it a few days then another BSOD 00000024 stop error. This time I was not able to bring it back. I thought my problem was linked to a RAM issue as I was using OCZ PC2 6400 DDR2 OCZ2G8008GQ (2X2GB). The reason I thought this was when I went to the motherboard site for approved ram, this ram was not there, then on OCZ site it was also not tested, then I went to newegg and used thier motherboard ram compatability screener and it did not show up either. So I bought the Giel ram and am now trying to set it back up again though I could not get it back still. So I finally just reformatted the drives (using another computer and a hard drive enclosure)and am getting ready to reinstall everything. I want to make sure I am using the right SB600 drivers for my application. I should be selecting AHCI X86 or x64. This does pertain to the operating system (I am using Win XP 32 Bit) or the processor (I am using the Kuma Athlon X2 7750 2.7Ghz)
I believe I should be selecting the x86 drivers when installing windows. Am I right? I just want to make sure I do not screw anything up so as to bring on the horrible BSODs again. I realize this could be some driver issue as well that could have caused this. I did everything I could to make sure it was not the hard drives.
The last question I have is: In order to ensure proper operation of the dual channel ram, (I have read the book, still confused a bit), I must install the ram with one stick in the first slot nearest the CPU and the other in the first slot of the opposite color? In this case Green/Orange slots.
Mainboard: MSI K9A2 Platinum 790FX
CPU: Athlon X2 Kuma 7750 AM2+ 2.7Ghz Processor
CPU-Cooler: Factory Supplied
RAM: 4GB (2X2GB) G Skill F2-8500CL5D-4GBPI DDR2-1066 Dual Channel
GPU: AMD790FX
VIDEO: PowerColor HD4830 512MB GDDR3
HDD: 2 Velociraptor 150 10000 rpm drives WD1500HLFS
DVD: ASUS DRW-22B1LT SATA Drive
Floppy: YES
Power Supply: CORSAIR CMPSU-650TX 650W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready
OS: Windows XP Pro SP1 (Updated to SP3)

I was just trying to obtain the fastest load times/install times. When the machine was first running it was very quick with no cpu temps running beyond 34C, no abnormal performance. This is my wifes computer though. Things began to go astray after she updated through windows update to SP3. I am now using a slipstreamed CD with SP3 already on it. She said she was clicking on the internet explorer "E" icon and it just shut off. THen when it rebooted (it was still set that way in windows recovery) it started loading windows then BSOD 0000007b error. I fixed it by finally getting into windows recovery and running fixboot, then fixmbr, then chkdsk /r /f. It started working fine again. Then later maybe two days later it happend again this time wihtout the restarting. She was working on something else this time and it shutdown again. This time when it tried ot reload windows I was getting the ntfs.sys issue with a 00000024 stop error. I could not do the same magic with windows recovery any longer. When I tried it indicated it repaired the boot, the mbr, but when I tried to run the chkdsk, it gave me disk read errors, such as "this disk has unrecoverable errors". I used Western Digital test programs on the drives by removing them and installing them into an enclosure and taking them to a good computer. One drive I could see in windows and it reflected 140G/B, the other would pick up but not in my computer. It also showed the drive as having the entire quantity as the RAID together had of 298G/B versus the real size of the drive 150G/B. I just figured that was the drive that was set up as LD 1 in the RAID setup (prior to windows) and possible was the drive with he boot sector on it??? I could get another drive and include it into the array, but then just figure I will have to worry about 3 drives versus 2. She keeps improtant backup stuff on an external drive. I will tone down the ram to 800. Should I set the latency in Bios though to the 5-5-5-15? or just leave everything at auto like I hade done before? Though this ram is new and was not in the computer when this happened. I had replaced the other OCZ Gold stuff and put in the G Skill stuff I have now. I had previously stated Giel, but it is G Skill, sorry about that. I may just do what you say, guess sleep on it and decide whether to just install the drives with OS/Programs on one and data on the other.

K9A2 Platinum Sata Raid Problems

I could not get my 2 500 gb seagate 7200.11 drives to work on the sb600 raid controller, in raid 1 (set to raid mode in bios). I'd set it up and it would remain functional until I formatted it and put stuff on it. Then when I restarted, it says critical and can't locate the second drive, but it shows up in the list of definable drives. My older 200 gb seagates 7200.9 in the same setup do not have this problem. I finally got my 500s working by hooking them up to the promise controller instead. (Although no longer a current problem, I wouldn't mind knowing what would cause this for future occasions.)
My new problem is, I had to unhook all but the drive I wanted to install Windows XP on (A separate 120 JBOD configured drive) so I could get it to be C:/. This all went fine. However when I hooked up the 500s again, Windows XP would not boot, the screen just stayed black, with them not hooked up, it boots just fine, with the 200s as well. When running the Windows XP setup again, the 500s appear as C:/ instead of the 120 in the disk select screen of the install. It's like the 500s took over the drive letter when they are hooked up and thus can't load. Is there some way to stop it from doing this or am I completely off on this.
My computer spec is:
K9A2 Platinum
AMD X2 6000
2*2gb OCZ PC6400
ATI Radeon 3870
700 Watt OCZ PSU
Update: Installing XP ignoring the fact its not C: fails. It copies all the files onto it, then after restarting I get a black screen.
Another Update: On a whim I tried disabling the SB600 raid and set it to AHCI instead as I read that other people were having problems with it and it all works perfectly now. It's too bad this doesn't work, but I'll just put the 200s back in my old computer instead.

I'm having the exact same problem you did. Same Mobo. Except I started off with Promise RAID 1 because when I tried using SB600 RAID, my SATA DVD drive would not function in Vista Ultimate x64. So I had my Raid 1 configured on Promise T3 with BIOS 2.8.1030.0021 using 2 320GB drives. One of them Seagate, one WD, both 3GB/s transfer, only difference was that Seagate has 16MB cache, while the WD has 8MB. But both drives worked fine in the array for some time, and then after doing some updates from Windows Updates now the Raid config shows that encountered a critial status, "A disk member of an array has failed or is not responding", "Problem is detected with Array : 1". And when I go to the see the Array status it shows the Seagate drive on ID channel 1, but for the 2nd drive it shows questions marks all the way through the item line. I checked the drive, it seems fine. And even when I go to define a second Array, it shows the WD available on channel ID 3. So it definitely see both drives, but how do I re-add that WD drive that it doesn't see to my earlier defined array without loosing data on my Seagate drive?

K9A2 Platinum SB600 RAID & SATA DVD

Quick question for you.
I have the K9A2 Platinum (V1) MS-7376 board.
Original setup has 2 drives on SATA ports 1/2 in a RAID 1/Mirror config - plus an additional HDD and DVD-Writer on PATA (Cable Select).
The original DVD-Writer has given it's all, and was removed and "buried with honor".
I'm replacing with a BluRAY SATA.
From what I've read, I can't fire up the PROMISE Controller (Ports 5/6) because that will conflict with the SB600 Raid.
I don't believe I can add the BluRAY to one of the SB600 ports (3/4) because it's expecting to add it to a RAID array....is that correct ??
If that is correct, it would appear that my only option is to backup everything, put the hard drives on the PROMISE controller in RAID (or just use software/OS raid), and set the SB600 to AHCI - and probably reinstall the OS from scratch.
Comments/confirmation greatly appreciated.

Unfortunately it does not appear to be as simple as plugging it in to one of the existing ports. I've tried both 3 and 4 (since the 2 hard drives are on 1 and 2).
OS is Vista Ultimate 64.
To make sure there is nothing else is at fault, I updated to BIOS last night to the latest. I also updated drivers. Unfortunately, using the ATI Catalyst Install Manager, I don't see a way to update the SB drivers.
The BIOS recognizes the BD and reports it correctly. In the RAID BIOS it is also visible. VISTA boots successfully, and runs fine (I'm using it while typing this). Completely stable as it always was. Until you put any kind of disk in the BD drive. After it senses the presence of the disk, the system immediately blue screens with a 'driver irql not less or equal' showing the culprit code being in ahcix64s.sys - the SB ahci raid driver.
PSU = Corsair HX620
MB = K9A2 Platinum V1 (MS-7376)
CPU = Phenom 9550 Agena AM2+ Quad Core
Memory = 2 x 2GB OCZ Reaper PC2 8500 (DDR2 Dual Channel Kit)
2 x Seagate Barracuda 500GB SataII in Raid 1 Mirror on SB600
Vista Ultimate 64 fully up to date with all updates.
I can see the AHCIx64s.sys on the latest driver package is more recent than what's installed, but can't find a way to install it (as described above).
Any ideas greatly appreciated.

K9A2 Platinum & Promise T3 Windows 7 Raid Drivers

Hello,
I first want to thank everyone for taking the time to read my post. Hopefully together we can make this work. I am currently running Vista 64BIT and purchased a Windows 7 64 BIT to upgrade. I need helping finding a stable driver for the installation.
Current Specs:
K9A2 Platinum (BIOS 1.0B LATEST VERSION)
Windows Vista 64BIT
4GB DDR2 RAM
Phenom 9500 2.2GHZ Quad Core
2X 250GB Sata hard drives (currently RAID 0) on Sata ports 5&6 Promise T3.
850WATT Antec Power Supply.
I already have the two 250GB hard drives in Raid 0 on sata ports 5 & 6 (Promise T3) which works perfect in Vista. MSI doesn't have Windows 7 drivers on their website. I did however find that Promise has on their website the FastTrak TX2650 Driver which supports Windows 2008/7 which I believe will work. I believe the model number is promise_PDC42819.
If anyone has any information on this that would be wonderful. I need to know which drivers to load up with Windows 7 when installing.
Thanks again for all the support everyone!

It looks to me that the fastTrak 2650 is for an installed internal card to run a RAID config so I see that as a NO.
You are right, that promise T3 Raid driver is tough to find.
Have you tried contacting MSI tech support?
http://www.msi.com/service/download/driver-2702.html
This is the only definite RAID I see at MSI's site, the one you found for ports 1-4.
Is One controller better than the other?
IDK.
If you don't get a reply here, again, contact MSI tech support.
I also, like you, found old threads here that never answered that question.

K9A2 Platinum + 2xATI 3870 CF + x8 PCI-E Adaptec Raid 5405?

I have a K9A2 Platinum mainboard and 2x Ati HD3870 videocards (Crossfire-X). Would a x8 PCI-E Adaptec Raid 5405 card work in one of the remaining x16 PCI-E slots? Or are those x16 PCI-E slots reserved for videocards only?
The mainboard manual says: "When 4 PCI Express x16 slots are all installed, the PCIE x 16 lanes will auto arrange form x16/ x0/ x16/ x0 to x8/ x8/ x8/ x8". Does this mean if i install 2 videocards, the other 2 x16 PCI-E slots will be disabled?

And the card you mention will not have a higher speed because it is in a fast lane.

K9A2 platinum setting SB600 raid

Hi all,
The K9A2 platinum has 2 raid controllers onboard. A SB600 for port 1-4 and a promise T3 controller for port 5+6.
I'm trying to make my RAID config on port 1-4 working. Where can I configure the RAID 1+0 for ports 1-4. On port 5+6 I have 2 raptors in raid 0.
I already searched around, but everywhere they talk about setting up the promise controller. I want to configure the SB600 controller.
the Raid 0 on port 5+6 is for booting (already working), and the raid 1+0 on port 1-4 will be for data.
The 4 disks are with HD tune erased with zero fill.
in the bios, the controller is set to raid.
in the FastBuild utility I don't see the disks from port 1-4.
Can anybody help me with this?

OK, I got into the fasttrack menu for the SB600.
I also use the promise raid controller. When I want to enter the menu for the SB600, I have to disable the extra RAID controller in the BIOS under 'Integrated Peripherals'.
When booting after change and press ctrl+f, the fasttrack menu for the SB600 appears.
Thank you for your help Svet.

K9A2 Platinum Memory/RAID config Prob.

I have an MSI K9A2 Plat mobo and a phenom 9500 processor. I bought Mushkin 8500 DDR2 memory. In Bios it sets it at 800 mhz. What do I need to do to get it to run at the advertised speed? This is my first MSI mobo. What are the optimal settings for this set up in bios? HT speed? its at auto but im sure its not at the clocking it should be. Also the memory has a timing of 5-5-4-12 at 2.2-2.35v. When i go into the bios and try to select timing it has about 15 different fields to input. Thats the first problem....
The second issue is that I have 2 raptor HDD's. I initially set them up in a RAID 0 configuration. when the computer restarted after the config it gets to the screen where it detects the two hard drives in raid 0 and says FUNCTIONAL... Thats were it freezes..... I have to do ctrl+alt+del to restart and go back in the BIOS and select IDE under the sata menu. I can format both hard drives and both are working correctly. I was going to try and set up the raid again by hitting ctrl+f but I cannot access the SB600 RAID bios on the board anymore, It just sticks at FUNCTIONAL. Any Ideas? BTW i have bios vers 1.1 850w coolermaster ps and 2 radeon 3870s.

Quote from: venomceli on 21-December-07, 03:30:40
I connected both raptors to the PROMISE controller and I get the same thing FUNCTIONAL, then it stops!
Also whats the best HT speed and how can I get my memory to run dual channel?
everytime I boot up it says single channel.
K9A2 Platinum
2 x 1 GIG DDR 2 8500 MUSHKIN
Phenom 9500
coolermax 850 true power ps
2 x Sapphire radeon 3870's
2 x 74gig WD Raptors
Coolermaster 830 case
"and how can I get my memory to run dual channel?
everytime I boot up it says single channel."
Its already in dual CH(since you have placed memory sticks in correct slots DIMM1 & DIMM2):
AMD's OverDrive Utility, note that it reads the memory controller as single channel because Phenom actually has two independent 64-bit memory controllers instead of a single 128-bit one. Current BIOSes and the AMD utility incorrectly report this as being single-channel.
* A single-channel mode, when only one of the 64-bit controllers is active (occupied with memory modules)
* Dual-channel ganged mode, the integrated memory controller is detected by a processor as a single 128-bit controller
* Dual-channel unganged mode, the integrated memory controller is detected by a processor as two independent 64-bit controllers.
Read this one as well:
Quote from: Mr_Raider on 12-December-07, 11:57:32
Regarding the dual channel thing, I found the following on the OCZ memory forums:
Just some info for you guys.
ganged mode is 1x128bit dual channel
unganged is 2x64 bit dual channel
Some motherboards are reporting unganged as single channel at boot, this is not true, if you see anyone saying they have defective memory please point them to this post.
Ganged will give higher sandra bandwidth at this time than unganged, this is because sandra does not fully support phenom and is working in 1 thread mode. Once sandra supports Phenom unganged 2x64bit will take the lead
If you are running multi threaded benchmarks you need to be in unganged mode, this is the fastest way of running the system.
CPUID also reports my 9500 as single channel.
You can change it from "advanced dram configuration" locate "Unganged Mode".
Do a memcheck with Memtest86 as well.
Another note about RAID problems, according to promise SS above, you have running BIOS 1.1 or 113, in 1.0,112,P0C Promise version is different(2.8.10.30.0012) you may try to flash back to one of those.
But since problem persist when you connect them to SB600 RAID, probably problem is not there...
Can you retry with different brand HDD's(not Raptors, but with hitachi or seagate for example)?

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