Mediashield BIOS hangs Detecting Array

Apologies for the long post...
My mobo (MSI P7N Diamond 780i SLI / 570i SLI)
The SATA drives are organised thus..
SATA 1 - OCZ Vertex - Windows 7 Home (64bit) Retail version
SATA 2 - Data HD
SATA 3 - Mirror A
SATA 4 - Mirror B
SATA 5 - Mirror A
SATA 6 - Mirror B
more system details below...
I had the system working reasonable well apart from a flip/flop array dead/alive problem that was really weird. See... https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=132584.0.
In an attempt to get to the bottom of this problem I decided to install a new dual boot copy of Win 7 on SATA 2. I did this to see if a new install of Windows without my applications showed the same problem.
On advice from the Win 7 forum, to ensure no corruption during the Win 7 install, I removed the SATA 3/4/5/6 cables from the drives. I then installed the new Win 7 and the latest nVidia raid driver on SATA 2.
Then I reconnected the SATA 3/4/5/6 cables.
Booted into the old Win 7 twice - the flip/flop problem still existed there. And then booted into the new Win 7. This showed the erring condition "array dead", but otherwise it worked ok. I restarted the new Win 7 expecting the flip/flop problem to show up, however, I never got into Windows.
The system hung during the MediaShield BIOS with detecting array.
The only way I could get it to boot, to get into the BIOS or Windows, was to remove all cables from SATA3/4/5/6.
If I set the RAID mode to IDE, or disable the drives from RAID mode in the BIOS, I can restart with the cables attached. In windows explorer two of the array drives show up - one from each array. The other two drives show up in the Disk Manager apparently without a file system on them :-(
I have had this problem before and I found the only way to fix it was to run Darik's Nuke & Boot on the drives. Repartitioning them and reformatting did not get rid of the hang condition. I never did understand what was left on the drive after repartitioning/formatting that upset MediaShield.
Does anyone have any advice on what I can do to narrow down to understand what is causing this to happen.
BTW - This hardware has been running just fine for ages on XP. I have been trying to get a stable Win 7 setup for weeks now.
Roy
System Details
Motherboard (MSI P7N Diamond 780i SLI / 570i SLI)
No overclocking.
CPU is Intel Core2 Duo E6850 3.00 Ghz
Memory - 4Gig - Kingston Hyper KHX8500AD2K2/4G
GPU - nVidia GeForce 9800 GT
PSU - ThermalTake Toughpower 850 AP.
There are no other cards in the system.
The SATA drives are organised thus..
SATA 1 - OCZ Vertex - Windows 7 Home (64bit) Retail version
SATA 2 - Data HD (now new copy of Win 7 - Dual Boot)
SATA 3 - Mirror A
SATA 4 - Mirror B
SATA 5 - Mirror A
SATA 6 - Mirror B
nVidia nForce drivers (11.1.0.33)
Motherboard 1.51 BIOS, and latest
Motherboard revision is 020.

You started this topic already in the Win7 section. You stated to start a new one.
I have a better idea: I will move the other topic in here.
Next time, please ask to move a topic in stead of starting one with the same question.
Thanks!!

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