COPHawk: At this point I would gladly buy server quality drives, but I don't know what those are. If you can recommend some sata server quality drives, I'll definitely pick them up. Thanks!!
It may be a software issue. I put the supposed "failed" drive back in the system last night and it rebuilt, no problem. The array is now at 100%. Go figure. Thanks for all the help! It is sincerely appreciated.
I haven't looked inside the computer for awhile, but SATA does not use the standard +5 or +12V Molex power connectors does it? How do you test the power for SATA power connectors? Can't use multi-meter wands on that. My best guess is the thing is overheating.
Unfortunately, I don't have another SATA system capable of testing these drives. This is my "dream box." The other systems are all cheap eMachines, and I have a Dell laptop. They're all IDE.
I have a huge power supply in case I ever wanted to expand and get a second video card for...
I put together a computer using a Gigabyte 965p-DQ6 mb. I am using the ICH8R Raid controller which is ports 0-5 on this mb. Everything has worked well as far as software and configuration. However, I am now about to replace my 5th hard drive in a year and a half in this configuration. Why do...
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