GA-P35-DS3R Strange RAID boot problem

[CFster]

Getting a weird problem when trying to setup a RAID 0 array on this board.

The system takes a long time to recognize the hard drives when the Intel RAID controller is activated. Then I can press CTRL-I and go into the configuration screen and create an array, but as soon as I reboot it does it again. My only solution was to ditch the RAID and just use a single boot drive (which works OK).

E6750 @stock speed
Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3R
2GB Corsair XMS2 PC26400
EVGA 8800GTS
(2) Maxtor 6Y080M0 80GB SATA
(1) Lite-On SATA DVDRW

 

[SniperDaws]

i had the same problem, and its Intels raid it doesnt like our maxtor harddrives well the D/Max 9 anyway, im now using my 2x80Gb maxtors in the purple slots (gigabytes raid) instead.

ive got my Maxtor D/Max 11 SATA2 drive in the 1 of the Yellow slots set to AHCI instead of IDE oh and the gigabyte bios setting is set to Raid/IDE.

hope this helps.

 

[CFster]

I heard the Gigabyte RAID controller isn't so good. Is it an improvement on no RAID at all though?

 

[5t3v0]

Where's it saying the Gigabyte RAID is poor? I was booting of it & got a rating of 5.9 in the Vista benchmark (compared to 5.4 for the single disk). It worked fine for me. I have since stopped booting off RAID 0 though after I couldn't restore the partition backup to it using DriveImage XML & BartPE. After reinstalling Vista for the umpteenth time, I couldn't face doing another one so boot off the single disk now & use the RAID disks for a games partition. If you want to boot off RAID & aren't too worried about recovery or have another backup program that works with it, I suggest you give the GB controller a try.

I'm sure you have set it up right but to use the Intel RAID, you have got the "SATA/RAID/AHCI Mode" set to "RAID" or "AHCI" with the correct RAID or AHCI driver installed, and have the "Onboard SATA/IDE Device" disabled?