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Need Help in Setting Up a SCSI RAID array

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dudleydocker

Golden Member
This is my first attempt in setting up an array. I have an Adaptec 2100s card and three Seagate Cheetah 18 gig drives.
With the card installed and the three drives attached, I can boot off of the CD. It sees the card, but then the display goes blank. IT does message just prior to this that the screen may flash during the process, but I left it for over two hours last night and it didn't come back. The monitor LED continues to stay green, and the LED's on the card continue to "sweep" from side to side and the activity lights on the drive are steady on.

Setup particulars:

Drives have been error-checked and formatted NTFS on another box.
I have assigned each a SCSI ID with a jumper.
Asus A7N8X mobo with 2 x 256 MB Crucial PC2700 RAM
2100XP oc'ed to 2800XP (that's what the BIOS reports)
ATI Radeon 9500 Pro Video

I can also enter into the SCSI card BIOS by doing the 'Cntrl-A' thing, but cannot execute the 'create array' command. It says there are 'no HBA devices present'.

The docuemtation is really sparse, or else it assumes I know a hell of a lot more than I do. Anything obvious I've overlooked?

Thanks.
 
Do you have a unique SCSI ID on your drives? Make sure they are set to 0,1, and 2. The Adaptec cd that comes with a 2100S boots into Linux with a X windows interface. Its possible that theres a conflict between your video card and the version of X windows on the CD. You should be able to create the array without booting off the cd. You will need to download the appropriate drivers for your OS from Adaptec's web site though.
 
Do you have a unique SCSI ID on your drives? Make sure they are set to 0,1, and 2.
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The three drives are jumpered as follows:

first - no jumper
second - jumper in 0 position
third - jumper in 1 position

Adaptec cd that comes with a 2100S boots into Linux with a X windows interface. Its possible that theres a conflict between your video card and the version of X windows on the CD.
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All the drivers on the CD and the Adpatec site only go up through 2000. I'm using XP Pro.

I'll double-check the website again.

Please resort to default settings first! NEVER install your OS with your system running in an off nominal state!
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Yeah, I thought of that this morning. I'll reset the FSB and voltage back to default tonight.

 
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