I recently set up a system incorporating 2 WD 80 gig SATA drives in RAID 1 and a Chaintech VNF3-250 board. Two days ago upon bootup, my RAID array read as unstable or something similar, but ultimately booted. Two boots later, the array detected as healthy again, but went through the checkdisk process for all 4 partitions on both drives. Once in Windows XP, I get messages that the array is rebuilding pretty frequently, but the rebuild process stops at 96.66% complete (3 or 4 hours of rebuilding) with a report of a RAID access failure. My RAID utility yields no further information other than further proof that the rebuilding has indeed stopped. I've tried this 3 times now with the same results, and the computer continues to function overall, though Photoshop CS demands I re-register the software due to a new hardware config (not true of course), which means I can't use PS unless I waste my second registration. On to the actual questions:
How the heck do I fix this? I need access to PS again and want my backups working regularly.
I've read a few things that lead me to believe my drivers/bios may be to blame. I want to update my bios, but don't know how to do it on my particular board (never updated bios before on any system). As for RAID drivers, I don't know if an update would further complicate this situation.
Assuming I can just delete my array and rebuild it that way, how can I tell which drive is current? Clearly something is funky due to an initial registry error report on the first boot (recovered successfully from the log), so I don't know if the primary drive is the right drive.
I understand heat can be a cause to RAID issues. What kind of temps are recommended for a motherboard/hard drive? Mine are running at 39C/41C at present, with an overall high of 48C. I have no idea which temp reports on the mobo and which on the drive, I might add.
Help! Thanks all.
How the heck do I fix this? I need access to PS again and want my backups working regularly.
I've read a few things that lead me to believe my drivers/bios may be to blame. I want to update my bios, but don't know how to do it on my particular board (never updated bios before on any system). As for RAID drivers, I don't know if an update would further complicate this situation.
Assuming I can just delete my array and rebuild it that way, how can I tell which drive is current? Clearly something is funky due to an initial registry error report on the first boot (recovered successfully from the log), so I don't know if the primary drive is the right drive.
I understand heat can be a cause to RAID issues. What kind of temps are recommended for a motherboard/hard drive? Mine are running at 39C/41C at present, with an overall high of 48C. I have no idea which temp reports on the mobo and which on the drive, I might add.
Help! Thanks all.
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