Regular total system lockups with raid controller

[bramdo]

Hello,

I do have lockups on an asus rampage formula mainboard, q9450, 8 ddr, vista 64. All the memory, cpu and hard disk suites are running fine, however sometimes a very harddisk intensive task results in a lock of all software.

I use an adaptec 2405 controller and than the problem occurs. The problem never occurs when i use a regular ahci setup with 2 disks.
Would another raid controller help or has this something to do with the 7200.11 disks with the firmware issue. They were updated with the latest firmware but...?

Thanks
Bram

 

[ch33zw1z]

Make sure you have the latest drivers and firmware for the adaptec card.

 

[bramdo]

Hi,

thanks but i already tried that,
firmware and drivers are updated and a fresh windows install

Could it be a hd problem?
Bram

 

[ch33zw1z]

Could be, next step is to download and run Seagate's diags..Believe it's called SeaTools.

 

[corkyg]

"The problem never occurs when i use a regular ahci setup with 2 disks."

That would suggest you ought to try a different controller.

 

[bramdo]

Yes, that seems to be although the onboard raid controller did give a problem too.
Somebody suggested that the disks are not that good for riad,
Is that a general issue?
Bram