My system consists of as follows:
Win XP sp3
DFI Lanparty 250gb NF3
1.5gb ocz pc3200 @ stock speeds & voltages
2 westerndigitial wd5000aaks in raid 1 via nf3
benq dw1640
amd athlon64 3200+ @ stock speeds & voltages
Nvidia geforce 7800gs @ stock spees & voltages
i've tried troubleshooting the problem without success...and i've tried searching for a solution without success.
Until this "incident", the system ran flawlessly...bulletproof. The machine was powered off for a week while i was away from home. Upon return i powered up the machine and while the machine was posting/windows was loading, I somehow managed to accidentally flick the switch on the power bar which turned the power bar off (along with the computer). When I proceeded to turn the machine back on again, windows wouldn't boot. "Windows is corrupt" i figure...it'd been months since i last formatted, so I only needed an excuse to reinstall windows.
So i do...or at least try, But, I kept getting degraded raid arrays. I test the harddrives using bootable data lifeguard cd, - one drive is fine, the other automatically resets the machine every time it's tested. So I replace the drive with another identical drive and go on my way. The array is made and windows installs/runs fine, but then when I reset the machine, the array is magically degraded and windows won't load?!?! I can repeat this scenario with 100% reproducibility...i can use windows fine upon entering the desktop after a fresh install and all diagnostics say things are fine while in use - until i reset the machine?! The weird thing is that in order to reinstall windows again, i have to delete & reform the array...if i just leave the array from the previous install, windows won't recognize the drive during install.
I tried formatting the drives and i tried writing zeros to them...i've ran several loops of memtest without fail
any suggestions on ze problem?
Win XP sp3
DFI Lanparty 250gb NF3
1.5gb ocz pc3200 @ stock speeds & voltages
2 westerndigitial wd5000aaks in raid 1 via nf3
benq dw1640
amd athlon64 3200+ @ stock speeds & voltages
Nvidia geforce 7800gs @ stock spees & voltages
i've tried troubleshooting the problem without success...and i've tried searching for a solution without success.
Until this "incident", the system ran flawlessly...bulletproof. The machine was powered off for a week while i was away from home. Upon return i powered up the machine and while the machine was posting/windows was loading, I somehow managed to accidentally flick the switch on the power bar which turned the power bar off (along with the computer). When I proceeded to turn the machine back on again, windows wouldn't boot. "Windows is corrupt" i figure...it'd been months since i last formatted, so I only needed an excuse to reinstall windows.
So i do...or at least try, But, I kept getting degraded raid arrays. I test the harddrives using bootable data lifeguard cd, - one drive is fine, the other automatically resets the machine every time it's tested. So I replace the drive with another identical drive and go on my way. The array is made and windows installs/runs fine, but then when I reset the machine, the array is magically degraded and windows won't load?!?! I can repeat this scenario with 100% reproducibility...i can use windows fine upon entering the desktop after a fresh install and all diagnostics say things are fine while in use - until i reset the machine?! The weird thing is that in order to reinstall windows again, i have to delete & reform the array...if i just leave the array from the previous install, windows won't recognize the drive during install.
I tried formatting the drives and i tried writing zeros to them...i've ran several loops of memtest without fail
any suggestions on ze problem?
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