Robert Dyck wrote:
I have a client having trouble with her RAID controller. She reports that she keeps getting an error on boot that her raid set is out of synchronization. It takes close to an hour just to boot when this happens. When I've looked at it the problem did not occur, but this can happen with intermittent problems. I ran hard drive diagnostics, CPU, motherboard, RAM, and everything works fine. I have a hard drive controller diagnostic from Seagate, but it isn't designed for RAID. Her motherboard is an Asus K8V, I think it's K8V-MX, she has 2 SATA hard drives mirrored, and she runs Windows XP. I have mentioned that she may have to replace her motherboard, but I don't want to tell her she has to do this unless I can confirm it is necessary. If she replaced the motherboard and the problem continues, I would hear about it!
Thanks, Rob Dyck
Dumb thought... If the problem is the onboard RAID controller... Wouldn't it be cheaper for your client to get a RAID card instead of replacing the motherboard? There were a number of suggestions last year and the year before detailing which ones would be best. Of course there are implications I haven't even thought of since I've never been able to get a RAID system working let alone administered one.
Later Mike