Hello,

I have searched google and have only found a few of hits with my exact problem, but never an answer to the issue.

When RAID is enabled in bios, the computer hangs during bootup at "checking NVRAM". If I disabled RAID in bios and use AHCI for storage in bios, it boots successfully to desktop.

Windows Intel RST program is installed v 11.2.0.1006 on OS. I changed my old bios ROM Intel MATRIX 8.9 to Intel RST 11.2.0.1527 by using instructions on this site.

I was able to CTRL+I, set two identical drives to RAID 1 and have the system create the RAID configuration. They also recognized the 4TB drives properly! Great. This was my goal.

However, I cannot find a workaround for the NVRAM hang on boot. So, as of right now I have RAID disabled in bios.

The only thread I found on this website that somewhat resembles my problem is below. However, that thread has a different OS, a different issue (the user had an incompatible error, which I do not have) and I do not see how my problem is a RAM dimm module issue.

After Win8.1 install - disks show as "Incompatible" in Intel RST BIOS

I found my board on this website here. Maybe I need to install older Intel RST? The note says "later intel raid rom a no go". But that does not say much. No go why? Does not work at all etc.. There is not enough information there to tell me what part of it is a 'no go'.

BIOS modding success/failure overview


Config:

ASUS P5Q3 Deluxe, Intel ICH10R
Bios 2105
Windows RST Drivers 11.2.1006
Intel Bios RST ROM 11.2.0.1527
Windows 7 64-bit

I should mention, I have tried clearing the CMOS / bios. I removed power cord, removed CMOS battery, moved jump to pin 2+3, let it sit for 15 seconds, move jumper back to 1+2.

I know this worked, because the bios was reset and all of my Overclock settings were cleared. However, I noticed that the RAID Utility was the updated one. I did not try to reinstall the bios again during this process. I do not know how it would matter, but maybe I need to clear the cmos/mobo and then reinstall the new modded bios?

After the mobo reset, first I tried the RAID with stock bios settings, no Overclocking. Then I reentered my OC information and tried RAID that way. I still get the checking NVRAM hang.

Maybe this is useful
- the P5Q3 Deluxe apparently has 2 bios chips for fail safe.
- the board has 6 internal SATA connections.
- I do not have the SATA drives plugged into the jmicron ports. This board has something called jmicron which I think is a RAID utility that uses special ports on board. Those are SATA E1 and SATA E2. I cannot find much on this jmicron thing. I have my SATA drives plugged into SATA 1 and SATA 2 (see manual). This is correct because I do not think I could enter RAID utlility if I had this wrong.
- my proposed RAID 1 does not include the boot drive. I am trying to use RAID 1 on two HDD. They are not SSD, nor or either a boot drive.

I attached the mobo manual. Page 51 has the most RAID info, but there is RAID info scattered about.

Zitat von Fernando im Beitrag #3

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As a consequence you will only be able to use any Intel RAID array as bootable system drive, if you "downgrade" the Intel RAID ROM to v10.1.0.1008.

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