Hello,

I have a Gigabyte P965-DQ6 with ICH8R and I had 3 WD setup as two volumes of raid 0 and 5

I recently reinstalled my OS and updated the Rapid Storage Technology driver to version 13.2.4.1000

Now I cant boot as my Raid Rom does not recognize my raid volumes, it just shows the discs as incompatible.

Please help me, I have valuable information on my Raid 5 volume and I really need to get it back, what should i do?
I figured i need to update my ROM but to what version, and how should i proceed?

Thanks in advance

Thanks for the quick reply Fernando,

My system has an Award Bios with Rom version 6.0.0.1022 and i was running windows 7 ultimate

The System was installed on the raid 0 volume but both volumes were spanned over the 3 HDD so the rom doesn't recognize any of them.

I do however have a spare drive I could use to install a new system... maybe that could be of use?

Regards

Ok just making some stuff clear as I feel you need some clarification.

The volumes have been created a few years ago. one raid 0 volume and one raid 5 volume, both using the same 3 HDDs

I formatted the raid 0 volume and installed a new system, I did not remake the volume just formatted it. Then proceeded to install all the drivers, which included RST13.2.4.1000

After rebooting the rom did recognize the discs but not the volumes. Listing the disks as INCOMPATIBLE.


So, as i understand, my only option is to reflash the bios with an updated rom module right?

Zitat

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Does that mean, that the RAID0 array is a member of the RAID5 array? I have never heard about such RAID configuration.

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No, no... This is all a misunderstanding... i've created 2 arrays but both use the same 3 disks.

Zitat

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The formatting of a RAID volume doesn't touch the RAID configuration. So if you just formatted the previously used system partition, all RAID partition tables should be still within the boot sector.

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Correct, when i installed windows it recognized both volumes, i then formatted the raid 0 volume using windows setup and installed windows on that volume again.

The system booted up correctly and both volumes were working.
I then installed the RST driver and the computer rebooted.
Then, and only after installing RST 13.2.4.1000, my RAID rom stopped recognizing the volumes, and is now identifying my drives as INCOMPATIBLE.

I assume the raid configuration was updated by the new driver and that my old rom cannot make sense of it.

It doesnt, it just shows the disks as incompatible.

Here take a look:

So. I've managed to install a new system on that spare drive, installed RST v11.2.0.1006, and you want to know what? My volumes are there and are recognized by the OS!!!!

Its just my bios who cant handle the information and therefore cant boot from there...

I'll probably just backup the data and remake the volumes... but before remake them i'll try rebuilding them with an older version of RST.

Thanks for your time, i'll post my results here when i'm done fiddling with it.

Hello again,

So, i've backed up my data and decided to fiddle around a bit now that the important stuff is safe.


I've tried updating my rom by following your guide.

I was able to flash the modded bios and boot.
I even modded the bios logo (just because) and it worked.
However my RAID module doesn't seem to be working properly, my bios doesn't seem to be able to load it and i cant enter the configuration (ctrl+I)

I've tried versions v10.1.0.1008 and v11.2.0.1527 with the same results.

Even though the bios module doesnt seem to load, the OS is able to see the volumes and i am able to access all the data.

Could i be doing something wrong?

Regards

Zitat von zone2097 im Beitrag #12

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However my RAID module doesn't seem to be working properly, my bios doesn't seem to be able to load it and i cant enter the configuration (ctrl+I)

I've tried versions v10.1.0.1008 and v11.2.0.1527 with the same results.

Even though the bios module doesnt seem to load, the OS is able to see the volumes and i am able to access all the data.

Could i be doing something wrong?

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Thanks I'll try that.

Updating the rom to 8.5.0.1030 fixed all my issues.

The system now correctly recognizes all my volumes!

Best regards to both of you!