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Asus A8V Deluxe Promise RAID Controller @#$%@!
The Promise RAID controller on this board is driving me nuts!
I'm trying to use the Promise PDC 20378 controller in IDE mode to control a single hard drive. If I set the controller to RAID mode in the BIOS, it is detected and the drivers load fine. Of course the single hard drive is not configured for RAID, so I get warned on boot that no RAID array is present. If I go into the BIOS and change the Promise controller to IDE mode, the single drive is detected during boot, but when Windows XP (SP2) boots up, the hard drive is not in the drive list and in Device Manager, the Promise Controller is flagged as not operating correctly with the Error [10 Device could not start]. Anybody have a clue what's wrong? TIA! |
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Peter van der Goes wrote:
The Promise RAID controller on this board is driving me nuts! I'm trying to use the Promise PDC 20378 controller in IDE mode to control a single hard drive. If I set the controller to RAID mode in the BIOS, it is detected and the drivers load fine. Of course the single hard drive is not configured for RAID, so I get warned on boot that no RAID array is present. If I go into the BIOS and change the Promise controller to IDE mode, the single drive is detected during boot, but when Windows XP (SP2) boots up, the hard drive is not in the drive list and in Device Manager, the Promise Controller is flagged as not operating correctly with the Error [10 Device could not start]. Anybody have a clue what's wrong? TIA! I'd guess MBR Maybe a reinstall of XP is on the cards? (after, of course, saving all your data that you don't want to risk losing) Have you repartitioned the drive? Used cfdisk or summat else? Aerticeus |
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On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 12:50:04 -0600, "Peter van der Goes"
wrote: The Promise RAID controller on this board is driving me nuts! I'm trying to use the Promise PDC 20378 controller in IDE mode to control a single hard drive. If I set the controller to RAID mode in the BIOS, it is detected and the drivers load fine. Of course the single hard drive is not configured for RAID, so I get warned on boot that no RAID array is present. If I go into the BIOS and change the Promise controller to IDE mode, the single drive is detected during boot, but when Windows XP (SP2) boots up, the hard drive is not in the drive list and in Device Manager, the Promise Controller is flagged as not operating correctly with the Error [10 Device could not start]. Anybody have a clue what's wrong? Sounds about right for a typical raid implementation. Raid settings will sometimes offset the virtual start sector of the raided drive.. This is done so that vital configuration data may be stored in the newly hidden sectors. Shutting off the bios raid settings reveals the missing sectors at the beginning of the disk. Unfortunately those new sectors (with unrecognizable data) now represent the partitions table, boot sector, etc. You'll have to repartition & re-install with bios raid setting shut off. |
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Peter van der Goes wrote:
The Promise RAID controller on this board is driving me nuts! I'm trying to use the Promise PDC 20378 controller in IDE mode to control a single hard drive. If I set the controller to RAID mode in the BIOS, it is detected and the drivers load fine. Of course the single hard drive is not configured for RAID, so I get warned on boot that no RAID array is present. If I go into the BIOS and change the Promise controller to IDE mode, the single drive is detected during boot, but when Windows XP (SP2) boots up, the hard drive is not in the drive list and in Device Manager, the Promise Controller is flagged as not operating correctly with the Error [10 Device could not start]. IIRC, the Promise controller allows a RAID 0 "Array" of 1 drive. Try going into the controller BIOS (Ctrl-F on boot) and setting it up that way. |
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"John R Weiss" wrote in message news:WuiAd.578832$wV.505175@attbi_s54... IIRC, the Promise controller allows a RAID 0 "Array" of 1 drive. Try going into the controller BIOS (Ctrl-F on boot) and setting it up that way. Thanks for the suggestion, Ron. I'll try that. The other responses indicate that I did not make my intentions/goals clear: The drive I want to control is a data drive only, no OS. I still believe that the controller *should* operate in the documented IDE mode to allow me to simply attach two additional devices. The fact that the controller goes wonky when set to IDE mode is what I need some insight on. |
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"Peter van der Goes" wrote in
news:eikAd.16074$ql2.5240@okepread04: The fact that the controller goes wonky when set to IDE mode is what I need some insight on. Have you tried uninstalling it in Windows then restarting so it can redetect? Maybe Windows still sees it as the same device but has the wrong drivers since it isn't configured as a raid controller anymore. |
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"Mitch Crane" -three wrote in message .95... "Peter van der Goes" wrote in news:eikAd.16074$ql2.5240@okepread04: The fact that the controller goes wonky when set to IDE mode is what I need some insight on. Have you tried uninstalling it in Windows then restarting so it can redetect? Maybe Windows still sees it as the same device but has the wrong drivers since it isn't configured as a raid controller anymore. Actually, I've tried that several times. If the controller is configured as RAID in the BIOS, the reinstallation goes smoothly. If the controller is configured as IDE in the BIOS, the reinstall of the driver fails resulting in the Error 10 message. It's possible that a completely different driver is required in this case, but it sure isn't supplied on the MB driver CD, nor is there any mention that I can find in the Asus web pages. |
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"Peter van der Goes" wrote in
news:wFkAd.16075$ql2.5070@okepread04: "Mitch Crane" -three wrote in message .95... "Peter van der Goes" wrote in news:eikAd.16074$ql2.5240@okepread04: The fact that the controller goes wonky when set to IDE mode is what I need some insight on. Have you tried uninstalling it in Windows then restarting so it can redetect? Maybe Windows still sees it as the same device but has the wrong drivers since it isn't configured as a raid controller anymore. Actually, I've tried that several times. If the controller is configured as RAID in the BIOS, the reinstallation goes smoothly. If the controller is configured as IDE in the BIOS, the reinstall of the driver fails resulting in the Error 10 message. It's possible that a completely different driver is required in this case, but it sure isn't supplied on the MB driver CD, nor is there any mention that I can find in the Asus web pages. How about this driver: http://www.asus.com/pub/ASUS/misc/ide/378ATA100130.zip |
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"Mitch Crane" -three wrote in message .95... How about this driver: http://www.asus.com/pub/ASUS/misc/ide/378ATA100130.zip Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe this is an earlier version of 378ata_100104528.zip , which is the driver for the Promise SATA controller. Thanks for trying to help, though :-) |
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"Peter van der Goes" wrote in
news:W%oAd.16082$ql2.4304@okepread04: "Mitch Crane" -three wrote in message .95... How about this driver: http://www.asus.com/pub/ASUS/misc/ide/378ATA100130.zip Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe this is an earlier version of 378ata_100104528.zip , which is the driver for the Promise SATA controller. Thanks for trying to help, though :-) Sorry, yeah I guess it is. So I assume 378ata_100104528 doesn't fix it. |
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