hi guys
I am in need of desperate help.
this is my config:
eVGA 680i A1 SLI mobo BIOS P31 + Q6600
4x1GB Crucial Ballistix PC6400 RAM (running at 4-4-4-12 2T with 2.1V)
2 x 8800GT in SLI using the 2 x black slots
1 x HDA Mystique sound card in the bottom PCI slot
now ...
I got myself a Perc 5i card w/BBU plus SAS fanout cable plus 3 x Fujitsu MAX3147NC SAS 15K 146GB drives which I want to set up as RAID-0
Previously I had Vista 64bit running from my SATA 150GB raptor. Before I did anything I loaded BIOS defaults.
this is what happened:
1. I installed the card, connected 2 drives, turned on PC, went into Perc 5i BIOS, set up an array (RAID-0, 64kb stripe, Write thru), initialized it, enabled BIOS on card feature, restarted PC. Vista 64bit booted successfully, picked up new HW, found right name, driver BUT I got the "Device can not start (Code 10)" error in the Device manager. So what I did was uninstall ed it and I also ticked "delete driver" hoping that upon next restart the driver will re-initialize itself and might work. After restarted I get a blue screen saying that megasas.sys driver caused an issue ... then its asking my to put in my Vista install disc to repair. Did that, no success, still blue screen.
So I disconnected my Raptor and decided to keep only the SAS controller with the Raid-0 array and install windows straight onto that. When Vista booted of the DVD, when you get to the section where you select a HDD to install the OS on, I got NOTHING. I loaded the drivers (from DELL Ftp site) onto a USB and tried to install them manually (through load driver function) but it did not pick up any avail drives. Perc 5i is natively supported by Vista and has inbuilt drivers so I do not know whats going on.
Next I tried to remove on of the SLI cards, no difference, Vista install still can not detect the array.
This is my Perc 5i BIOS version:
http://imagestore.ugbox.net/image/IMG_5277_78b2a9fcce8efb9f32157bd.jpg
I have since taken the card out and repaired my Windows Vista 64bit copy (on Raptor drive) using System restore so I can post this.
Please help, I spent all this money on the controller, cable and 3 very expensive HDDs ... I do not know what else I can try to get this going ...
I am in need of desperate help.
this is my config:
eVGA 680i A1 SLI mobo BIOS P31 + Q6600
4x1GB Crucial Ballistix PC6400 RAM (running at 4-4-4-12 2T with 2.1V)
2 x 8800GT in SLI using the 2 x black slots
1 x HDA Mystique sound card in the bottom PCI slot
now ...
I got myself a Perc 5i card w/BBU plus SAS fanout cable plus 3 x Fujitsu MAX3147NC SAS 15K 146GB drives which I want to set up as RAID-0
Previously I had Vista 64bit running from my SATA 150GB raptor. Before I did anything I loaded BIOS defaults.
this is what happened:
1. I installed the card, connected 2 drives, turned on PC, went into Perc 5i BIOS, set up an array (RAID-0, 64kb stripe, Write thru), initialized it, enabled BIOS on card feature, restarted PC. Vista 64bit booted successfully, picked up new HW, found right name, driver BUT I got the "Device can not start (Code 10)" error in the Device manager. So what I did was uninstall ed it and I also ticked "delete driver" hoping that upon next restart the driver will re-initialize itself and might work. After restarted I get a blue screen saying that megasas.sys driver caused an issue ... then its asking my to put in my Vista install disc to repair. Did that, no success, still blue screen.
So I disconnected my Raptor and decided to keep only the SAS controller with the Raid-0 array and install windows straight onto that. When Vista booted of the DVD, when you get to the section where you select a HDD to install the OS on, I got NOTHING. I loaded the drivers (from DELL Ftp site) onto a USB and tried to install them manually (through load driver function) but it did not pick up any avail drives. Perc 5i is natively supported by Vista and has inbuilt drivers so I do not know whats going on.
Next I tried to remove on of the SLI cards, no difference, Vista install still can not detect the array.
This is my Perc 5i BIOS version:
http://imagestore.ugbox.net/image/IMG_5277_78b2a9fcce8efb9f32157bd.jpg
I have since taken the card out and repaired my Windows Vista 64bit copy (on Raptor drive) using System restore so I can post this.
Please help, I spent all this money on the controller, cable and 3 very expensive HDDs ... I do not know what else I can try to get this going ...