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Originally Posted by wiseleo
If the drive is in PIO mode, it is likely to be failing.
A full backup must be made.
The drives must be tested individually using manufacturer's tools. If there are errors, replace the failing drive.
If there are no errors, proceed according to this: http://users.bigpond.net.au/ninjaduc...duck/udma_fix/ |
Ah I see they have to be tested individually cuz the RAID array will not allow them to be individually tested. So I need to remove them (after a full backup ) then put one on the main IDE controller and test it prolly with a floppy disk or cd with the program on it, right? And I am still reading the information you gave but I get the feeling that windows may be to blame for all of this. When drive access attempts fail 6 times then windows bumps the drive down one speed at a time. Eventually falling in the PIO mode ditch with no way out???
About hard drive checks and upgrades there is a RAID upgrade available and I thought I applied it even though it was not necessary also formatted with the drive utility too before installing the array.
About reformatting every time will that harm the drives? I will do it again as I want to be sure that I start fresh.
I have some PIX to share too of HDTach (ver 3.0 ) These pix were after I did a BIOS flash with RAID enabled and then uninstalled the RAID controller (which I do not recommend for noobies I was scared
) and it reinstalled but stated it could not load the registry OOPS! But it found a way around that problem and finnally loaded but still no resolution the the problem.
Thanks TONS!
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