Adaptec 31205 "No logical drives found" ??

iieeann · 10-03-2007, 07:45 PM

I am new in SCSI world, and never touch/know about SCSI stuff before.
I just received my boxed Adaptec 31205, but SAS hdd are still on the way.

At the moment i still use onboard controller to boot my SATA drives (2x Raptor RAID0). I install 31205 and connect a single non-boot Seagate 320gb SATA drive on it for testing. During startup, it detects the drive and show the details (i enable POST). However right after that, it displays:-

No Logical Drives Found
Bios Not Installed!

At the end, the drive does not show up in WinXP. If It can detect the drive, why it says no logical drives found?

I try connect only i-RAM on 31205, it takes about 3 minutes for the card to startup! At the end still the same, displayed the detected drive, and said no logical drives found.

I install DVD-drive on it and everything runs fine.

Please assist, i am too new in SCSI and RAID

Thank you.

iieeann · 10-04-2007, 03:47 AM

All right, I found the way to do it. I have to configure the drive as simple volumn to make it work, and the drive will be detected as Adaptec SCSI Array in WinXP.

10-03-2007, 07:45 PM	#1 (permalink)
iieeann Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 6 OS: WinXP	Adaptec 31205 "No logical drives found" ?? I am new in SCSI world, and never touch/know about SCSI stuff before. I just received my boxed Adaptec 31205, but SAS hdd are still on the way. At the moment i still use onboard controller to boot my SATA drives (2x Raptor RAID0). I install 31205 and connect a single non-boot Seagate 320gb SATA drive on it for testing. During startup, it detects the drive and show the details (i enable POST). However right after that, it displays:- No Logical Drives Found Bios Not Installed! At the end, the drive does not show up in WinXP. If It can detect the drive, why it says no logical drives found? I try connect only i-RAM on 31205, it takes about 3 minutes for the card to startup! At the end still the same, displayed the detected drive, and said no logical drives found. I install DVD-drive on it and everything runs fine. Please assist, i am too new in SCSI and RAID Thank you. __________________ CPU = AMD FX55, 2x 1Gb RAM on DFI LP UT NF4-SLi DR Expert VGA = X1900XTX Hdd = 2x Raptor 74Gb (onboard), Seagate 320Gb Addon = Adaptec 31205, Creative X-Fi, Gigabyte i-RAM 3Gb

10-04-2007, 03:47 AM	#2 (permalink)
iieeann Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 6 OS: WinXP	Re: Adaptec 31205 "No logical drives found" ?? All right, I found the way to do it. I have to configure the drive as simple volumn to make it work, and the drive will be detected as Adaptec SCSI Array in WinXP. __________________ CPU = AMD FX55, 2x 1Gb RAM on DFI LP UT NF4-SLi DR Expert VGA = X1900XTX Hdd = 2x Raptor 74Gb (onboard), Seagate 320Gb Addon = Adaptec 31205, Creative X-Fi, Gigabyte i-RAM 3Gb