detecting array issue

zero tolerance · 04-22-2005, 12:10 PM

sorry for posting another problem.. but this issue is killing me

I guess it's kinda my fault, ok I load raid setup utility (F10), and try to configure the array. I was messing around with it, easy as it seems. I did activate rebuild as well as deleting them (arrays). I set new arrays afterward which identical to what it was before.

So I reboot and the problem hits.

While it was detecting array...

a green window pops up with a decision:

" Clear Disk Data ? [Y]Yes [N]No. "

either I click yes or no.. it ends up loading only this message: " press f10 to enter Raid utility_ " and when I press f10, it won't respond at all. Anything else I'm trying to do won't respond. I couldn't even get onto BIOs because I probabbly had to bypass this in order to process further on. I tried many keys just to by pass this by no luck, only the restart command works (works before I chose to clear disk data y/n). I also tried loading in the raid driver disk and also the OS disk, but nothing respond. This problem basically similar to a blue screen of death.

in any case, is there a way to fix this ? I'm not sure resetting the mobo would do the trick. However I did unplug and replug the HDs but that didn't help at all. I'm near the end of the rope. =/

Mobo: K8N Neo2 Platinum

thanks

04-23-2005, 06:13 AM

Hi,

Might be worth a clear CMOS try. I had a similar thing with a computer (new build with a keyboard that was only about six months old) about a year ago and regardless of what I did, when asked to press F8 to continue, it would flop. After several tries and a few hours of frustration, I put an old keyboard on and "ALA", away it went. It was a bad F8 key on the keyboard that was practically new for all intents and purposes. Just could be one of those things.

04-22-2005, 12:10 PM	#1 (permalink)
zero tolerance Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 2 OS: XP Pro SP1	detecting array issue sorry for posting another problem.. but this issue is killing me I guess it's kinda my fault, ok I load raid setup utility (F10), and try to configure the array. I was messing around with it, easy as it seems. I did activate rebuild as well as deleting them (arrays). I set new arrays afterward which identical to what it was before. So I reboot and the problem hits. While it was detecting array... a green window pops up with a decision: " Clear Disk Data ? [Y]Yes [N]No. " either I click yes or no.. it ends up loading only this message: " press f10 to enter Raid utility_ " and when I press f10, it won't respond at all. Anything else I'm trying to do won't respond. I couldn't even get onto BIOs because I probabbly had to bypass this in order to process further on. I tried many keys just to by pass this by no luck, only the restart command works (works before I chose to clear disk data y/n). I also tried loading in the raid driver disk and also the OS disk, but nothing respond. This problem basically similar to a blue screen of death. in any case, is there a way to fix this ? I'm not sure resetting the mobo would do the trick. However I did unplug and replug the HDs but that didn't help at all. I'm near the end of the rope. =/ Mobo: K8N Neo2 Platinum thanks

04-23-2005, 06:13 AM	#2 (permalink)
mark3567 Guest Posts: n/a OS:	Hi, Might be worth a clear CMOS try. I had a similar thing with a computer (new build with a keyboard that was only about six months old) about a year ago and regardless of what I did, when asked to press F8 to continue, it would flop. After several tries and a few hours of frustration, I put an old keyboard on and "ALA", away it went. It was a bad F8 key on the keyboard that was practically new for all intents and purposes. Just could be one of those things.