Comments on: Intel RAID problem under Windows Vista

By: quack

quack — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 09:18:06 +0000

Had this issue with my P5B deluxe for 2 years (since I switched from xp to vista actually) : computer working fine but random lockups (vista completely frozen, I had to power off/on the computer).

Last week I updated the intel matrix storage manager with the latest version from the intel web site and now everything is working fine, the freezes are gone !! Shame on you Asus, the beta version you are offering on your web site is crappy.

By: Roland

Roland — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 18:11:16 +0000

You know what, the problem emerged on my PC after half a year of usage after I accidentally install the Intel Matrix Storage Console, which comes with it new drivers.

Originally when I got iastor timeout Event errors, I reinstalled Vista, using F6 method and deleting parameter registry before Vista finishes the setup by pressing shift+F10? near the end stages of the install. My PC had no problem ever since.

Now I don’t get Windows event errors at all, yet HDD LED light stays on for half a min up to a min in some cases, extremely slow disk access during so, and unpredictable occurrence rate. I have deleted registry, reinstalled Intel Storage Matrix driver, Jmicron driver, etc. Marvell ROM code is rev 14 updated. I am using Asus P5K-E, couple of RAID0 and normal drives and a full usage of the SATA ports.

By: Are Muggerud

Are Muggerud — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 21:09:18 +0000

This is my silver bullett: http://tw.giga-byte.com/Support/Motherboard/FAQ_Model.aspx?FAQID=2372. On my P5K PRO, the Marvell Yukon Pci express gigabit ethernet controller was the problem. I figured it out by starting a stress test (Bart’s stuff) on the ich9 raid 0 and then disabling the ethernet controller in device manager in vista. The system crashed every single time. Then i did the update from gigabyte’s site, it did some changes to the controller and voila.

By: warner recabaren

warner recabaren — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 20:43:21 +0000

In under 4 days two seperate clients each having dell vostro 400 computers with intel chipsets/ vista/ raid 1 mirror both failed to boot. Dell offers to replace the hard drive- all the drives pass all tests- they fail to see thats there is an issue comming down with the latest upgrades. To get the system to boot- break the mirror setting the second to not an array disk. Boot- raid software will ask to rebuild- NO- continue and system will boot. Dont know how to get drives bootable as a non-raid (PERMANANTLY) short of reinstall at this time- any ideas?

By: Roboghost

Roboghost — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 02:01:15 +0000

I’ve been dealing with this Intel “raid volume error” too and one thing is the SATA cables can be an issue. I just jiggled them and it went away! One problem is that my SATA cables are seriously squeezed up against the long VGA card and I’m going to re-engineer the cables to fit better (left angle SATA’s etc.) Quality counts on some of your cables for sure. My WD VelociRaptor 2.5-inch are cute, but probably are going to be a technical headache I see and forsee…

By: MrMonk-E

MrMonk-E — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 23:38:59 +0000

Also, i think it is safe to conclude that since the HW setup is identical it is not a HW issue but a software issue.

^ My hardware IS identical!!
i just put – around it and now it’s strike trough.. FAIL

By: MrMonk-E

MrMonk-E — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 23:37:36 +0000

I think it’s working..
Deleted my 2nd array (the one that kept rebuilding)
Booted into VISTA (On the 1st array)
Created a new array from withing VISTA using the matrix managent tool.
Had it initialize completely, only took 8 hours or so.

I’m scared to say it aloud, but it seems to be ok now.
I’m just scared that IF a rebuild is ever required it will go in the infinite rebuilding loop as described above.

Also, i think it is safe to conclude that ~~since the HW setup is identical~~ it is not a HW issue but a software issue.

That’s me sorted.
Only took me a week and several light stress related heart attacks.

Best of luck to all who read this, and hopefully my post helps you or at least gives you some hope.

By: MrMonk-E

MrMonk-E — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 09:11:22 +0000

Amazing..
Perpetual rebuilds on my RAID-5 and not even a log entry as to why.
I bought 4 new disks to create 1 big RAID-5 volume but i guess after having tried pretty much ANY tip i could find on the internet i will have to go either back to XP or put my drives in non-RAID. (In wich case some people still have problems)

I blame Intel for not logging when a rebuild restarts when it’s already in the rebuild state. It’s realy anyones guess why it does it, it at least could log it.

Maybe it shows a notification.. but i’m not sitting behind my computer while it does it’s 40+ hour rebuild.

I think Intel should be ashamed.
I think Microsoft should be ashamed.

Maybe someone in USA could start a class-action against intel as their Chip/RAID clearly does not function in Vista as advertized.

By: willysp

willysp — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 17:31:56 +0000

A possible fix from WD here:

http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=566969&page=4

By: Jono

Jono — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:48:55 +0000

Are you still having this problem, or is it completely resolved?

I’ve got a Asus P5Q deluxe ICH10r and 2 x Velociraptors. I’ve tried all of your fixes and my system still fails badly. BSOD’s and hangs. Most of the time the array is corrupt and won’t even boot anymore.

This is a rediculous problem and I wish someone would release a firmware update or some kind of a real fix, instead of ignoring it.

Shame on Intel and Western Digital.