Mystery with Raid 0, im at my wits end here, please help me

[cravinmild]

I have picked up a second intel x25-M 80g ssd and plan to raid 0 the two. I asked questions in forums, watched utube vids, read up on all the parts and process but i can not get Raid 0 to work.  I will post my specs at the bottom of the page.

My first intel 80g ssd has been in use as a os boot drive for about 4 months.  The other intel 80g drive is brand new, just formatted and completely empty.  All my drives are seen by the windows and i have access to all drives.  All drives are in good working conditon other than a pos 250g that i have been packing around with me for several years, its got over 25000 hours and shows as failing but still works well.
    My sata ports are filled as listed:
sata0  old 80g ssd
sata1   new 80g ssd
sata2   250g pos failing drive
sata3  40g ssd
sata4  wd green 1tb 6gb/s model
sata5,6,7 empty

All drives are seen in post and bios.  When i set the sata 0-1 to raid and re-start both my drives disappear but i can still move onto raid utility and can see my only to spinner drives but no ssds.

here are my specs
Cpu: AMD 1055T @ 3.92 with Corsair H70 watercooler-max oc so far-4050 (thanks Lordred)
Ram: Gskill Ripjaws F3 CL9 1600 4x2GB @ 1333 8 8 8 23 t1 cooled with GSkill Turbulance Ram Cooler
Mobo: Gigabyte 890gpa-ud3h Rev.2
PSU: Coolmaster GX 750W Bronze 60amp single rail
Storage: Intel X-25v 40Gb ssd + Intel X25-M 80 gig ssd (os boot) + WD 1tb green
Sound: Creative SB x-fi Fatal1ty Pro
Network: Bigfoot Killer 2100 Network Card (they do so work)
Graphics: Zotac 560 ti OC Edition (1050/20xx/2200 max oc)
PhysX: NOT IN USE
Input: G-15 keyboard + Microsoft Sidewinder X8 gaming mouse
Monitor: Samsung 2233rz 3D ready 120hz
Speakers: Logitech X-530 5.1 surround sound
OS: Windows 7 64 home prem
Case: Cooler Master HAF 932 AMD Special Edition
* Nvidia 3D Vision
* Psyko Audio 3d 5.1 surround sound gaming headphones
* Razer Vespula mouse pad (best pad ever)
* Sickelflow Kaze Master Pro-6 fan controller with temp sensors- 15 fans spinning
*  2x cold cathode UV Tubes 12"
 

[absic]

Hi there,

Which BIOS version are you running?
Is the firmware on the SSD's up-to-date?

Have you raised a support ticket with Gigabyte: If not it might be worthwhile doing so from here: http://www.gigabyte.com/support-downloads/technical-support.aspx?cg=2

[cravinmild]

at this point im updating bios to ff-the latest version offered by gigabyte although it does not mention anything about raid fixes so i am assumeing that it will just bring my mobo upto date.  I have also dled the latest raid contoller driver from ati but still need to fake install to access the driver for instalation after the os has been installed.

Still have a few things to go, hope to have it farther along by later today.  Will report back when i have some new info to add

Thanks for the quick response 

[absic]

Sadly the BIOS updates don't come with a list of what has been altered or what support has been changed. A lot of the time it is a case of suck it and see. 

[cravinmild]

Finnished now,  had to update bios and a slew of the other things to sort out but its finnished. thanks for the response.  Here is a shot of my speeds in raid 0 with two intel 80g ssds


IMG_0063 by cravinmild, on Flickr

[Dark Mantis]

Hey nice speeds now!

[absic]

Hi pleased you are now up and running and I like the look of your read/write speeds!