Hi all,
I just got a new system:
<<< System Summary >>>
> Mainboard : P55M-UD2
> Chipset : Intel P55
> Processor : Intel Core i7 860 @ 2800 MHz
> Physical Memory : 4096 MB (2 x 2048 DDR3-SDRAM )
> Video Card : ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series
> Hard Disk : Inkster (3001 GB) <---- RAID 5 made up of 4 x 1Gig (Western Digital) WDC WD10EADS
> Hard Disk : OCZ-VERTEX SCSI Disk Device (64 GB)
> DVD-Rom Drive : HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH22NS50 SCSI CdRom Device
> Monitor Type : Samsung SyncMaster - 19 inches
> Network Card : RTL8168/8111 PCIe Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
> Network Card : AR5008 Wireless Network Adapter
> Operating System : Windows 7 Home Premium Home Edition 6.01.7600 (x64)
> DirectX : Version 11.00
Creating the RAID 5 was fine however one of the drives 'failed' after a day and I had to delete the RAID and test the drives individually to see if the drive was ok. (I used Western Digital Data LifeGuard Diagnostics - DLGDIAG for Windows for those that are curious).
In fact, I tested all the drives and they were all fine.
Then less than a week later, a different drive on a different port is now reporting to have 'failed' (or so the Intel Matrix Storage Controller is telling me).
I have a couple of questions.
1) Is anyone else having problems with the RAID functionality on this chipset and/or m/b?
2) I'm assuming if I update the BOIS (although I'm pretty sure it's up to date) the RAID will be lost?
I'm not convinced that yet another new drive has 'failed' so I'm leaning towards a bad driver or software.
I've updated the chipset drivers already and I'm wondering about the GBB36X Controller driver - can't seem to find that...