Re: A8N-E RAID 1

Don't associate events unless you get evidence they are related, but always
keep the association as a possibility.



"name" <vze4j6mv@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:tTsif.2868$4r.2185@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Several weeks ago I sought info here about RAID 1 and I mentioned that I
> would post my experience with it once it was setup.
>
> I'm running a 64 3200, 1 GB Mushkin RAM (no overclocking, BIOS 1008 &
> Nvidia drvrs V665) and 2 WD 360GD Raptors. The install went fine, the
> RAID utility was easy to configure, but then some strange things started
> to happen. BTW, when I disconnected one of the drives the system still
> booted without any problem after a warning message from the RAID utility
> that the RAID configuration had been degraded.
>
> The first problem is that I got BIOS warnings that that either the CPU or
> the Chassis fan RPM was too low. I checked ASUS proble and all monitors
> were well within limits. Then I kept trying to install an unknown device
> which turned out to be the ATK00110 ACPI utility. I found out that this
> is related to the AI Booster software, but installing AI did not solve the
> problem, I kept getting the error that AI was disabled in the BIOS when in
> fact I had enabled it. I should mentioned that once I disabled RAID I
> stopped getting the found new hardware window for the ACPI utility,
> although it's listed under system devices as "unknown device" with no
> warning icons. Hmmm, strange. Also, the AVG free got funky with always
> having to activate the email scanner upon boot, but in all fairness that
> may be an independent issue.
>
> Without RAID I've been running this system without a problem both in a
> default and overclocked state. Maybe someone could shed some light on all
> of this.
>
>
> john
>
>


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