Odd RAID behavior

We have a P4C800E-Deluxe with 2 Seagate Barracudas
on the Promise controller as a RAID 1 array (mirrors).
One of the drives started failing, but no error messages
were ever given. Shouldn't either the S.M.A.R.T. system
or the Promise controller complain at some point?

-Philip
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