Here are specs for the system with the broken RAID:
CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 6400+
Motherboard: Gigabyte M57SLI-S4
RAM: DDR2, PC2-6400 (400 MHz), 1024 MB, G.Skill (x2)
DDR2, PC2-6400 (400 MHz), 512 MB, G.Skill (x2)
OS: XP, SP2
HDD: Western Digital Caviar SE WD1600AAJS-60PSA0 149.05 GB (x2)
Video: EVGA e-GeForce 8800 GTS 320 MB (PCI-Express)
PSU: Rosewill 600 W
The OS is installed on the RAID 0 volume for performance. Something breaking the array, so this performance is now gone.
After the "standard" POST the system attempts to detect the array. It hangs there ("Detecting array . . . ") for a few minutes before "0 ERROR NVIDIA STRIP" is displayed.
I press F10 to enter the RAID utility and see the following:
-ARRAY LIST-
BOOT STATUS VENDOR ARRAY MODEL NAME
BBS ERROR NVIDIA STRIPE 298.10 G
When viewing details of the array:
-ARRAY DETAIL-
ADAPT CHANNEL M/S INDEX DISK MODEL CAPACITY
1 0 MASTER 1 WDC WD1600AAJS-60PASA0 149.05 GB
There are options to Rebuild, Delete, or Clear Disk.
Rebuilding is not an option as only 1 of the 2 disks in the array are detected.
I'm going to use a spare ATA HDD to boot the system and then test the hard drives. I will post more as developments occur.
