On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 2:17 PM, Sean Martin <[email protected]> wrote: > I believe the fast boot option is enabled in the BIOS. Is > it possible this would prevent the RAID Config option from being displayed > during boot ...
Anything is possible. :) Try disabling it and see what happens. Another thing I've found is that sometimes the POST messages go by quicker than the monitor can adjust its mode for the video output. This is especially common with LCDs which take a few seconds to "lock on" to the video signal. Try looking for other options to slow down the boot, and turn them on while you try and figure things out. It's also possible, I suppose, that Intel's fake RAID will loose any disk sets on change of controller, which for you would mean change of motherboard. I've seen that before on other fake RAID controllers. You could try booting with just one disk attached and see what happens. Use a spare disk if you don't want to risk scrambling the existing disk set. If you've got Dell's Gold Tech Support (or ProSupport or whatever it's called now), call them. They're usually pretty helpful for stuff like this. If you don't have GTS, this is why you should. ;-) > Unfortunately, my Fiance did have the opportunity to transfer all of our > photos, data, > etc. prior to this debacle. If you're using RAID 0 on a fake RAID controller, you should be keeping *really good* backups. I mean iron clad. Multiple media, in rotation, run frequently. That's a high-risk configuration. "There are two kinds of people: Those who maintain backups, and those who will wish they had." -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
