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System setup:
- 2 SSDs in RAID 0, plugged into the white SATA3 ports - contains system
- 4 SATA HDDs in RAID 10, plugged into the gray SAS ports
- IRST/RSTe setting was set to IRST (RSTe had no RAID TRIM pass-through until recently)
My goal was to upgrade my system with a i7-4960X processor. After installing the CPU, the system would only power up for a second, shut down for a few seconds, and repeat. I quickly discovered that I needed to update my BIOS to the F4 version.
After replacing the old CPU back, updating the BIOS to F4, and configuring the BIOS RAID settings, I could boot, however my HDD RAID 10 was gone - I could see no mention of neither the array nor the HDDs anywhere, incl. Windows device manager, the IRST management console, or BIOS setup.
The only time I saw the BIOS mention the HDD RAID is immediately after resetting the BIOS settings to optimized defaults. The defaults, however, put the controller in AHCI mode, so even though I see the HDD RAID during bootup and when pressing Ctrl+I, I can't boot because AHCI mode precludes booting from the SSD RAID 0.
Things I have tried:
- Updating to F5a, the latest Beta BIOS (same problem as F4)
- Trying virtualfred's F4x and F5a mods (F4x does not support the new CPU, and the F5a mod has same problem as F4)
- Switching to RSTe (Windows BSoDs during boot)
Things I've yet to try:
- Move the SSDs to SAS ports (however I'd lose SATA3)
- Move the HDDs to the SATA ports (however then I'd lose the optical drive, as the SAS ports don't support optical drives)
- Fix the RSTe Windows boot BSoD by manually installing the RSTe drivers from WinPE
Curiously, if I reset BIOS settings to optimized defaults (so I see my HDD RAID 10 during boot), then change the SATA Mode setting to RAID, reboot, and change SATA Mode back to AHCI, it does not behave in the same way - I don't see any storage controller initialization screen (with the Ctrl+I invitation) at all during boot-up. I've saved the BIOS profiles (optimized default, and after changing SATA mode to RAID and back to AHCI), and comparing them shows 12 different bytes, but I have no clue what they could mean.
I am going to keep experimenting, but if anyone has any ideas I'd love to hear them. I suppose I could always downgrade my BIOS and swap back the old CPU, and wait for a BIOS update which fixes this problem.
- 2 SSDs in RAID 0, plugged into the white SATA3 ports - contains system
- 4 SATA HDDs in RAID 10, plugged into the gray SAS ports
- IRST/RSTe setting was set to IRST (RSTe had no RAID TRIM pass-through until recently)
My goal was to upgrade my system with a i7-4960X processor. After installing the CPU, the system would only power up for a second, shut down for a few seconds, and repeat. I quickly discovered that I needed to update my BIOS to the F4 version.
After replacing the old CPU back, updating the BIOS to F4, and configuring the BIOS RAID settings, I could boot, however my HDD RAID 10 was gone - I could see no mention of neither the array nor the HDDs anywhere, incl. Windows device manager, the IRST management console, or BIOS setup.
The only time I saw the BIOS mention the HDD RAID is immediately after resetting the BIOS settings to optimized defaults. The defaults, however, put the controller in AHCI mode, so even though I see the HDD RAID during bootup and when pressing Ctrl+I, I can't boot because AHCI mode precludes booting from the SSD RAID 0.
Things I have tried:
- Updating to F5a, the latest Beta BIOS (same problem as F4)
- Trying virtualfred's F4x and F5a mods (F4x does not support the new CPU, and the F5a mod has same problem as F4)
- Switching to RSTe (Windows BSoDs during boot)
Things I've yet to try:
- Move the SSDs to SAS ports (however I'd lose SATA3)
- Move the HDDs to the SATA ports (however then I'd lose the optical drive, as the SAS ports don't support optical drives)
- Fix the RSTe Windows boot BSoD by manually installing the RSTe drivers from WinPE
Curiously, if I reset BIOS settings to optimized defaults (so I see my HDD RAID 10 during boot), then change the SATA Mode setting to RAID, reboot, and change SATA Mode back to AHCI, it does not behave in the same way - I don't see any storage controller initialization screen (with the Ctrl+I invitation) at all during boot-up. I've saved the BIOS profiles (optimized default, and after changing SATA mode to RAID and back to AHCI), and comparing them shows 12 different bytes, but I have no clue what they could mean.
I am going to keep experimenting, but if anyone has any ideas I'd love to hear them. I suppose I could always downgrade my BIOS and swap back the old CPU, and wait for a BIOS update which fixes this problem.
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