Hello,
I'm trying to add a RAID 1 setup using (2) WD Black 1TB HDDs. I'm utilizing a Crucial MX100 SSD as my boot drive, and just want the RAID for a safe mirrored drive. I'm able to setup the drives using the RAID utility [CTRL+F] at the BIOS splash screen, and the RAID volume is recognized and everything. My problem comes when I boot past BIOS into my OS it blue screens at the first Windows splash screen. My BIOS is set to RAID and the boot order is corrected to present the SSD first. I've played with these various BIOS settings without any different result. The drive is recognized, but with the SATA0-3 ports set at RAID it will not boot into the OS. I have the OS drive and my optical drive connected to the SATA4-5 ports, which are under a seperate controller. The result is the same if this is set to IDE or AHCI, or if the boot drive is connected to the one of the SAT0-3 ports. When I change my BIOS settings back to AHCI the OS will boot but then the RAID volume is not recognized.
The Gigabyte Utility installer disk indicates that I have the AHCI and RAID drivers installed into Windows, but I didn't think that would matter; the boot drive is not part of the RAID. I've also upgraded to the latest BIOS revision(F9). I'm able to recognize the pair of WD 1TB HDDs in Windows as seperate disks, and can setup a software RAID 1 within Windows, but I'd rather utilize the MOBOs hardware version.
Is there a trick to this that I'm missing? I've come across others with this issue but no resolution. Any help is much appreciated!
Gigabyte 990FX-UD3 Rev 1.1 (BIOS F9)
AMD FX-8350
Crucial MX100 512GB
2 x WD Black 1TB HDD
Windows 7 Pro
I'm trying to add a RAID 1 setup using (2) WD Black 1TB HDDs. I'm utilizing a Crucial MX100 SSD as my boot drive, and just want the RAID for a safe mirrored drive. I'm able to setup the drives using the RAID utility [CTRL+F] at the BIOS splash screen, and the RAID volume is recognized and everything. My problem comes when I boot past BIOS into my OS it blue screens at the first Windows splash screen. My BIOS is set to RAID and the boot order is corrected to present the SSD first. I've played with these various BIOS settings without any different result. The drive is recognized, but with the SATA0-3 ports set at RAID it will not boot into the OS. I have the OS drive and my optical drive connected to the SATA4-5 ports, which are under a seperate controller. The result is the same if this is set to IDE or AHCI, or if the boot drive is connected to the one of the SAT0-3 ports. When I change my BIOS settings back to AHCI the OS will boot but then the RAID volume is not recognized.
The Gigabyte Utility installer disk indicates that I have the AHCI and RAID drivers installed into Windows, but I didn't think that would matter; the boot drive is not part of the RAID. I've also upgraded to the latest BIOS revision(F9). I'm able to recognize the pair of WD 1TB HDDs in Windows as seperate disks, and can setup a software RAID 1 within Windows, but I'd rather utilize the MOBOs hardware version.
Is there a trick to this that I'm missing? I've come across others with this issue but no resolution. Any help is much appreciated!
Gigabyte 990FX-UD3 Rev 1.1 (BIOS F9)
AMD FX-8350
Crucial MX100 512GB
2 x WD Black 1TB HDD
Windows 7 Pro
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