Drive not found on main rig - works on other
A long time ago, when I switched motherboards, I tried to move my 2 disk array (on my HPT RocketRaid 100 PCI card). One of the drives refused to be recognized by the HPT card once installed on the new board, however.
I moved them into a spare computer and they worked. So, I just shared the array over the network and forgot about it for a couple months.
So here I am, trying to finally take care of it the right way. I backed up everything on the array. The problem drive still won't show up on the HPT card, or attached to the mainboard. It showed up on my external USB/1394 enclosure, however. I quick-formatted both the drives (one still on the HPT, one in the enclosure). The problem drive was successfully formatted, but it still won't show up on the HPT card (says no drive after spending a minute or two trying to find it) or the mainboard (stalls while trying to find IDE drives).
What's the deal?
I moved them into a spare computer and they worked. So, I just shared the array over the network and forgot about it for a couple months.
So here I am, trying to finally take care of it the right way. I backed up everything on the array. The problem drive still won't show up on the HPT card, or attached to the mainboard. It showed up on my external USB/1394 enclosure, however. I quick-formatted both the drives (one still on the HPT, one in the enclosure). The problem drive was successfully formatted, but it still won't show up on the HPT card (says no drive after spending a minute or two trying to find it) or the mainboard (stalls while trying to find IDE drives).
What's the deal?
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This is my last shot to get the RAID 0 working again unless I get access to another big HD, since he's moving tomarrow morning. I'll have to settle for getting the two drives to work seperately and get my stuff back off his drive if I can't get it to work.
Have you since confirmed the troublesome drive works fine independently?
I ended up just having to put the troublesome drive in the external 1394/USB housing. It worked fine in there and in one of my spare rigs, but wouldn't work in my main rig (connected to the mobo or on the Highpoint card) or the other spare rigs.
I'm thinking it may be RMA time for that drive. This is the refurbished drive that Dell sent me a couple years ago when another drive failed. Until recently it has served me well, but it may be time to put it out to pasture, as we say down here in Oklahoma.
I've never had 'em squawk when I RMA'd one with that message.
Are they going to test the drive when it gets there? I'm just afraid that it'll work for them when it didn't work for me and they send the flakemaster back to me.
Wouldn't you know it? The S*O*B passed the test about five times in a row and ran fine for two days, even though I was rebooting it about every 1/2 hour. I put a brand new cable on it and checked all the connections. Still fine. I was just about to give up when it finally choked on me. I ran the test again and got the error I mentioned above. Then I sent it back and got a new one.
I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if it worked when they tested it. Probably got relabeled as "reconditioned" and sent out to some poor schmuck somewhere.
(Maybe you'll get it... )
Can you back the data off it and run the long destructive test on this HD while it is in another box??? ? Is the BIOS recognizing it right versus what the utils say it is???