RESOLVED Serious problem

gcstadergcstader
edited February 2005 in Hardware
I have been using my IC7-MAX3 motherboard for about a year with no problems at all. I have 2 WD Raptors in a RAID 0 configuration. I decided to overclock my 2.6 pentium. When I changed the FSB from 200 to 210 the computer will not boot into windows and it says no RAID volumes defined. Am I going to have to reinstall windows and set up the RAID config again? Any help is appreciated, I've got a lot of schoolwork and information from the past year on there.

Thanks
Greg

Comments

  • madmatmadmat
    edited September 2004
    Did you set the AGP/PCI ratio as locked at 66/33? If not that could be the problem, try dropping it back to 200FSB and see if it reads the array again and if it does look for the AGP/PCI ratio lock and lock it in at those speeds.
    SATA drives don't like having their controller run above stock speeds.
  • gcstadergcstader
    edited September 2004
    Ok, I reset the FSB back to 200 mhz and sure enough it recognized the RAID volume again. Now it says:
    Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt:
    <Windows root>\system32\hal.dll.
    Please re-install a copy of the above file.

    Any help?
  • gcstadergcstader
    edited September 2004
    Windows is installed on the SATA RAID configuration. I also have a third hard drive for storage. Perhaps the BIOS is looking for windows on the 80 gig IDE hard drive?

    IDE slot 1 has the 80 gig hard drive
    IDE slot 2 has a CDRW and a CDROM
    SATA slot 3 WD Raptor
    SATA slot 4 WD Raptor
    ----
    (Dont know if this will help or not but, here are some of the BIOS settings)
    BIOS:
    OnCHip Serial ATA mode: RAID
    - SATA RAID ROM: Enabled
    OnChip Serial ATA: Enhanced Mode
    Serial ATA 1 Mode IDE-3 Master
    Serial ATA 2 Mode IDE-4 Master

    Hard Disk Boot Priority:
    CH1 M. : WDC WD800BB-53CAA1 (this has to be the 80 gig hard drive)

    but the only other choice is "Bootable Add-in Device"
  • gcstadergcstader
    edited September 2004
    Nevermind, I figured it out. Thanks for the help madmat.
  • madmatmadmat
    edited September 2004
    Sorry I didn't see anything on this further when I did a new posts search, what was the problem with the missing file? was it the PCI/AGP lock that hosed the array?
    I hope I helped.
  • jonjanjonjan
    edited February 2005
    Hi,

    How did you fix it?

    (p.s. always post your fixes... that way they give more understanhd to the people who help you, and to others who might be looking for a fix for the same problem you had... like me :) )
  • gcstadergcstader
    edited February 2005
    Just locked the AGP/PCI frequency as suggested and it worked like a charm.

    ~Greg
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