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I have a couple of Raid 0 arrays in my machine (2*250 GB drive making array 1 and 2*400GB drives making array 2). Both arrays are with Fujitsu drives and have been fine for a while (array 1 for around 8 months, array 2 for around 3 months).
My PSU recently died, just switched off with no power at all and a slight whiff of burning. Yep, clogged with dust. I bought another one (Jantec 580Watt) but soon after my 2nd raid started causing explorer to lock tight when trying to access any files from it. It got to the point where browsing through the drive would cause a lock or a blue screen.
I reinstalled Win XP on my SCSI boot drive as it had not been cleared down for quite a while and was due anyway. After lots of playing around I got it booting and installed the drivers etc.
WinXP Disk check locked up as did anything accessing the array even after the rebuild and so I cut my losses and re-setup the array in the Raid bios, clearing the data at the same time.
I still cannot access the array or format it as explorer still locks up. I have unplugged the drives for that array and everything has been ok for a few days but now my second array is becomming very flaky and causing explorer to lock up.
I have tried changing the cables for the drives, unplugging one of the arrays and other drives just in case there is a power issue.... no luck. Games play file but they do not touch the arrays at all and I am now down one array and the second is flaky.
The machine also does not come up after a reboot from Windows but seems to hang on the Bios screen. Turning the power off and on again causes it to come up fine.
Oh there is a lot of noise from the system at boot time but it goes away after a bit of time. It seems to be the motherboard chipset fan but it does not look clogged (sounds like a clogged fan).
Any hints, suggestions on finding the problem would be most welcome.
Many thanks
RB
I have a couple of Raid 0 arrays in my machine (2*250 GB drive making array 1 and 2*400GB drives making array 2). Both arrays are with Fujitsu drives and have been fine for a while (array 1 for around 8 months, array 2 for around 3 months).
My PSU recently died, just switched off with no power at all and a slight whiff of burning. Yep, clogged with dust. I bought another one (Jantec 580Watt) but soon after my 2nd raid started causing explorer to lock tight when trying to access any files from it. It got to the point where browsing through the drive would cause a lock or a blue screen.
I reinstalled Win XP on my SCSI boot drive as it had not been cleared down for quite a while and was due anyway. After lots of playing around I got it booting and installed the drivers etc.
WinXP Disk check locked up as did anything accessing the array even after the rebuild and so I cut my losses and re-setup the array in the Raid bios, clearing the data at the same time.
I still cannot access the array or format it as explorer still locks up. I have unplugged the drives for that array and everything has been ok for a few days but now my second array is becomming very flaky and causing explorer to lock up.
I have tried changing the cables for the drives, unplugging one of the arrays and other drives just in case there is a power issue.... no luck. Games play file but they do not touch the arrays at all and I am now down one array and the second is flaky.
The machine also does not come up after a reboot from Windows but seems to hang on the Bios screen. Turning the power off and on again causes it to come up fine.
Oh there is a lot of noise from the system at boot time but it goes away after a bit of time. It seems to be the motherboard chipset fan but it does not look clogged (sounds like a clogged fan).
Any hints, suggestions on finding the problem would be most welcome.
Many thanks
RB
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