Rocket Raid 2310

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Hi. I was wondering if anyone could help me with 2310 configuration on an AW9D-Max. I connected my raptor to an onboard sata point, installed windows and all was well. I then installed the 2310 board, connected 3*320s to it and restarted. In the RocketRaid configuration I initialised the three disks, and created a Raid 5 array. So far so good, unfortunately the raptor is no longer detected in the bios and with no windows install on the raid array the machine just cycles through from post to no bootable disk and back again.
Does anyone know the correct bios settings to get my raptor detected again? Thanks.

edit: Should mention that the raptor is Sata1, the 320s are Sata2, fwiw.
 
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Strange... I had a few problems getting a 2320 going in my own rig but no problems with the system drive.

Check the BIOS, it may be that the RAID array has replaced the system drive as the first entry in the HDD boot priority sub list.
 
Thanks for the response. At the moment I've taken the card out, but when it was in-place the bios detected none of the drives, only the dvd drive.
It was like the raid card was masking out the drive plugged into the Sata1 connector - I tried plugging it into Sata7 but it still wasn't detected. I think its likely to be one of the myriad Sata/IDE settings in the BIOS. If anyone has this config (2310/AW9D-MAX) I'd really appreciate it if you could point me towards the right settings.
 
There's an interesting entry in the FAQ on the Highpoint site. Take a look in the RocketRAID 23xx section under Boot settings.

This is the same issue I was having with my card although I was still able to boot off the system disk, I just couldn't see the RAID array. You can get round it by pressing End on the keyboard when the RAID splash screen is up to disable the card's own BIOS. The FAQ entry gives you instructions on how to update the BIOS to affect a permenant fix.
 
Thanks for your help, I got it working by pressing END. I haven't had much luck trying to hit the right settings in the AW9D bios to disable the onboard RAID and still boot from my system disc. Does anyone know what needs to be switched on or off in the board's bios?
 
That's right. I press END to boot from the Raptor, otherwise it goes into the HighPoint BIOS and afterwards fails to find a bootable disc. Its no great inconvenience, but I'd rather configure the board so that it doesn't need me to press END every time.
 
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That's right. I press END to boot from the Raptor, otherwise it goes into the HighPoint BIOS and afterwards fails to find a bootable disc. Its no great inconvenience, but I'd rather configure the board so that it doesn't need me to press END every time.
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Ahh, it's not the mobo BIOS that needs tweaked, it's the Highpoint one.

Go to the Highpoint site (www.highpoint-tech.com) and download the latest BIOS package for the card - pick support from the menu, BIOS & Drivers then go to the 2310 link on the next page. The BIOS downloads are right at the top.

Download the 1.11 BIOS and extract the zip file to a folder. Run the hptflash.exe and load the rr2310.111 BIOS image. Then click the Config button.

Highpoint FAQ said:
To avoid pressing the "End" during every boot session, try disabling some of the card's BIOS features.To do so, flash (upgrade) the card's BIOS, and access the BIOS sub-menu.
If you intend to boot from the host adapter card, disable the option listed as "Reallocate EBDA".If you do not need to boot from the host adapter card, disable both the "Reallocate EBDA" and "INT13" options. For more information about this upgrade procedure, please download the BIOS User Manual posted at this link:

http://www.highpoint-tech.com/manuals/Updating_BIOS.pdf
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Once you've selected those hit OK to go back to the main screen and then hit Flash! (Ahh! Ahh! :p ), that will upload the latest BIOS to the card and set the settings. With any luck on the next boot everything should work without the need to hit end - it did for me.
 
Ah, sweet. Thanks for all your help. I'll download this thing in the morning, I want to leave the initialisation running overnight. Thanks again.
 
By the way, what configuration are you using, raid type, discs, etc. How do you find the write/read performance for this card?
 
8 * 250Gb Hitachis in RAID5 on a 2320 here. Reads are good, averaging about 130Mb/s and bursts of 200Mb/s which isn't bad seeing as the disks are running SATA1 because a) 2 of them are older 7K250s and b) the T7K250s need to have SATA enabled using a software tool which can't detect them on the RAID card. Writes are OK, 45-60Mb/s depending on what the source is.

I'm tempted to migrate the 2 old disks out of the array and try and get all the disks running SATA2 but I can't be bothered with the hassle at the moment. Sounds like a job to be done over Christmas.
 
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