RAID again Richard please

[Mac the Knife]

OK, Western Digital WD1200JB on IDE1 workin' jes' fine as always.

Now the problem is that if I connect my 2x120gb WD SATA drives to the mobo (FastTrak software recognises the drives and sets up a mirror array no probs) the PC starts to boot windows fine but as soon as its about halfway through loading the system tray icons the PC just reboots, this happens every time until I turn off the PC and disconnect the SATA drive.

[Symptoms lifted almost verbatim from a user's post on the MSI forum for the MSI K7N2 Delta ILSR Mobo - issue wan't resolved]

Starting in Debug mode shows a Stop 0x0000000A or Stop 0xA or IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
Start in Safe mode and no probs, the array is recognised and Windoze could partition and format it if I wanted. So I don't think it is a power problem.

So somewhere, somehow a driver is clashing. All MSI drivers and XP (ugh!) latest updates in.
Looked at M$'s Troubleshooting Stop 0x0000000A errors http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q314063 & can't figure it out quickly.

Any advice before I start plodding through the tedious remove/check drivers one by one scenario?

Many thanks

[Naples Air Center, Inc.]

Mac the Knife,

Did you load the SATA Drivers for WinXP?

Take Care,

Richard

[Mac the Knife]

Yup.

Device Manager shows WinXP Promise Fastrak 376/378 (tm) Controller "working properly".

It wouldn't work in Safe Mode if it wasn't surely?

[Naples Air Center, Inc.]

Mac the Knife,

That error is usually a driver issue:

K7N2 Delta Series Drivers (http://www.msi.com.tw/program/support/driver/dvr/spt_dvr_detail.php?UID=436&kind=1)

Just in case it is not. Tell me what PCI Cards are in which PCI Slots. You could also list all IRQs and every device on each IRQ.

Take Care,

Richard

[Mac the Knife]

Thanks Richard,

Pretty sure all drivers up to date but will check & report back.

Will check the other issues tomorrow (nearly midnight here) & let you know.

Regards

Mac

[Naples Air Center, Inc.]

Mac the Knife,

Then we will give it the good fight tomorrow. ;)

Take Care,

Richard

P.S. It might mean doing a Repair with the WinXP CD. (Hitting F6 as you start the install and loading the RAID Drivers.)

[Mac the Knife]

Well, here goes:

Counting away from the Matrox P650 in the AGP slot
1 - empty
2 - Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC
(disabled in Windows - used in Linux)
3 - NetMos 9835 PCI Multi-I/O Controller
4 - empty
5 - empty

Windows SI says:

IRQ 0 System timer OK
IRQ 1 Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard OK
IRQ 3 Communications Port (COM2)OK
IRQ 4 Communications Port (COM1)OK
IRQ 6 Standard floppy disk controller OK
IRQ 8 System CMOS/real time clock OK
IRQ 9 Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System OK
IRQ 12 PS/2 Compatible Mouse OK
IRQ 13 Numeric data processor OK
IRQ 14 Primary IDE Channel OK
IRQ 15 Secondary IDE Channel OK
IRQ 17 NetMos 9835 PCI Multi-I/O Controller OK
IRQ 17 NetMos PCI Serial Port (COM4)OK
IRQ 17 NetMos PCI Serial Port (COM3)OK
IRQ 18 WinXP Promise FastTrak 376/378 (tm) Controller OK
IRQ 19 Matrox Millennium P650 - English OK
IRQ 20 Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller OK
IRQ 20 NVIDIA nForce MCP Networking Controller OK
IRQ 21 Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller OK
IRQ 21 NVIDIA(R) nForce(TM) MCP Audio Processing Unit (Dolby(R) Digital)OK
IRQ 21 OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller OK
IRQ 22 Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller OK
IRQ 22 NVIDIA(R) nForce(TM) Audio Codec Interface OK
---------------------------------------------------
PCI Bus Utility
Copyright (C) 1995-1998 CANOPUS Co., Ltd. All rights reserved.

Running from DOS/98 reports:

PCI BIOS Version 2.16

Device Code : Host bridge
ID : Vendor = 10DE Device = 01E0 Rev = C1
Resources: [Memory][Bus Master]
Memory Address : d0000000H

Device Code : RAM
ID : Vendor = 10DE Device = 01EB Rev = C1
Resources:

Device Code : RAM
ID : Vendor = 10DE Device = 01EE Rev = C1
Resources:

Device Code : RAM
ID : Vendor = 10DE Device = 01ED Rev = C1
Resources:

Device Code : RAM
ID : Vendor = 10DE Device = 01EC Rev = C1
Resources:

Device Code : RAM
ID : Vendor = 10DE Device = 01EF Rev = C1
Resources:

Device Code : ISA bridge
ID : Vendor = 10DE Device = 0060 Rev = A3
Resources: [I/O] [Memory][Bus Master]

Device Code : Unknown device
ID : Vendor = 10DE Device = 0064 Rev = A2
Resources: [I/O]
I/O Address : 0000e000H
Interrupt : disconnected

Device Code : USB
ID : Vendor = 10DE Device = 0067 Rev = A3
Resources: [I/O] [Memory][Bus Master]
Memory Address : e0087000H
Interrupt : IRQ10

Device Code : USB
ID : Vendor = 10DE Device = 0067 Rev = A3
Resources: [I/O] [Memory][Bus Master]
Memory Address : e0082000H
Interrupt : IRQ11

Device Code : USB
ID : Vendor = 10DE Device = 0068 Rev = A3
Resources: [Memory][Bus Master]
Memory Address : e0083000H
Interrupt : IRQ5

Device Code : Ethernet controller
ID : Vendor = 10DE Device = 0066 Rev = A1
Resources: [I/O] [Memory][Bus Master]
Memory Address : e0086000H
I/O Address : 0000e400H
Interrupt : IRQ10

Device Code : Audio device
ID : Vendor = 10DE Device = 006B Rev = A2
Resources: [Memory][Bus Master]
Memory Address : e0000000H
Interrupt : IRQ10

Device Code : Audio device
ID : Vendor = 10DE Device = 006A Rev = A1
Resources: [I/O] [Memory][Bus Master]
I/O Address : 0000d000H 0000d400H
Memory Address : e0080000H
Interrupt : IRQ5

Device Code : PCI-to-PCI bridge
ID : Vendor = 10DE Device = 006C Rev = A3
Resources: [I/O] [Memory][Bus Master]

Device Code : IDE controller
ID : Vendor = 10DE Device = 0065 Rev = A2
Resources: [I/O] [Bus Master]
I/O Address : 0000f000H

Device Code : FireWire(IEEE1394)
ID : Vendor = 10DE Device = 006E Rev = A3
Resources: [I/O] [Memory][Bus Master]
Memory Address : e0084000H e0085000H
Interrupt : IRQ10

Device Code : PCI-to-PCI bridge
ID : Vendor = 10DE Device = 01E8 Rev = C1
Resources: [I/O] [Memory][Bus Master]

Device Code : Ethernet controller
ID : Vendor = 10EC Device = 8139 Rev = 10
Resources: [I/O] [Memory][Bus Master]
I/O Address : 00009000H
Memory Address : df021000H
Interrupt : IRQ5

Device Code : Serial controller
ID : Vendor = 9710 Device = 9835 Rev = 01
Resources: [I/O] [Memory]
I/O Address : 00009400H 00009800H 00009c00H 0000a000H
I/O Address : 0000a400H 0000a800H
Interrupt : IRQ11

Device Code : Unknown device
ID : Vendor = 105A Device = 3376 Rev = 02
Resources: [I/O] [Memory][Bus Master]
I/O Address : 0000ac00H 0000b000H 0000b400H
Memory Address : df020000H df000000H
Interrupt : IRQ11

Device Code : VGA compatible controller
ID : Vendor = 102B Device = 2537 Rev = 02
Resources: [I/O] [Memory][Bus Master]
Memory Address : d8000000H dd000000H
Interrupt : IRQ11

Device Code : Device was built before Class Code
ID : Vendor = 0000 Device = 0000 Rev = 00
Resources:

---------------------------------------------------------------------
The Compaq PCI Configuration Utility v1.3.2

Running under Windows reports:

PCI Configuration on Node BARTON
01 August 2004 06:14:22 PM

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Thanks,

Mac

[Naples Air Center, Inc.]

Mac the Knife,

Your IRQs look good. I do not see a problem with either the IO Card or the NIC. Have you tried booting without the PCI Cards in the comp?

The last thing would be to try doing a Repair with the WinXP CD. (Hitting F6 as you start the install and loading the RAID Drivers.)

Take Care,

Richard

[Mac the Knife]

Now here's a curious thing. If I disable the Promise controller in Device Manager, reboot and then re-enable it "live" all is well. The system doesn't crash and sees the RAID controller's drives. So perhaps a driver load order story.

Any suggestions?

[ORAC]

Have you seen here (http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=14869&st=260&#entry157732)?

[Mac the Knife]

Thanks ORAC

Lotta stuff out there hmmmm...hnnnn
Wading thru it but haven't found anything helpful so far.

From my other forays it seems that I'm not the only feller with these problems.

Just tried removing the Promise in DM (with the drive disconnected) and rebooting
Windoze found the Promise and reinstalled the drivers.
Switched off and plugged the drive in again & rebooted.
Back to the get-half-way through booting and reboot cycle

Removed the Promise in DM again rebooted with the drive connected.
Back to the get-half-way through booting and reboot cycle
(but apparently without finding The Promise and reinstalling the drivers) because...

Disconnected drive and rebooted
Windoze found the Promise and reinstalled the drivers

So may be IS a PS problem. But then why should everything work in "Safe" mode?

This is getting irritating and since I don't really need RAID and have better things to do I'm tempted to say fcuck it. It would be nice to have an extra drive channel tho....

[Naples Air Center, Inc.]

Mac the Knife,

I do believe it is a driver issue.

I still suggest doing a Repair with the WinXP CD. You need to hit F6 when you do the install. I have found that there are no problems when setting up the OS with the SATA RAID.

Take Care,

Richard