Areca 1222 + Seagate 2TB drives problem - HELP needed!

[raoden]

Hi I recently built a Storage computer/workstation.
Specs
core i7 920 + Corsair HX 850
Areca 1222 raid controller
5 * 2TB Seagate barracuda LP drives

I created 1 Raid set with all drives. I created one volume set with raid 0 (250GB) and one volume set with Raid 6 (~5.3TB). The raid 6 volume set initialized after 52hrs. I create GUID partitions on both the Volume sets. I had been using the raid 0 volume for sometime on Windows 7 Pro.

I had shutdown my PC 3 days ago. And booted up my PC today evening and to my horror the Raid controller is not detecting even a single drive. How could this have happened? I didnt open the case at all and I am at a loss. How do I fix this problem

 

[novadude]

Pop the case open and physically unplug then replug all of the drive's power and data cables at both ends then try booting again.

I've seen people plug in power cords (even the 24 pin ones to boot) that don't quite latch and due to tension on the cable pop out days/weeks later, so start by checking everything. If everything checks out it's time to start checking drives with different controllers and different cables to narrow down what's wrong.

 

[Yonzie]

I had shutdown my PC 3 days ago. And booted up my PC today evening and to my horror the Raid controller is not detecting even a single drive. How could this have happened? I didnt open the case at all and I am at a loss. How do I fix this problem

Most likely, either the controller broke or the PSU did something very wierd.

 

[raoden]

Sorry for the really late response! I have been crazy busy for the past 2 weeks. I am not sure what really happened. I didn't open the case for fix anything. But for the last few days my drives and the controller have been behaving. I have rebooted the machine 4 or 5 times and the drives have always been there. They completely went missing only once. I am crossing my finger and hoping that this does not happen again. Thx for the replies guys.