Intel RAID 0 help... BSOD.

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Loaded what I think is hte latest intel chipset drivers.. reboots nad its fine.. system feeling sluggish tho.. I installed the Intel Matrix driver and then I get blue screens on bootup. I thought I need to run the intel matrix driver with this setup? Thx for any help. I am reloading again and wont install the matrix driver until I hear back from someone on here.
 
getting read speeds around 466mb/s without the Matrix driver. I found I had write cache not enabled. This made a huge difference in teh way its running. I wonder if I can load the Matrix driver now that I have it enabled? I was getting 266mb/s with a single drive so I was hoping for closer to 500mb/s in RAID0.... ive seen someone on teh same controller get over 500mb/s... any ideas? .... oh wait.. I havent done any SSD tweaks... let me test that.
 
Well thats really wierd... this time I benched 1007mb/s read speed which cant be right... Vista boot is slower with RAID 0 vs a single drive.. its like the Raid driver takes longer to load or something.
 
Copyright said:
It wont hold my enable write caching on the disk option... wierd
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I believe the SSD driver automatically sets that option for you. In my experience with the OCZ core drives, it did the same thing.

Yes, you do want to have the matrix driver installed. Are you on a fresh install of Vista? Have you updated the mobo BIOS to the latest?

Which benchmark are you using?
 
well HD Tune is showing low performance.. not much over what I was getting. the main thing is I cant get write cache to show enabled and the latest matrix driver will blue screen. Overall the system boots MUCH slower.. I see 15 bars pass during the boot screen.. it was less then 2 bars with a single drive.. its like it took a huge performance hit if anything.
 
Try different stripe sizes-

I know OCZ recommends a larger stripe size, but I read this "We even used the default 128KB stripe for RAID 0—Intel also suggested that performance would be even higher with smaller stripe sizes." on a review site- So, it looks like there might be work ahead to figure out which is best for the X25-M.

What is discouraging is the write times for X25-M in Raid0 that I have seen on review sites- I'm hoping it's just a configuration issue, or just tests on older firmware-
 
Copyright said:
well HD Tune is showing low performance.. not much over what I was getting. the main thing is I cant get write cache to show enabled and the latest matrix driver will blue screen. Overall the system boots MUCH slower.. I see 15 bars pass during the boot screen.. it was less then 2 bars with a single drive.. its like it took a huge performance hit if anything.
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Something is obviously not right- as far as the blue screen issue and the slow boot.

Have you ever run RAID 0 on that system before? Can you bench the drives separately to confirm they are both functioning correctly?
 
I was letting it use the default Vista driver to get hte OS loaded and then trying to load the matrix driver...now I am trying to load the matrix driver during the first part of the install useing the browse key. Ive seen guys enable write cache and get over 500mb/s in HD tach.. when they disable they got like 266mb/s which is exactly what I was getting. I may have to slip stream this driver into my XP install and just go back to XP. I would think the RAID 0 setup would be faster and boot faster. If not then one of these is going into my laptop!
 
Griff805 said:
Something is obviously not right- as far as the blue screen issue and the slow boot.

Have you ever run RAID 0 on that system before? Can you bench the drives separately to confirm they are both functioning correctly?
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I should mention ive ran raid before but not with this mobo. Im honestly not sure why its being such a turd... AHCI and one drive was flying.
 
Copyright said:
I was letting it use the default Vista driver to get hte OS loaded and then trying to load the matrix driver...now I am trying to load the matrix driver during the first part of the install useing the browse key. Ive seen guys enable write cache and get over 500mb/s in HD tach.. when they disable they got like 266mb/s which is exactly what I was getting. I may have to slip stream this driver into my XP install and just go back to XP. I would think the RAID 0 setup would be faster and boot faster. If not then one of these is going into my laptop!
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Where did you download the latest matrix driver? You should be able to get it directly from your Mobo manufacturer's website. Getting it from intel's website is not always the easiest, or best option.
 
I stuck the ICH9R matrix driver in during the first part of the OS load and it blue screens there too.. it just doesnt want to take the Matrix driver for some reason.
 
Copyright said:
I stuck the ICH9R matrix driver in during the first part of the OS load and it blue screens there too.. it just doesnt want to take the Matrix driver for some reason.
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If you go to http://support.asus.com and download the latest drivers for your Mobo, I think you'll be alright-

You need the following from Asus' website:

1. Intel Chipset software 8.3.1013 --- It's under "Chipset"
2.Matrix storage manager driver ver. 8.2.0.1001 --- It's under "Utilities"
3. BIOS 0701 - latest

That should solve any BSOD problem. If not, well, then something else is amiss-
 
Griff805 said:
If you go to http://support.asus.com and download the latest drivers for your Mobo, I think you'll be alright-

You need the following from Asus' website:

1. Intel Chipset software 8.3.1013 --- It's under "Chipset"
2.Matrix storage manager driver ver. 8.2.0.1001 --- It's under "Utilities"
3. BIOS 0701 - latest

That should solve any BSOD problem. If not, well, then something else is amiss-
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Nice I will give that a shot now. thx
 
I got the latest firmware but it did NOT update the matrix controller.. im still 7.5... where did you find this firmware with the matrix update?
 
The issue with Vista is you have to run the latest version of hte intel matrix software so that NCQ is enabled. I will try the older one and see if it works or not.
 
I found the stuff I listed right on Asus' website. You just use their mobo selection process and it lists all your drivers-

When you update the BIOS, it updates the Matrix raid firmware
 
Thats the problem.. I updated the bios.. and the matrix firmware stayed the same.. the links to the bios doesnt show a firmware update for the controller.. do you have an exact link?
 
All I am seeing is this for the latest Firmware fixes...

Rampage Formula 0701 Bios
Fixed use 2 pieces of ATI4870X2 VGA Card can't display from Primary slot display monitor


Nothing about updating the firmware on the ICH9R controller which I think is the issue.
 
If you updated the BIOS, then what you have is the latest version of the Matrix firmware-

There's nothing else you can do, that I am aware of that will update your ICH9R matrix BIOS. Make sure you're not confusing some of the version numbers-
 
nope its 7.5 for the firmware... and for hte software I accidently installed the 7.5 and all of a sudden my boot times into vista are fast again! We are getting some where.. I need to get the latest Matrix drier loaded now. I still have to do the SSD tweaks of course but for some reason I still cant enable write caching like I could when it was a single drive. IVe heard there are huge performance gains... HD TUne shows crap benchmarks peaks about 280 but CrystalDrivemark shows higher? I saw a guy getting 500 mb/s with write cache enabled on an ICH9R... I wonder if a firmware update on the controller will allow me to use the later software version that is bluescreening. This later version is supposed to have the fixes for the NCQ etc.
 
There's write caching in that device driver menu you're talking about, and there's also write caching on the Matrix Raid setup. Have you been able to successfully enter the Intel Matrix Storage Manager in windows to configure the RAID Array?
 
Look at this pic- This is where you want to turn it on-

intel-cache-enable.png
 
Griff805 said:
Look at this pic- This is where you want to turn it on-

intel-cache-enable.png
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holy shit...you are the man! lol getting over 500 now on HD Tune... THANK YOU! I havent used RAID in years or this utility... that got the benches where I want them. From what I understand with SSD we want this option turned on right? I know my single defaulted to this option on. From what im seeing the driver I used matches the version of the firmware running the RAID config... I guess this is how it works?
 
Glad you got it working-

Post some CrystalDisk results when you get a chance- I'll have my first x25-m on Monday. Don't know when I'll be able to order another. I'll have to work an extra weekend or something to justify it-

I'm interested to see if my adaptec 31605 controller will improve performance, or if the onboard ICH10R i have will be enough.
 
Griff805 said:
Glad you got it working-

Post some CrystalDisk results when you get a chance- I'll have my first x25-m on Monday. Don't know when I'll be able to order another. I'll have to work an extra weekend or something to justify it-

I'm interested to see if my adaptec 31605 controller will improve performance, or if the onboard ICH10R i have will be enough.
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crystal mark was showing lower then HD Tune.
 
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