fbavaro
04-01-2004, 01:07 PM
Hello,
my brother in law has a Microstar KT3-Ultra - ARU motherboard with RAID functionality. We setup two 80gb Maxtor hard drives RAID 1 (mirrored). This system has been working for almost two years when suddenly he gets a critical error stating problem with array. OK, no problem, figure out which drive went bad and replace it. Well, it turns out that both drives went bad according to the noise one was making and the Maxtor diagnostic software. I was able to recover data - sent both drives back and got new ones. Re-load the OS with fresh install - put back his old data and all is well. Within one week one of the drives failed like mad - clicking and clunking. I replace it and all is well for a month or so and now the critical error is back. I would have to think the controller on the board is malfunctioning. Anyone, have any input I sure would appreciate it. Incidentally, his system was originally riddled with spyware and had a worm virus - I cleaned it all and reloaded os. I would appreciate any input.
Thank you,
Frank
my brother in law has a Microstar KT3-Ultra - ARU motherboard with RAID functionality. We setup two 80gb Maxtor hard drives RAID 1 (mirrored). This system has been working for almost two years when suddenly he gets a critical error stating problem with array. OK, no problem, figure out which drive went bad and replace it. Well, it turns out that both drives went bad according to the noise one was making and the Maxtor diagnostic software. I was able to recover data - sent both drives back and got new ones. Re-load the OS with fresh install - put back his old data and all is well. Within one week one of the drives failed like mad - clicking and clunking. I replace it and all is well for a month or so and now the critical error is back. I would have to think the controller on the board is malfunctioning. Anyone, have any input I sure would appreciate it. Incidentally, his system was originally riddled with spyware and had a worm virus - I cleaned it all and reloaded os. I would appreciate any input.
Thank you,
Frank