P4C800E Deluxe Promise Controller?

REVAN_abx · 07-18-2005, 01:55 PM

Will the Promise controller on a P4C800E Deluxe support a single SATA drive or do I have to run it in a RAID configeration? I want to use my Raptors directly off of the ICH5R southbridge so I can boot from them. My problem is that I use a single SATA drive for all of my Acronis back-ups, if I have to run it in RAID I'll have to buy another drive. I really prefer not too.

PCBruiser · 07-18-2005, 02:20 PM

It supports either single drives or raid configurations. You just have to use the correct drivers - the single drive and raid ones are different.

REVAN_abx · 07-18-2005, 03:11 PM

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Originally Posted by PCBruiser

It supports either single drives or raid configurations. You just have to use the correct drivers - the single drive and raid ones are different.

Thanks Bruiser, I'm upgrading from a P4P800 Deluxe.

zim · 07-25-2005, 09:22 AM

I have a similar question. I have one IDE hard drive connceted to the Promise controller. I have the Promise controller set to IDE mode in the bios.

Can I add one SATA drive to the Promise controller and keep my IDE drive connected as it is? I don't want to run them as a RAID pair or anything, just as two seperate drives.

Are their any configuration changes I'd need to make or can I just plug in the SATA drive and both would be recognized?

Thanks,
Matt

PCBruiser · 07-25-2005, 09:37 AM

Yes, you can since you arleady have the individual HD Promise drivers installed.

zim · 07-25-2005, 12:15 PM

Thanks for the answer. I'm going to give it a try. Appreciate your help, Matt

davex1 · 08-07-2005, 11:31 AM

i also have a similar problem. i have a 250 wd sata drive conected to the promise controller as raid 0 .which now is lost. at boot up it says no bios. can i load the single ata driver and get the drive back without losing data. thanks for any help with this one.

PCBruiser · 08-07-2005, 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by davex1

i also have a similar problem. i have a 250 wd sata drive conected to the promise controller as raid 0 .which now is lost. at boot up it says no bios. can i load the single ata driver and get the drive back without losing data. thanks for any help with this one.

No, unfortunately. Once a Raid 0 array is "lost", it is gone permanently and irretrievably. That's why it is imperative to have current and frequent backups of any critical files you maintain on a Raid 0 array. BTW, you have to have 2 drives to Raid 0, what happened to the other drive? You only mention one drive. Dead?

davex1 · 08-07-2005, 01:24 PM

hey pcbruiser thanks for the quick reply. maybe i was set up correctly in the biggining because it worked fine for about 6 months then all of a sudden i got a no bios installed error at boot. at first i could get into the fasttrack controller page and rebuild without losing data but then it would be gone again. but now i cant seem to get into that page. control f dosent seem to work.any suggestions. most everthing on the drive has been saved elswhere except for a few pictures. im trying to save those and then start over with a clean install of everything. thanks again.

zim · 08-07-2005, 01:37 PM

You say you had RAID 0, but it seems that you're saying there is only one hard drive

PCBruiser · 08-07-2005, 01:41 PM

Hummm, sounds more like the Promise controller on the board hs died than the array itself. If the board is still under warrantee, I would strongly consider an RMA. If you go that route, mark the two drives as to how they were connected to the controller. Then connect them to the fixed board the same way, and you might find the array is stillthere. I actrually changed from a P4C800E-D to an A8V, both of which have the same Promise controller on-board, and the A8V saw the old array created on the P4C800E-D immediately.

And, please clarify, you did have 2 drives didn't you because you can't physically create a Raid array with a single physical drive, and you wouldn't want to anyway even if you could somehow manage to fool the controller into letting you do that.

davex1 · 08-07-2005, 01:52 PM

no on the promise controller i only had 1 wd 250 sata drive. but it called it a raid 0. since there was no problem and i'm very new to this. i thought all was o.k. sorry about the confusion.i must be wrong on what it was called.

PCBruiser · 08-07-2005, 02:02 PM

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Originally Posted by davex1

no on the promise controller i only had 1 wd 250 sata drive. but it called it a raid 0. since there was no problem and i'm very new to this. i thought all was o.k. sorry about the confusion.i must be wrong on what it was called.

If you only had one drive there was no Raid array. It should be formated like any regular IDE or SATA drive (NTFS, I assume, if you were using W2K or XP). Move the drive to either an IDE channel or SATA if that's what it is, and that may be all that is needed if the Promise controller has failed. Of course, the drive may have also been corrupted if the controller failed. But, physically the drive may be fine, and if you are lucky, you may actually not have lost anything at all.

davex1 · 08-07-2005, 02:16 PM

ok sounds good i guess ill shut it down and replug the250gig sata into the other plug for the controller. i cant use the ich5 because i have 2 raptors in raid 0 on that and they run great.im just now tring to figure out how to post my machine like you have yours at the bottom of your posts.(should have done that 1st) but for now its
p4-3.2 / 2 raptors on ich5 raid 0 bootdrive/ 1 250 wdsata on promise controller(not working)/1gig 3200cp2t /ati all in wonder pro128mb./ plextor cdrw/plextordvd/rw/pc power and cooling510 turbo-cool. mitsubishi 7 in 1 card reader./xp-pro.
thanks again for the help.

PCBruiser · 08-07-2005, 02:19 PM

If the Promise controller has failed, the other SATA plug on that controller probably won't work either. You may be stuck since you have used the other SATA lines on the board.

You can enter your configuration as your signature using the UserCP link near the top of every page.

07-18-2005, 01:55 PM	#1
REVAN_abx Go A D Go! Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Oregon Posts: 445	P4C800E Deluxe Promise Controller? Will the Promise controller on a P4C800E Deluxe support a single SATA drive or do I have to run it in a RAID configeration? I want to use my Raptors directly off of the ICH5R southbridge so I can boot from them. My problem is that I use a single SATA drive for all of my Acronis back-ups, if I have to run it in RAID I'll have to buy another drive. I really prefer not too.
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07-18-2005, 02:20 PM	#2
PCBruiser Registered User Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 13,497	It supports either single drives or raid configurations. You just have to use the correct drivers - the single drive and raid ones are different.
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07-25-2005, 09:22 AM	#4
zim Registered User Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 30	I have a similar question. I have one IDE hard drive connceted to the Promise controller. I have the Promise controller set to IDE mode in the bios. Can I add one SATA drive to the Promise controller and keep my IDE drive connected as it is? I don't want to run them as a RAID pair or anything, just as two seperate drives. Are their any configuration changes I'd need to make or can I just plug in the SATA drive and both would be recognized? Thanks, Matt
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07-25-2005, 09:37 AM	#5
PCBruiser Registered User Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 13,497	Yes, you can since you arleady have the individual HD Promise drivers installed.
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07-25-2005, 12:15 PM	#6
zim Registered User Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 30	Thanks for the answer. I'm going to give it a try. Appreciate your help, Matt
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08-07-2005, 11:31 AM	#7
davex1 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: nj Posts: 10	single sata on promise controller from serious newb. i also have a similar problem. i have a 250 wd sata drive conected to the promise controller as raid 0 .which now is lost. at boot up it says no bios. can i load the single ata driver and get the drive back without losing data. thanks for any help with this one.
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08-07-2005, 01:24 PM	#9
davex1 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: nj Posts: 10	hey pcbruiser thanks for the quick reply. maybe i was set up correctly in the biggining because it worked fine for about 6 months then all of a sudden i got a no bios installed error at boot. at first i could get into the fasttrack controller page and rebuild without losing data but then it would be gone again. but now i cant seem to get into that page. control f dosent seem to work.any suggestions. most everthing on the drive has been saved elswhere except for a few pictures. im trying to save those and then start over with a clean install of everything. thanks again. Last edited by davex1 : 08-07-2005 at 01:31 PM.
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08-07-2005, 01:37 PM	#10
zim Registered User Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 30	You say you had RAID 0, but it seems that you're saying there is only one hard drive
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08-07-2005, 01:41 PM	#11
PCBruiser Registered User Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 13,497	Hummm, sounds more like the Promise controller on the board hs died than the array itself. If the board is still under warrantee, I would strongly consider an RMA. If you go that route, mark the two drives as to how they were connected to the controller. Then connect them to the fixed board the same way, and you might find the array is stillthere. I actrually changed from a P4C800E-D to an A8V, both of which have the same Promise controller on-board, and the A8V saw the old array created on the P4C800E-D immediately. And, please clarify, you did have 2 drives didn't you because you can't physically create a Raid array with a single physical drive, and you wouldn't want to anyway even if you could somehow manage to fool the controller into letting you do that.
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08-07-2005, 01:52 PM	#12
davex1 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: nj Posts: 10	no on the promise controller i only had 1 wd 250 sata drive. but it called it a raid 0. since there was no problem and i'm very new to this. i thought all was o.k. sorry about the confusion.i must be wrong on what it was called.
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08-07-2005, 02:16 PM	#14
davex1 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: nj Posts: 10	ok sounds good i guess ill shut it down and replug the250gig sata into the other plug for the controller. i cant use the ich5 because i have 2 raptors in raid 0 on that and they run great.im just now tring to figure out how to post my machine like you have yours at the bottom of your posts.(should have done that 1st) but for now its p4-3.2 / 2 raptors on ich5 raid 0 bootdrive/ 1 250 wdsata on promise controller(not working)/1gig 3200cp2t /ati all in wonder pro128mb./ plextor cdrw/plextordvd/rw/pc power and cooling510 turbo-cool. mitsubishi 7 in 1 card reader./xp-pro. thanks again for the help.
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08-07-2005, 02:19 PM	#15
PCBruiser Registered User Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 13,497	If the Promise controller has failed, the other SATA plug on that controller probably won't work either. You may be stuck since you have used the other SATA lines on the board. You can enter your configuration as your signature using the UserCP link near the top of every page.
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