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Switching from RAID to IDE

Asked by Auriclus in Miscellaneous Hardware, Hardware Components

Tags: machine_check_exception, controller, promise, from, raid

Hello all,

I'm troubleshooting a system with a Machine_Check_Exception error (0x0000009c) that pops up on a regular basis.

I'm trying to narrow down the hardware responsible for causing the problem and have stripped down the machine to just the video, motherboard, hard drive and processor. So far even with these four the error has still occured.

I noticed that the computer only has one hard drive, yet it is hooked up to a 0+1 Promise Fasttrack array. The RAID is provided on-board via the Asus P4PE motherboard. It does not seem to make any sense for the drive to be in this array, as it should require a minimum of two disks The user isn't a technical one, so I doubt they removed a drive. It seems to have come from the builder (a local business) in this configuration, although I'm e-mailing their techs to find out for sure if that is the case.

Is there any reason at all for a single drive to be in a RAID array? The hard drive only has one partition, by the way.

Now, my question is this... I want to remove the array and move the drive from the RAID controller to the onboard IDE. Removing the array and swapping to IDE is simple stuff for me but will the user's data remain intact? Can I make this switch without needing to reformat or do any other changes to the drive? The OS is XP Home.

I checked the Asus driver section for the model and it doesn't list any IDE drivers there other than the Intel Utilitiy Configuration.

Thanks,

Auriclus

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Switching from RAID to IDE

Asked by Auriclus in Miscellaneous Hardware, Hardware Components

Tags: machine_check_exception, controller, promise, from, raid

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