2 SSD RAID 0 Not seen in Windows installer.

[TomTom111]

Hello,

I am upgrading my two 120 GB SSDs to two 256 GB SSDs.
Everything did run fine before, I will point out.

By motherboard is a Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 REV 4.0.

I have the SSDs in the same slots as the two previous to it, SATA 0 and 1.

Create the array in the Marvell interface, then start the Windows installer.

I load the appropriate drivers from a USB so I can see all of my attached drives (I will be installing from a CD).

After loading the driver, my RAID of 2x 256 GB SSDs are not seen, but my two other hard drives are visible.

So I checked the BIOS, and the RAID array status, and everything checks out. I could not get them visible by windows under any circumstance, even in DISKPART via the command prompt.

I reinserted the old 120GB SSDs and repeated the process, and the RAID array was visible.

I put the new 256 GB SSDs in a separate desktop, and did a basic formatting of them to see what would happen, to no avail.

The drives are still not visible.

Am I missing something?

--Thanks as always!

 

[ss202sl]

What sata port are they in. Also why use raid ? With SSDs it doesn't make any real difference.

 

[giantbucket]

this is interesting. another guy has an Asus 990FX board and has a similar problem. no chance you're both using the same SSD units? samsung 850 evo?

 

[TomTom111]

I am using 2 Crucial MX100 256GB SSDs. The SSDs are in port 0 and 1 of the mobo SATA ports.

 

[popatim]

I'm confused, the marvel interface on the 990fx is for the two esata ports. How did you manage to create the array?
Perhaps you meant the AMD Raid bios ?

 

[TomTom111]

Yes, that is what I am using, my mistake.

 

[TomTom111]

So after some searching, I ended up on Crucial's website. In the forums there, I found an article talking about my exact problem.

The answer simply is...
There is a comparability issue with the RAID controller and the memory controller in the SSD.

Very unfortunate. But hey, at least my HTPC has an SSD now, right?

Thanks for the replies.