Crashes When Raid Turned On

[jarrodg1993]

My computer works great, no problems at all, till I turn on Raid. When I turn it on in the bios my computer crashes every time when windows is starting with the colorful swirling dots that you see on windows 7. I have an MSI Z87 GD65 gaming board with an i5 4670k and windows 7 ultimate. I am trying to add a small 32gb msata cache ssd for my 3tb drive with all my programs on it. I know I have to turn raid on to do so but, as I said, I can not start my computer when I turn it on.

 

[Paul NZ]

Probably have to do it BEFORE you install windows. Not after. Altho RAID is usually hdds of the size size not a small and a big one

 

[jarrodg1993]

Probably have to do it BEFORE you install windows. Not after. Altho RAID is usually hdds of the size size not a small and a big one

I'm not trying to raid the two as a mirror or expansion I am making the smaller one a cache drive. The cache drive is always gonna be smaller than your mechanical one.

 

[Paul NZ]

Dont think you can use RAID for that. But its probably crashing because RAID needs drivers. No drivers you crash

 

[jarrodg1993]

Dont think you can use RAID for that. But its probably crashing because RAID needs drivers. No drivers you crash

Everywhere I've looked people say you have to have it turned on for it. You don't actually use raid for that but it has to be turned on. I can't find any raid drivers on the website for my motherboard though.

 

[Paul NZ]

I don't think you can change it AFTER you install windows anyway.

Its like people who install Windows in IDE mode, they decide to change it to AHCI mode after. Same thing you crash

 

[cin19]

Dont think you can use RAID for that. But its probably crashing because RAID needs drivers. No drivers you crash

Everywhere I've looked people say you have to have it turned on for it. You don't actually use raid for that but it has to be turned on. I can't find any raid drivers on the website for my motherboard though.

You need to do; ( sometime you can just change the registry subkeys in the regular mode, but I found that it will work well under the safe mode)
1) press 'win" and "R" go to the run command. Type " msconfig", press OK.
2) click "boot" tab, click the " safe boot". click " apply" and "OK". Reboot into the safe mode.
3) press 'win" and "R" go to the run command. Type " regedit ", press OK.
4) Locate the following registry subkeys:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\msahci
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\iaStorV
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\iaStorA
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\iaStorF
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\iaStor ( you may or may not have all the iaStorX X=A, F, or V key)
5)For example, click the "iaStorA", and in the right panel, look for the "star", right-click "Start" in the name column , click the " modify...."
6) In the value data box, type 0 if the number is "3", and then click OK.On the File menu, click exit to close Registry Editor.
7) press 'win" and "R" go to the run command. Type " msconfig", press OK.
8) click "boot" tab, uncheck the " safe boot". click " apply" and "OK". Reboot into the regular mode.
9) install the intel RST software ( iata_enu.exe ). https://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?DwnldID=22194
10) run the intel RST to set the SRT cache using the 32GB SSD. Here is how to. * Following the "Enabling Intel® Smart Response Technology" step by step.
http://www.intel.com/support/chipsets/sb/CS-032826.htm