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| SATA cables or should I just slit my wrists? [message #78321] |
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Deej [4]
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Well.........****!!! I was noodling around with a PCI card on the MOBO of my
paris rig (it was turned off) and noticed that one of my SATA cables was a
bit stressed so I unplugged it, straightened it and then plugged it back in.
All hell has broken loose with my RAID array. I could not even run Ghost
(BSOD related to the Promise raid driver being less-than-equal. I finally
unplugged the SATA drives, and was able to boot into Ghost, restore a recent
drive image, then before I rebooted, I plugged the SATA cables back in.
I got a message that my RAID array was hosed so I deleted it and then
rebuilt it. Everything worked and life was good for about an hour. I turned
my machine off, then a couple of hours later, I rebooted and the same thing
happened but now I can't get the RAID array to work at all and my system
drive shows to be unbootable.
I'm wondering if this could be faulty SATA cables. Both cables I'm using
were bent over double back before I had my EDS cards in a Magma because of
the vicinity of the SATA port locations. Believe me, I've tried everything
else imaginable. I've got one new SATA cable here and I have switched it
around between the two used cables but no luck. Both SATA drives do appear
in the RAID setup. They just can't be arrayed properly.
Guess I'll reformat my boot drive tomorrow and reload Windows ME and Paris.
That's about all I use on this machine anyway (sigh)
Luckily I have my audio files backed up because this RAID POS was my audio
drive. Nothing lost except for a couple of .ppj's that aren't important.
Even if it turns out to be a bad cable, I think I'll shitcan this RAID stuff
and just get myself a nice big 7200 for audio.
RAID=unnecessary PITA. IMO.
Deej
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| wrists intact and so are SATA cables [message #78334 is a reply to message #78321] |
Sun, 14 January 2007 10:21  |
Deej [4]
Messages: 1292
Registered: January 2007
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Woke up this morning. Discovered the problem (not cable related at all).
Fixed it. Rebooted DAW, deleted existing array (which was hosed), created
new array. Everything works again. Am currently formatting a 160G WD 8MB
drive for audio.
;o)
"DJ" <www.aarrrrggghhh!!!.com> wrote in message news:45a9dcc4@linux...
> Well.........****!!! I was noodling around with a PCI card on the MOBO of
> my paris rig (it was turned off) and noticed that one of my SATA cables
> was a bit stressed so I unplugged it, straightened it and then plugged it
> back in.
>
> All hell has broken loose with my RAID array. I could not even run Ghost
> (BSOD related to the Promise raid driver being less-than-equal. I finally
> unplugged the SATA drives, and was able to boot into Ghost, restore a
> recent drive image, then before I rebooted, I plugged the SATA cables back
> in.
>
> I got a message that my RAID array was hosed so I deleted it and then
> rebuilt it. Everything worked and life was good for about an hour. I
> turned my machine off, then a couple of hours later, I rebooted and the
> same thing happened but now I can't get the RAID array to work at all and
> my system drive shows to be unbootable.
>
> I'm wondering if this could be faulty SATA cables. Both cables I'm using
> were bent over double back before I had my EDS cards in a Magma because
> of the vicinity of the SATA port locations. Believe me, I've tried
> everything else imaginable. I've got one new SATA cable here and I have
> switched it around between the two used cables but no luck. Both SATA
> drives do appear in the RAID setup. They just can't be arrayed properly.
>
> Guess I'll reformat my boot drive tomorrow and reload Windows ME and
> Paris. That's about all I use on this machine anyway (sigh)
>
> Luckily I have my audio files backed up because this RAID POS was my audio
> drive. Nothing lost except for a couple of .ppj's that aren't important.
> Even if it turns out to be a bad cable, I think I'll shitcan this RAID
> stuff and just get myself a nice big 7200 for audio.
>
> RAID=unnecessary PITA. IMO.
> Deej
>
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| Re: wrists intact and so are SATA cables [message #78337 is a reply to message #78334] |
Sun, 14 January 2007 10:44 |
Aaron Allen
Messages: 1988
Registered: May 2008
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.... and the problem was?....
AA
"DJ" <www.aarrrrggghhh!!!.com> wrote in message news:45aa7171@linux...
> Woke up this morning. Discovered the problem (not cable related at all).
> Fixed it. Rebooted DAW, deleted existing array (which was hosed), created
> new array. Everything works again. Am currently formatting a 160G WD 8MB
> drive for audio.
>
> ;o)
>
> "DJ" <www.aarrrrggghhh!!!.com> wrote in message news:45a9dcc4@linux...
>> Well.........****!!! I was noodling around with a PCI card on the MOBO of
>> my paris rig (it was turned off) and noticed that one of my SATA cables
>> was a bit stressed so I unplugged it, straightened it and then plugged it
>> back in.
>>
>> All hell has broken loose with my RAID array. I could not even run Ghost
>> (BSOD related to the Promise raid driver being less-than-equal. I finally
>> unplugged the SATA drives, and was able to boot into Ghost, restore a
>> recent drive image, then before I rebooted, I plugged the SATA cables
>> back in.
>>
>> I got a message that my RAID array was hosed so I deleted it and then
>> rebuilt it. Everything worked and life was good for about an hour. I
>> turned my machine off, then a couple of hours later, I rebooted and the
>> same thing happened but now I can't get the RAID array to work at all and
>> my system drive shows to be unbootable.
>>
>> I'm wondering if this could be faulty SATA cables. Both cables I'm using
>> were bent over double back before I had my EDS cards in a Magma because
>> of the vicinity of the SATA port locations. Believe me, I've tried
>> everything else imaginable. I've got one new SATA cable here and I have
>> switched it around between the two used cables but no luck. Both SATA
>> drives do appear in the RAID setup. They just can't be arrayed properly.
>>
>> Guess I'll reformat my boot drive tomorrow and reload Windows ME and
>> Paris. That's about all I use on this machine anyway (sigh)
>>
>> Luckily I have my audio files backed up because this RAID POS was my
>> audio drive. Nothing lost except for a couple of .ppj's that aren't
>> important. Even if it turns out to be a bad cable, I think I'll shitcan
>> this RAID stuff and just get myself a nice big 7200 for audio.
>>
>> RAID=unnecessary PITA. IMO.
>> Deej
>>
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| Re: wrists intact and so are SATA cables [message #78386 is a reply to message #78337] |
Sun, 14 January 2007 21:57 |
Deej [4]
Messages: 1292
Registered: January 2007
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The power cable to my 7 slot Magma holding the EDS cards had wiggled loose
and the chassis had shut down. If even one little niggling thing isn't right
with this monstrosity, the whole thing will fold like a house of cards.
;o)
"Aaron Allen" <know-spam@not_here.dude> wrote in message
news:45aa773c@linux...
> ... and the problem was?....
> AA
>
> "DJ" <www.aarrrrggghhh!!!.com> wrote in message news:45aa7171@linux...
>> Woke up this morning. Discovered the problem (not cable related at all).
>> Fixed it. Rebooted DAW, deleted existing array (which was hosed), created
>> new array. Everything works again. Am currently formatting a 160G WD 8MB
>> drive for audio.
>>
>> ;o)
>>
>> "DJ" <www.aarrrrggghhh!!!.com> wrote in message news:45a9dcc4@linux...
>>> Well.........****!!! I was noodling around with a PCI card on the MOBO
>>> of my paris rig (it was turned off) and noticed that one of my SATA
>>> cables was a bit stressed so I unplugged it, straightened it and then
>>> plugged it back in.
>>>
>>> All hell has broken loose with my RAID array. I could not even run Ghost
>>> (BSOD related to the Promise raid driver being less-than-equal. I
>>> finally unplugged the SATA drives, and was able to boot into Ghost,
>>> restore a recent drive image, then before I rebooted, I plugged the SATA
>>> cables back in.
>>>
>>> I got a message that my RAID array was hosed so I deleted it and then
>>> rebuilt it. Everything worked and life was good for about an hour. I
>>> turned my machine off, then a couple of hours later, I rebooted and the
>>> same thing happened but now I can't get the RAID array to work at all
>>> and my system drive shows to be unbootable.
>>>
>>> I'm wondering if this could be faulty SATA cables. Both cables I'm using
>>> were bent over double back before I had my EDS cards in a Magma because
>>> of the vicinity of the SATA port locations. Believe me, I've tried
>>> everything else imaginable. I've got one new SATA cable here and I have
>>> switched it around between the two used cables but no luck. Both SATA
>>> drives do appear in the RAID setup. They just can't be arrayed properly.
>>>
>>> Guess I'll reformat my boot drive tomorrow and reload Windows ME and
>>> Paris. That's about all I use on this machine anyway (sigh)
>>>
>>> Luckily I have my audio files backed up because this RAID POS was my
>>> audio drive. Nothing lost except for a couple of .ppj's that aren't
>>> important. Even if it turns out to be a bad cable, I think I'll shitcan
>>> this RAID stuff and just get myself a nice big 7200 for audio.
>>>
>>> RAID=unnecessary PITA. IMO.
>>> Deej
>>>
>>
>>
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| Re: wrists intact and so are SATA cables [message #78388 is a reply to message #78386] |
Sun, 14 January 2007 22:17 |
Jeff hoover
Messages: 22
Registered: January 2007
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And if the power cable came loose on your all ITB 256 track with zero
latency dream machine, you'd probably be in the same situation
;-p
Hoov
DJ wrote:
> The power cable to my 7 slot Magma holding the EDS cards had wiggled loose
> and the chassis had shut down. If even one little niggling thing isn't right
> with this monstrosity, the whole thing will fold like a house of cards.
>
> ;o)
>
> "Aaron Allen" <know-spam@not_here.dude> wrote in message
> news:45aa773c@linux...
>
>>... and the problem was?....
>>AA
>>
>>"DJ" <www.aarrrrggghhh!!!.com> wrote in message news:45aa7171@linux...
>>
>>>Woke up this morning. Discovered the problem (not cable related at all).
>>>Fixed it. Rebooted DAW, deleted existing array (which was hosed), created
>>>new array. Everything works again. Am currently formatting a 160G WD 8MB
>>>drive for audio.
>>>
>>>;o)
>>>
>>>"DJ" <www.aarrrrggghhh!!!.com> wrote in message news:45a9dcc4@linux...
>>>
>>>>Well.........****!!! I was noodling around with a PCI card on the MOBO
>>>>of my paris rig (it was turned off) and noticed that one of my SATA
>>>>cables was a bit stressed so I unplugged it, straightened it and then
>>>>plugged it back in.
>>>>
>>>>All hell has broken loose with my RAID array. I could not even run Ghost
>>>>(BSOD related to the Promise raid driver being less-than-equal. I
>>>>finally unplugged the SATA drives, and was able to boot into Ghost,
>>>>restore a recent drive image, then before I rebooted, I plugged the SATA
>>>>cables back in.
>>>>
>>>>I got a message that my RAID array was hosed so I deleted it and then
>>>>rebuilt it. Everything worked and life was good for about an hour. I
>>>>turned my machine off, then a couple of hours later, I rebooted and the
>>>>same thing happened but now I can't get the RAID array to work at all
>>>>and my system drive shows to be unbootable.
>>>>
>>>>I'm wondering if this could be faulty SATA cables. Both cables I'm using
>>>>were bent over double back before I had my EDS cards in a Magma because
>>>>of the vicinity of the SATA port locations. Believe me, I've tried
>>>>everything else imaginable. I've got one new SATA cable here and I have
>>>>switched it around between the two used cables but no luck. Both SATA
>>>>drives do appear in the RAID setup. They just can't be arrayed properly.
>>>>
>>>>Guess I'll reformat my boot drive tomorrow and reload Windows ME and
>>>>Paris. That's about all I use on this machine anyway (sigh)
>>>>
>>>>Luckily I have my audio files backed up because this RAID POS was my
>>>>audio drive. Nothing lost except for a couple of .ppj's that aren't
>>>>important. Even if it turns out to be a bad cable, I think I'll shitcan
>>>>this RAID stuff and just get myself a nice big 7200 for audio.
>>>>
>>>>RAID=unnecessary PITA. IMO.
>>>>Deej
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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| Re: wrists intact and so are SATA cables [message #78395 is a reply to message #78388] |
Mon, 15 January 2007 06:35 |
Deej [4]
Messages: 1292
Registered: January 2007
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Jeff, the DAW I use has 4 x MECs, 4 x ADAT modules 3 x Magmas, 2 x computers
with another 48 ADAT I/O, a WC module, A WC distributor, 2 x digital
patchbays, 4 x outboard DSP processors an ADAT>AES format converter, two
S/Pdif > AES format converters and a 240v/110v step down converter. There
are power cables for each of these and quite a few digital interconnect
cables. If just one of these goes south, it's **** city. I love it.
;o)
If these are booted in the proper sequence or
"Jeff hoover" <jkhoover@excite-DOT-com> wrote in message
news:45ab199c@linux...
> And if the power cable came loose on your all ITB 256 track with zero
> latency dream machine, you'd probably be in the same situation
>
> ;-p
>
> Hoov
>
> DJ wrote:
>> The power cable to my 7 slot Magma holding the EDS cards had wiggled
>> loose and the chassis had shut down. If even one little niggling thing
>> isn't right with this monstrosity, the whole thing will fold like a house
>> of cards.
>>
>> ;o)
>>
>> "Aaron Allen" <know-spam@not_here.dude> wrote in message
>> news:45aa773c@linux...
>>
>>>... and the problem was?....
>>>AA
>>>
>>>"DJ" <www.aarrrrggghhh!!!.com> wrote in message news:45aa7171@linux...
>>>
>>>>Woke up this morning. Discovered the problem (not cable related at all).
>>>>Fixed it. Rebooted DAW, deleted existing array (which was hosed),
>>>>created new array. Everything works again. Am currently formatting a
>>>>160G WD 8MB drive for audio.
>>>>
>>>>;o)
>>>>
>>>>"DJ" <www.aarrrrggghhh!!!.com> wrote in message news:45a9dcc4@linux...
>>>>
>>>>>Well.........****!!! I was noodling around with a PCI card on the MOBO
>>>>>of my paris rig (it was turned off) and noticed that one of my SATA
>>>>>cables was a bit stressed so I unplugged it, straightened it and then
>>>>>plugged it back in.
>>>>>
>>>>>All hell has broken loose with my RAID array. I could not even run
>>>>>Ghost (BSOD related to the Promise raid driver being less-than-equal. I
>>>>>finally unplugged the SATA drives, and was able to boot into Ghost,
>>>>>restore a recent drive image, then before I rebooted, I plugged the
>>>>>SATA cables back in.
>>>>>
>>>>>I got a message that my RAID array was hosed so I deleted it and then
>>>>>rebuilt it. Everything worked and life was good for about an hour. I
>>>>>turned my machine off, then a couple of hours later, I rebooted and the
>>>>>same thing happened but now I can't get the RAID array to work at all
>>>>>and my system drive shows to be unbootable.
>>>>>
>>>>>I'm wondering if this could be faulty SATA cables. Both cables I'm
>>>>>using were bent over double back before I had my EDS cards in a Magma
>>>>>because of the vicinity of the SATA port locations. Believe me, I've
>>>>>tried everything else imaginable. I've got one new SATA cable here and
>>>>>I have switched it around between the two used cables but no luck. Both
>>>>>SATA drives do appear in the RAID setup. They just can't be arrayed
>>>>>properly.
>>>>>
>>>>>Guess I'll reformat my boot drive tomorrow and reload Windows ME and
>>>>>Paris. That's about all I use on this machine anyway (sigh)
>>>>>
>>>>>Luckily I have my audio files backed up because this RAID POS was my
>>>>>audio drive. Nothing lost except for a couple of .ppj's that aren't
>>>>>important. Even if it turns out to be a bad cable, I think I'll shitcan
>>>>>this RAID stuff and just get myself a nice big 7200 for audio.
>>>>>
>>>>>RAID=unnecessary PITA. IMO.
>>>>>Deej
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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| Re: wrists intact and so are SATA cables [message #78399 is a reply to message #78395] |
Mon, 15 January 2007 06:51 |
Deej [4]
Messages: 1292
Registered: January 2007
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>4 x ADAT <
make that 8 x ADAT modules
"DJ" <www.aarrrrggghhh!!!.com> wrote in message news:45ab8e20$1@linux...
> Jeff, the DAW I use has 4 x MECs, 4 x ADAT modules 3 x Magmas, 2 x
> computers with another 48 ADAT I/O, a WC module, A WC distributor, 2 x
> digital patchbays, 4 x outboard DSP processors an ADAT>AES format
> converter, two S/Pdif > AES format converters and a 240v/110v step down
> converter. There are power cables for each of these and quite a few
> digital interconnect cables. If just one of these goes south, it's ****
> city. I love it.
>
> ;o)
>
>
> If these are booted in the proper sequence or
> "Jeff hoover" <jkhoover@excite-DOT-com> wrote in message
> news:45ab199c@linux...
>> And if the power cable came loose on your all ITB 256 track with zero
>> latency dream machine, you'd probably be in the same situation
>>
>> ;-p
>>
>> Hoov
>>
>> DJ wrote:
>>> The power cable to my 7 slot Magma holding the EDS cards had wiggled
>>> loose and the chassis had shut down. If even one little niggling thing
>>> isn't right with this monstrosity, the whole thing will fold like a
>>> house of cards.
>>>
>>> ;o)
>>>
>>> "Aaron Allen" <know-spam@not_here.dude> wrote in message
>>> news:45aa773c@linux...
>>>
>>>>... and the problem was?....
>>>>AA
>>>>
>>>>"DJ" <www.aarrrrggghhh!!!.com> wrote in message news:45aa7171@linux...
>>>>
>>>>>Woke up this morning. Discovered the problem (not cable related at
>>>>>all). Fixed it. Rebooted DAW, deleted existing array (which was hosed),
>>>>>created new array. Everything works again. Am currently formatting a
>>>>>160G WD 8MB drive for audio.
>>>>>
>>>>>;o)
>>>>>
>>>>>"DJ" <www.aarrrrggghhh!!!.com> wrote in message news:45a9dcc4@linux...
>>>>>
>>>>>>Well.........****!!! I was noodling around with a PCI card on the MOBO
>>>>>>of my paris rig (it was turned off) and noticed that one of my SATA
>>>>>>cables was a bit stressed so I unplugged it, straightened it and then
>>>>>>plugged it back in.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>All hell has broken loose with my RAID array. I could not even run
>>>>>>Ghost (BSOD related to the Promise raid driver being less-than-equal.
>>>>>>I finally unplugged the SATA drives, and was able to boot into Ghost,
>>>>>>restore a recent drive image, then before I rebooted, I plugged the
>>>>>>SATA cables back in.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I got a message that my RAID array was hosed so I deleted it and then
>>>>>>rebuilt it. Everything worked and life was good for about an hour. I
>>>>>>turned my machine off, then a couple of hours later, I rebooted and
>>>>>>the same thing happened but now I can't get the RAID array to work at
>>>>>>all and my system drive shows to be unbootable.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I'm wondering if this could be faulty SATA cables. Both cables I'm
>>>>>>using were bent over double back before I had my EDS cards in a Magma
>>>>>>because of the vicinity of the SATA port locations. Believe me, I've
>>>>>>tried everything else imaginable. I've got one new SATA cable here and
>>>>>>I have switched it around between the two used cables but no luck.
>>>>>>Both SATA drives do appear in the RAID setup. They just can't be
>>>>>>arrayed properly.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Guess I'll reformat my boot drive tomorrow and reload Windows ME and
>>>>>>Paris. That's about all I use on this machine anyway (sigh)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Luckily I have my audio files backed up because this RAID POS was my
>>>>>>audio drive. Nothing lost except for a couple of .ppj's that aren't
>>>>>>important. Even if it turns out to be a bad cable, I think I'll
>>>>>>shitcan this RAID stuff and just get myself a nice big 7200 for audio.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>RAID=unnecessary PITA. IMO.
>>>>>>Deej
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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