Hi there,
after a bit of an odyssey I am rebuilding my setup to suit my data storage needs. However, it turns out to be less of a walk in the park that I imagined. The LSI 9341-8i will not be started by Windows 8.1 64 bit (Error Code 10), as can be seen here. Windows complains about an I/O error.
Let's start with the setup:
- Main components: Intel 3940K processor on an ASUS P9x79 motherboard (BIOS 4801), 16 GB DDR3 RAM
- Graphics: GTX770
- Bootdisc: Samsung EVO 256 GB SSD Disc
- OS: Windows 8.1 Pro, 64 bit
As I need to increase my storage capacity, I wanted to build a new RAID5 setup with:
- controller 1: LSI MegaRaid SAS 9341-8i, able to manage 8 SATA drives
- additional to that, not linked to the RAID: controller 2: DAWIControl 624e, connected to Chieftec CBP-2131SAS, containing of three more drives (to ba added later)
- Discs: 8x 4TB Western Digital Red (WDEFRX) drives
The PCIe slot occupation on the motherboard is as follows:
1) PCIe 3.0 x16_1 slot: graphics card
2) PCIe 2.0 x1_1: unoccupied
3) PCIe 2.0 x1_2: unoccupied
4) PCIe 3.0 x16_2: DawiControl 624e controller
5) PCI 1: unoccupied
6) PCIe 3.0 x16_3 (at x8 mode): LSI MegaRaid SAS 9341-8i (problem is reproducible in slot 4 as well)
After starting the system (BIOS phase):
- the DawiControl Controller is recognized correctly (no drives attached to it, nothing configured)
- the LSI controller is recognized correctly. Initially, it stated that there was an 8-disc JBOD, which has been deleted, and a RAID5 VM with 8 discs has been created
However, booting in Windows:
- it did not show the Dawicontrol controller at all
- it showed the LSI controller, but with errors. I have installed the latest drivers (as can be seen here and here), but it gives Error 10 (device cannot start, error code 10), as can be seen here.
To avoid IRQ or other incompatibility conflicts, I have removed the DawControl card and restarted the system. Unfortunately, to no avail. Updating the outdated firmware of the LSI card has been tried several times, but also to no avail, as the card cannot be found (which can be seen here).
I'm slowly running out of wits/skill for this one, your help is very welcome. Many thanks in advance!
Best regards from Holland!
after a bit of an odyssey I am rebuilding my setup to suit my data storage needs. However, it turns out to be less of a walk in the park that I imagined. The LSI 9341-8i will not be started by Windows 8.1 64 bit (Error Code 10), as can be seen here. Windows complains about an I/O error.
Let's start with the setup:
- Main components: Intel 3940K processor on an ASUS P9x79 motherboard (BIOS 4801), 16 GB DDR3 RAM
- Graphics: GTX770
- Bootdisc: Samsung EVO 256 GB SSD Disc
- OS: Windows 8.1 Pro, 64 bit
As I need to increase my storage capacity, I wanted to build a new RAID5 setup with:
- controller 1: LSI MegaRaid SAS 9341-8i, able to manage 8 SATA drives
- additional to that, not linked to the RAID: controller 2: DAWIControl 624e, connected to Chieftec CBP-2131SAS, containing of three more drives (to ba added later)
- Discs: 8x 4TB Western Digital Red (WDEFRX) drives
The PCIe slot occupation on the motherboard is as follows:
1) PCIe 3.0 x16_1 slot: graphics card
2) PCIe 2.0 x1_1: unoccupied
3) PCIe 2.0 x1_2: unoccupied
4) PCIe 3.0 x16_2: DawiControl 624e controller
5) PCI 1: unoccupied
6) PCIe 3.0 x16_3 (at x8 mode): LSI MegaRaid SAS 9341-8i (problem is reproducible in slot 4 as well)
After starting the system (BIOS phase):
- the DawiControl Controller is recognized correctly (no drives attached to it, nothing configured)
- the LSI controller is recognized correctly. Initially, it stated that there was an 8-disc JBOD, which has been deleted, and a RAID5 VM with 8 discs has been created
However, booting in Windows:
- it did not show the Dawicontrol controller at all
- it showed the LSI controller, but with errors. I have installed the latest drivers (as can be seen here and here), but it gives Error 10 (device cannot start, error code 10), as can be seen here.
To avoid IRQ or other incompatibility conflicts, I have removed the DawControl card and restarted the system. Unfortunately, to no avail. Updating the outdated firmware of the LSI card has been tried several times, but also to no avail, as the card cannot be found (which can be seen here).
I'm slowly running out of wits/skill for this one, your help is very welcome. Many thanks in advance!
Best regards from Holland!
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