SIL0680 RAID + Windows XP Home

[k1rlr]

I just upgraded my PC, moving from an Intel processor to an AMD Phenom II on a Biostar TA790GXB A2+ board.

My old pc recognized my SIL0680 RAID card and my 2 striped arrays worked fine. I built my new pc and installed the RAID card with no issues on Windows XP Home SP2. When I put the drives in, the RAID BIOS recognizes both arrays, the mobo BIOS recognizes both arrays, but Windows hangs. The POST screen runs as usual, the SIL0680 screen appears and finds the arrays, then the hardware monitor screen opens and shows everything normal on the board, then I get the 'beep' that indicates the hardware is done and Windows is starting.

Then nothing...the hardware screen is still there, but Windows never starts.

When I remove the drives (disconnect the IDE cables at the SIL0680 RAID card), system boots fine.

This is a major issue for me, as I have a couple's wedding photos on my RAID drive (one is the main array, the other is my backup) and I can't get them off of the drives.

Windows shows no conflicts. Mobo shows no issues. What could be the problem? I can't generate any kind of 'log' since Windows never starts.

Any ideas?

Thanks!

[k1rlr]

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[cluberti]

Did you really just move your hard drives from an older *Intel* machine to a newer *AMD* machine and think that Windows would boot? I would have at least suggest sysprep before moving from one vendor to another - and AMD to Intel usually goes far cleaner than what you did.

Here's a question - if you press F8 repeatedly after your RAID controller BIOS exits the screen, can you see the XP boot menu? If so, can you boot in Safe Mode?

Note you may have to do a repair install to get things working again, so keep that in the back of your mind.

[k1rlr]

Did you really just move your hard drives from an older *Intel* machine to a newer *AMD* machine and think that Windows would boot?

Well, yes, considering the RAID arrays I moved were not the boot drives.

The RAID arrays I moved were my G drive (Video) and H drive (Render).

Since the drives that were moved were data drives, I shouldn't have any issues since they are storage. The RAID card identifes all 4 drives as 2 pairs, so the drives are fine as is the card. But once the POST is done, Windows won't start.

When I remove all 4 drives (disconnect the IDE cables), the RAID card boots and finds no drives, then Windows starts as pretty as you please. Considering I'm using the same version of Windows (even the same exact CD), I thought that moving the RAID card wouldn't be an issue (especially since I've done it before - the last time I upgraded).

[cluberti]

Did you really just move your hard drives from an older *Intel* machine to a newer *AMD* machine and think that Windows would boot?

Well, yes, considering the RAID arrays I moved were not the boot drives.

Whew . OK, so that makes me feel a bit better. Are we sure the new machine has enough power from the PSU for those drives plus all the other components?

[k1rlr]

OK, so that makes me feel a bit better. Are we sure the new machine has enough power from the PSU for those drives plus all the other components?

It's a 650w power supply...bigger than my last one by a good 200w, so I'd imagine so. I'm only running the C and D drive (WD Caviar 500gb), 2 CD/DVD drives and the 4 raid drives.