Updated BIOS no more RAID!

[Mycobacteria]

When you update your BIOS do you need new drivers for your onboard NVIDIA RAID?

Because When I updated my BIOS I cant seem to run RAID 0 anymore!

[tuskenraider]

With some boards a BIOS update, that may contain an update of the RAID BIOS as well, causes the loss of any existing RAID array. My DFI board did this. Recreate the array with the same stripe and that should bring your array/data back. You may get a warning to ignore saying it will erase the drives' data. As with anything, I'm sure there's always a possibilty of things getting screwed up and data being lost but this is what needs to be done.

[thideras]

With some boards a BIOS update, that may contain an update of the RAID BIOS as well, causes the loss of any existing RAID array. My DFI board did this. Recreate the array with the same stripe and that should bring your array/data back. You may get a warning to ignore saying it will erase the drives' data. As with anything, I'm sure there's always a possibilty of things getting screwed up and data being lost but this is what needs to be done.If there is a possibility of losing data, back it up first and then do the reflash. Better safe than sorry! :bday:

[imposter]

Try looking for the bios upgrade without the raid upgrade in the bios upgradeor flash back the old bios you may get away with that . There are some programs that get data back after a raid array has been broken. Not positive.

[Randyman...]

Also see if your BIOS disabled RAID mode. Sometimes when you update BIOS, it resets to defaults.

Also, I know on Asus boards, they can be picky depending on HOW you update the BIOS. I usually update from within BIOS with a USB Key, or with a DOS Floppy (called "AFUDOS" in Asus land). I'm not sure what options your board offers...

Good luck :cool:

[tuskenraider]

If there is a possibility of losing data, back it up first and then do the reflash. Better safe than sorry! :bday:He also could buy a program like RAID Reconstructor (http://www.runtime.org/raid.htm)to get the RAID data to another drive then try to recreate the array and move the data back. If the drives/cables, etc. haven't been moved, just recreating the array does have a high probability of working. If the data is very valuable, the OP should try the program first.