issues using two raids cards

[johno4566]

hi am   wanting to use    windows 7   pc  as  file server  and       need to add a  raid card   for  net  app  disk self this is the raid card i am using   Adaptec ASR-5085 512MB when i install  windows  it install the driver

 

pc  specs are 32gb  of  ddr3  ram

i7  cpu 4400k

motherboard  Asus P8Z77-V DELUXE

 

but also got this  ADAPTEC ASR-71605   whihc is a   16 port

 

i rather not use onboard sata ports as i wont have enough      ports for all my  drives

 

but  whehn i next reboot    the server  wont  work     with the raids cards installed if i remove  either one   the  computer  will  boot   i have  seen heaps of computers    using  2  raid cards at the same time

 

it gets   stuck at the  windoiws  7 loading screen

 

hope  some one is able to   help  with this werid issue i know i   i got  enough pcie express lanes as well 

 

 

[leadeater]

Gaming motherboards aren't designed to run hardware RAID cards and while most of the time you are fine you can get in to problems. Similar issues myself in the past.

 

Changing the slot order of the cards might help. Failing that you may just have to use an onboard SATA port for the OS only and data disks on the RAID card, and if you can disable the RAID card BIOS hooks as that is where the problems mostly come from.

 

Motherboards that aren't workstation or server designs don't test or take in to consideration RAID cards at all so there is sadly a high chance of hitting problems like this. You can also have problems with a RAID card and a 10Gb NIC (or any PCIe NIC with PXE support). More things that have hooks and interactions with the BIOS on boot the more problems you'll have.

 

I don't think there is a better answer than you'll have to try a lot of different combinations and settings to see if you can get past the problem.