Will an LSI card help me?

[Jae Tee]

Hey guy's. Trying to set up a media server in windows (however I had similar problems in Linux, so don't offer that as a solution). The issue im having is, when I go to initialize the HDD in Disk Manager I get an error: The request could not be performed due to an I/O error. (See below) I know it's not the drive itself (just trust me here) or cable for that matter. So my assumption is the sata controller on my mobo simply can't handle these drives (8TB WD red x4). So would an lsi card similar to the 1 below help for my issue? I know I should be using 1 anyway, but before I buy 1 I want to know if it'll take care of the issue im having.

 

[Exidor]

If the issue is your MOBO then yes. It is completely independent from your MOBO and presents the drives as one physical drive to the OS.

You will bypass the MOBO and all the windows storagespace etc...

 

But that error looks strange.

[Jae Tee]

3 minutes ago, Exidor said:

If the issue is your MOBO then yes. It is completely independent from your MOBO and presents the drives as one physical drive to the OS.

You will bypass the MOBO and all the windows storagespace etc...

 

But that error looks strange.

Problem is, I don't know why I'm getting that error. Whether it's the sata controller on my mobo, or something less obvious. I have a brief understanding of how those cards work I just want to know if they'll take care of my issue.

[Exidor]

Probably....?

Hard to say as we do not know what is the issue.

 

Is it you just plug in 1 drive in any SATA header and you get that error?

Does the BIOS see the drives?

[Jae Tee]

3 minutes ago, Exidor said:

Probably....?

Hard to say as we do not know what is the issue.

 

Is it you just plug in 1 drive in any SATA header and you get that error?

Does the BIOS see the drives?

Weird thing is I remember NOT seeing them in the bios today but I have in the past, and yet even then I got this error. And yes this happens with every header on the mobo. I've even tried other (similar) mobo with the same results. 

[Exidor]

What MOBO are you on?

And I guess you flat out can not initialise the drive correct?

 

 

I am curious what happens if you use CMD?

In this method, you have to run commands on the command prompt window. Simply perform the below-mentioned steps:

To begin with, press Win+R to launch the command prompt
Now, type diskpart and press the Enter key
Then, enter list disk and hit the Enter key
After that, type select disk (drive_letter) and press Enter
Here, drive_letter is the letter which is allocated to the uninitialized disk
Now, type clean and hit Enter
Then, to define the partition as MBR or GPT, type convert GPT or convert MBR and hit Enter
After that, type assign and press the Enter key
To exit from cmd, type exit and hit the Enter key

 

Does diskpart see the discs?

Obviously this is only relevant if you see the drives in BIOS.....

 

 

In theory using a RAID controller card should bypass the mobo and the OS entirely but that error is strange.