turbocharged

I have a LG GSA-H22L DVD drive and it won't show up in Windows. I installed Vista using it and setup a RAID 0 array. When I boot my computer and it shows my RAID array it also says "ODD1: HL_DVD_GSA_H22L" or something like that. ODD is optical disk drive. From what I can gather, this means it is recognized by my IDE control. But when I go to windows and either put in a cd or try to access it though my computer it is not there. I have tried everything I know and still no luck.

Any help would be appreciated.

Donnie Darko

Right click "My Computer" (or "Computer", as it's called now in Vista) > "Manage" > "Storage" > "Disk Management" and see if it is shown there.

Also, just above it, check Device Manager. Click "View" > "show hidden devices" and report any yellow or red-flagged devices.

Is it possible when you configured your RAID, you somehow included the optical drive in a RAID configuration that doesn't exist ?

turbocharged

Nope it isn't in Device Manager or Disk Management.

I highly doubt it is included in the raid array. Gigabyte seems to use the same JMicron SATA controller as my Abit AB9 board and when I had raid setup on that it looked the same at bootup.

Donnie Darko

Is the optical drive shown in BIOS ?

If it is, physically disconnect the RAIDed drives and boot one of them as a normal drive.

See if optical drive appears.

This problem may be unrelated to the RAID.

AmericanNightmare

I use a JMicron SATA RAID card that has an IDE slot as well on it and if i try and use the IDE slot for one of my optical drives when using the card for RAID 0 it is not recognized by Windows as the JMicron controller includes it in the RAID array for some reason. If i hit Crtl+J there it is, Optiarc/NEC Super RAID. If i use the card as a plain old SATA controller Windows sees the optical drive as it is no longer mistaken for a RAID device.

So this could very well be the case with your onboard JMicron controller as well.

turbocharged

So lets see here then. I need to go back and enable the Intel SATA controler and transfer my HDD's to those ports and try again? Last time I tried something like this I had to reinstall windows.

AmericanNightmare

I'm not saying that. All i am doing is relating to you that i have a JMicron RAID contoller card that behaves in a similar fashion. If RAID is enabled any drive hooked to it is recognized as such.

b.walker36

Do you use the built in raid on the mobo. Cuase with mine there was a way to set the sata ports to act as raid or normal ide and when i set them to raid my disk drives didnt work. But when i switched it back they worked. It wasnt the first option to set raid casue one of them has to be enabled.

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AmericanNightmare

He's running a RAID array if he disables the RAID function he'll loose his mirrors.

turbocharged

My onboard controller is set to "IDE/RAID" in bios. My manual says this...

"Turn on your computer and press <Delete> to enter BIOS Setup during the POST. In BIOS Setup, go to Integrated Peripherals, ensure that Onboard SATA/IDE Device is enabled. Then set Onboard SATA/IDE Ctrl Mode to RAID/IDE (Figure 1). If you do not want to create RAID, set this item to IDE or AHCI, depending on your need."