https://community.solidigm.com/t5/archive/slow-post-with-raid0/m-p/5506#M5368 <P>Greetings,</P><P></P><P>I'm seeing a problem during boot-up on my <A href="http://www.notebookreview.com/coupons/sony.asp" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://www.notebookreview.com/coupons/sony.asp</A> Sony Z which has 4 x 128GB SSD drives in RAID 0 via the Intel option ROM..</P><P></P><P>The machine appears to take longer to complete the POST process than it should. In the following video, you can see that after the Intel Option ROM display, there is an extended time where the cursor blinks. While this happens, the HDD indicator light stays lit.</P><P></P><P><A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTmjoZQM4dc" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTmjoZQM4dc</A> YouTube - Sony Z VPCZ11FHX/XQ - Slow POST</P><P></P><P>Unfortunately, I didn't shoot any video of this specific machine before this issue began but I did shoot one on an "eval" VPCZ112GX/S I had previously.</P><P></P><P><A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSCFsgRV8fA" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSCFsgRV8fA</A> YouTube - Sony Z post time with RAID shown and hidden.</P><P></P><P>This behavior started after I recreated the RAID volume.</P><P></P><P>Does anybody have and idea why this is happening?</P> Sat, 29 May 2010 04:22:53 GMT idata 2010-05-29T04:22:53Z https://community.solidigm.com/t5/archive/slow-post-with-raid0/m-p/5506#M5368 <P>Greetings,</P><P></P><P>I'm seeing a problem during boot-up on my <A href="http://www.notebookreview.com/coupons/sony.asp" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://www.notebookreview.com/coupons/sony.asp</A> Sony Z which has 4 x 128GB SSD drives in RAID 0 via the Intel option ROM..</P><P></P><P>The machine appears to take longer to complete the POST process than it should. In the following video, you can see that after the Intel Option ROM display, there is an extended time where the cursor blinks. While this happens, the HDD indicator light stays lit.</P><P></P><P><A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTmjoZQM4dc" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTmjoZQM4dc</A> YouTube - Sony Z VPCZ11FHX/XQ - Slow POST</P><P></P><P>Unfortunately, I didn't shoot any video of this specific machine before this issue began but I did shoot one on an "eval" VPCZ112GX/S I had previously.</P><P></P><P><A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSCFsgRV8fA" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSCFsgRV8fA</A> YouTube - Sony Z post time with RAID shown and hidden.</P><P></P><P>This behavior started after I recreated the RAID volume.</P><P></P><P>Does anybody have and idea why this is happening?</P> Sat, 29 May 2010 04:22:53 GMT https://community.solidigm.com/t5/archive/slow-post-with-raid0/m-p/5506#M5368 idata 2010-05-29T04:22:53Z https://community.solidigm.com/t5/archive/slow-post-with-raid0/m-p/5507#M5369 <P>Hello, it is hard to say if your Solid State Drive is cause of this slow boot using raid. </P><P>I suggest you to install the latest version of your BIOS and latest RAID controller.</P><P>If the issue persists I recommend you to contact the system manufacturer to see if they have any suggestion about this issue.</P> Thu, 30 Sep 2010 16:42:11 GMT https://community.solidigm.com/t5/archive/slow-post-with-raid0/m-p/5507#M5369 MBall5 2010-09-30T16:42:11Z