What RAID controller for a pair of X25M G2s

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I am buying a new Windows 7 (i7-870 / P55) system with two 80GB X25-M G2s and would like suggestions for the best RAID controller. My biggest concern is one that will allow me the upgrade the SSD firmware easily.

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Blowd,

Which drives are you using G1 or G2? When reinstalling, did you use secure erase 3.3 or 4.0 and wiped both drives? Which motherboard are u using (brand and chipset)? Which OS did u install and what is the driver version of the Intel matrix storage controller? In the general tab of the controller, line 3 states the location what does it say? In details you have property down below is a dropdown menu what does it say?

It just puzzles me what goes wrong, it might be the drive, it's very unusual though that hardware is bad. Many people have problems; it looks to me more like compatibly issues or certain driver issues.

Roland

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Hi,

use G2s. I've used Acronis secure wipe, should have done the job well.

Board is a DFI P45 T2RS, Eaglelake. OS Vista32Bit, Matrix (iaStor.sys) 8.8.0.1009, Locaion PCI-Bus 0, Gerät 31, Funktion 2.

I have a traditional HDD Raid0 on port 2 and 3 and this works great. Like I said before, I'm convinced its a issue with the SSD as it failed twice within 2 weeks.

Anyway thanks.

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Blowd,

In our data center we tested driver 8.8.0.1009, info came back as problematic with SSD's. Next time use driver 8.9.0.1023 also I would advise use secure erase 4.0, I personally tested the software with no hiccups – Works great. BTW do U use Kaspersky as an anti virus?

Roland

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Lets be VERY careful here. I had lots of problems with the 8.9.0.1023 from Intel (running 2 X25-E's in Raid 0) on my ASUS P5E3 Premium and I am not alone. I had already RMA'd both of my X25's before I came across other users having the same problem (and it wasn't the X25's!). One of the longest running threads on the Intel Support Community is this one /thread/5036?start=120&tstart=0 http://communities.intel.com/thread/5036?start=120&tstart=0 that, in a nutshell, says that a number of users have found serious problems working with the Intel 8.9 driver. When most of them reverted back to 8.8 the problem went away. I became very nervous when I read through this so, just to be sure, I went out and purchased an Adaptec Controller. Needless to say, I have had no problems since.

The other interesting point is that the Intel 8.9 driver comes standard with Windows 7. I am not for a second saying that ALL users will have similar problems, all I am saying is that if spending extra dollars gives me piece of mind then it is a small price to pay.

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Windows 7 64 - 2 G2's raid0 - P45 ICH10R driver 8.6.2.1012 also a good solution, no problems at all.

Roland