Capt Proton Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 Rig is as listed. Got two refurbished Force 3 120GBs last week.. Hooked them up to my Intel controller in RAID 0 and used Acronis True Image to image them with the Operating system (Windows 7 64bit). They worked well fro a week. Yesterday, I move them to ports 1 & 1 (they were on 4 & 5) and did a custom Install of Windows 7 on a 100GB partition. All seemed to be going well until my system crashed out and started to POST. This was due, I think, to a loose power cord. I mention this for info, I am not saying it is the cause of my problems, though it may be. Let me also state that I already know I have SATA 6GBs drives hooked to a 3 GBs controller. System started to freeze up, though not totally or all at once. If I am remembering correctly, it was always when I had my browser, Firefox 7.0.1, open and a movie playing in Netflix (therefore Silverlight). Sometimes the video would stop while audio kept going and I was able to bring up task manager and kill firefox. Sometimes Task Manager would freeze and become non responsive. Eventually, everything would freeze and I had to exit using the power button. Finally, the array was corrupted and I couldn't boot. I imaged a partition on my old hard drive Intel array. It is an image I made of the system recently installed on the SSDs before I started experiencing trouble. This seems to be working fine. I also tried imaging the SSDs with this same image, however, the freezes just started again, more and more frequently. What should I do? RMA? Secure erase and try the image that is working on my mechanical drives again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellowbeard Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 I suggest a secure erase of the SSDs and a clean installation of the OS. That is the only way you are going to eliminate all of the other variables in the instability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt Proton Posted November 12, 2011 Author Share Posted November 12, 2011 I suggest a secure erase of the SSDs and a clean installation of the OS. That is the only way you are going to eliminate all of the other variables in the instability. You answered after all! My very own conclusion. I have already done the secure erase with Magic Part. I shall reimage using Acronis so that I can then use my upgrade version of Windows 7 to install again. If it doesn't improve this time, I shall be looking for an RMA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellowbeard Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 Do a CLEAN installation of the OS from a proper WIN7 DVD or USB+ISO image from MS. If you have issues after that, update the firmware if you are not already on 1.3.3 and then follow ALL the tips on the .PDF file. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt Proton Posted November 12, 2011 Author Share Posted November 12, 2011 Just to be clear. I have an upgrade version of Windows 7. I plan to do a "Custom" (clean) install over top of the reimaged version of Windows. If I do not have a version of Windows installed, I cannot use my upgrade media. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellowbeard Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 Just to be clear. I have an upgrade version of Windows 7. I plan to do a "Custom" (clean) install over top of the reimaged version of Windows. If I do not have a version of Windows installed, I cannot use my upgrade media. Then start with a disk install, not a cloned image. You never know if the cloning is correct or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt Proton Posted November 12, 2011 Author Share Posted November 12, 2011 That's the point. I need a version installed before I can use the upgrade version. The installed version will be the image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellowbeard Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 Then based on your first post, you are introducing variables to the equation that could be causing your issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt Proton Posted November 13, 2011 Author Share Posted November 13, 2011 Wouldn't the fact that I would be doing a "Custom" Install after I restore the image eliminate the variables? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toasted Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 You are restoring from a image that had the problem? if you use that image then the problem may appear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EugenF Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 Just to be clear. I have an upgrade version of Windows 7. I plan to do a "Custom" (clean) install over top of the reimaged version of Windows. If I do not have a version of Windows installed, I cannot use my upgrade media. I know it is possible to use only updgrade verision to install Win7. Try this method: 1) install Win7 from upgrade disk. Don't activate it. 2) install angain Win7 from disk and activated it. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt Proton Posted November 13, 2011 Author Share Posted November 13, 2011 You are restoring from a image that had the problem? if you use that image then the problem may appear. As stated in my original post, same image with mechanical hard drives, no issues. With SSDs, freeze ups when running firefox and Netflix (by extension silverlight) freeze ups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmarcusnl Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 better safe than sorry dude..but then again, you can always try your idea first and see what happens, if the issues re-appear you can always try something else.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt Proton Posted November 13, 2011 Author Share Posted November 13, 2011 So, the double install worked, and I think I have solved the issue. Certainly hope so. I watched a movie and no hang or crash. Thanks for the suggestions. at least Windows 7 activates better than XP or Vista did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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