Slow boot with Promise RAID TX2000

I have a RAID controller from Promise (TX2000). When I boot the system it says scanning IDE drives. . . . . . . This takes over 20 seconds before switching to the RAID controller and boot up. Is there a way to make the boot-up-process faster? In the BIOS I chose SCSI as first boot device.

Windows Hardware 9627 This topic was started by Vasco, 2003-01-16 11:55

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Vasco

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#102330

2003-01-16 12:55

I have a RAID controller from Promise (TX2000). When I boot the system it says "scanning IDE drives......". This takes over 20 seconds before switching to the RAID controller and boot up.

Is there a way to make the boot-up-process faster? In the BIOS I chose SCSI as first boot device. Anything else I deactivated (Floppy, IDE etc.)

My system:
ASUS A7N8X nForce2
Athlon XP 2600+, not o/c'ed
2 x 512 MB DDRAM PC-3200 CL3 (Apacer)
MSI GeForce 4 Ti 4400
Acer DVD 16x
Plextor CD-writer 48x
Promise FastTrak TX2000
2 x WD 1200JB HD
PS Enermax 350W
Sound onboard (nVidia)
Network onboard (3Com)
WindowsXP Pro, SP 1

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sapiens74

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#102331

2003-01-16 13:27

Raid drives are notoriously slow at boot.

You gotta learn to live with it.

Vasco

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#102332

2003-01-16 14:30

OK thanks

I thought maybe there is a way to make it faster. But it seems to be normal. Thanks again

Mr.Guvernment

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#102333

2003-01-16 14:47

U can change your IDE driver in your bios to "manual" this wil save the bios from looking for the drives and it knows they are there so it skips that part at least.

Vasco

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#102334

2003-01-17 10:17

Thanks for the tip, have to try it when I'm at home.

t1n0m3n

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#102335

2003-01-20 06:02

Yeah, that seems to happen with WD drives.
You can make it be faster if you connect a HD to all channels.
Before I had WD drives connected to my TX2, I had 2 Seagate Barracuda 4's and they did not seem to have that problem.

Vasco

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#102336

2003-01-22 16:52

Connect a HD to all channels? Do you mean I should install additional HDs and connect them to the IDE to make the boot-up faster? 8)

t1n0m3n

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#102337

2003-02-04 02:36

Oh, I reread your post....
This is happening BEFORE your card tries to post correct?
I would just disable the onboard IDE ports that you are not using (set the IDE from auto to none)

adamvjackson

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#102338

2003-02-04 04:45

Check the PnP setting in the BIOS, and also update to the latest firmware.