Marvell Controller Dead on Classified SR-2?

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cpnet

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Marvell Controller Dead on Classified SR-2? Thursday, May 10, 2012 7:16 PM (permalink)
My Windows 7 PC started giving me Event ID 7001 errors a few days ago.  Today, my PC started spontaneously shutting down making it hard for me to diagnose the 7001 errors.  Now my PC won't boot at all.
 
When I try to boot, it seems like the Marvell controller on my SR-2 isn't detected.  My boot drive (actually two WD SATA 6.0 drives in RAID 1 attached to the two internal SATA 6.0 ports) are not detected since the controller isn't even detected.  I do still see the JMicron controller listed during the boot up.  My BluRay drive (attached to one of the internal SATA II Ports) still works. 
 
In the BIOS editor,  in the SATA Configuration, "SATA#1 Configuration" is set to 'Compatible', and "SATA#2 Configuration" is set to 'Enhanced'.  "Configure SATA#1 as" is set to 'IDE'.
 
The "SATA 3.0 Storage Controller" setting is 'Enabled'.
 
In the "Boot Device Priority" section of the BIOS, only my BluRay is listed as an option. 
 
I have not done a BIOS update in a long time.  That POST display on the MB is displaying 38, 39, or 40 (which I guess is the temperature of the MB)? 
  
 
Is there anything I can/should do to trouble shoot or this (short of getting a new MB)? 
 
Please help! 
<message edited by cpnet on Thursday, May 10, 2012 8:38 PM>
 
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    massdestructor

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    Re:Marvell Controller Dead on Classified SR-2? Friday, May 11, 2012 8:17 AM (permalink)
    This is the second case of a dead marvell controller in this forum, the first ended in RMA if i remember correctly. Sorry.
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      Re:Marvell Controller Dead on Classified SR-2? Friday, May 11, 2012 8:52 AM (permalink)
      cpnet

      In the BIOS editor,  in the SATA Configuration, "SATA#1 Configuration" is set to 'Compatible', and "SATA#2 Configuration" is set to 'Enhanced'.  "Configure SATA#1 as" is set to 'IDE'. 


      Is there anything I can/should do to trouble shoot or this (short of getting a new MB)? 

      Please help! 

      If the SATA#1 drive is part of your Raid, I think it has to be configured as "Enhanced". The "compatible" mode runs the IDE emulator and does not support Raid/AHCI. But I don't know whether this is the cause or an effect of your problem. If you had previously imaged or backed up the Raid drives, I would change the configuration to "Enhance" and see what happens.
       
      Alternatively, you might rule out the possibility that something else on the motherboard has failed by booting into your operating system either from the OS DVD or by installing a new drive into one of  the SATA 0-5 (JMicron controlled) ports. If you are able to boot into the operating system, check the Marvell Storage Utility and see whether you can glean anything about the problem.
      <message edited by RetiredProfessor on Friday, May 11, 2012 11:19 AM>

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        cpnet

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        Re:Marvell Controller Dead on Classified SR-2? Friday, May 11, 2012 1:21 PM (permalink)
        I'm not positive, butI think the SATA#1 and SATA#2 settings refer to the SATA 3.0 ports rather than the SATA 6.0 ports that my RAID is actually running on?
         
        I have a bootable DVD version of Acronis Backup and Recovery 11.  It allows me to run a Disk Management tool which does not see any drives. 
         
        I did have a thought, -since I'm running RAID 1 could I just move one of my drives to one of the SATA 3.0 ports (JMicron controller) and have it "just work"?  That might at least allow me to boot into my OS to see what's going on?  Or can I move both drives to the SATA 3.0 ports and retain the RAID 1 and the data on the drives?  I'm not clear if changing controllers (from the Marvell to the JMicron) means I have to reformat my drives?
         
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