Problems and Solutionswww.3ware.com 213Remember that creating or deleting a RAID unit overwrites anyexisting data on the member drives. Reinstall your operating system. If you installed your operating system when you installed the 3wareRAID controller, you may have made a mistake in installing theoperating system. Reinstall your operating system. There may be a compatibility problem between the motherboardsystem BIOS and the 3ware BIOS. Check the 3ware website(www.3ware.com) to see if your motherboard is compatible with the3ware BIOS, and check with your motherboard manufacturer forpotential BIOS updates.Q5: A unit shows up as unusable, similar to the following:4 drive 64K RAID 5 missing drive(s)Port 1 Maxtor 6B300S0 279.86 GBPort 2 Maxtor 6B300S0 279.86 GBThe unit has some but not all of its members available. The unit will beunusable. If this unit is your boot device, your system will not boot. Youmust either find the missing disk and replace it to complete the unit, orrelease the member disks by deleting the incomplete array(s) listed inthe display. Remember that deleting a RAID unit overwrites any exist-ing data on the member drives.Problems in 3DMQ6: A 3ware RAID controller does not show in the list ofcontrollers.You may not have the most recent driver for your controller (7000/8000,9000).To find out the driver number currently installed, see “Determining theCurrent Version of Your 3ware Driver” on page 189Current drivers are available for download on the 3ware website athttp://www.3ware.com/support/download.asp.
