Hello,
I have an Intel RAID1 setup in a Gateway FX530 computer.
I have been experiencing Blue Screens recently and was led to the conclusion that the problem could be with one of the drives. I restarted the system and entered the RAID configuration menu. One of the drives was indicated as having a SMART Event(0).
After some searching online, I thought it would probably be best to replace the drive which was indicated as having the SMART event.
After replacing the drive and restarting the system, I initiated the rebuild process from the RAID setup menu.
Long story short... there have been several additional Blue Screen shutdowns. (None with the iastor message.)
Looking at the RAID configuration menu, the drive which was part of the original RAID1 setup is indicated as "Error Occurred(0)" in the setup menu, with the RAID status as "Degraded".
I'm interested in knowing if this is common. Do I now need to replace the second original drive? (The new drive was a Seagate that was similar to the one removed. It was the same type of drive (SATA), and the size was the same (931.5GB); but it was a different height (thinner). I asked at BestBuy when I purchased it and was told that as long as it is SATA and the same size I should be good.
Any thoughts?
Thanks
Jeff