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On my Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise system I have a bunch of hard drives. The disk mode is set to 'RAID' in bios and I have 2 disks set as RAID 1. I also have a couple of other disks without any raid to store other data.
On random occasions a certain drive (always the same one) disconnects with the following event entry:
The device, \Device\Ide\iaStor0, did not respond within the timeout period
I have the latest Intel Rapid Storage software, I tried disabling LPM, switching cable, switching sata port but without any results. Does anyone have another suggestion for me?
Hardware:
- Motherboard: Asus P8H67-M PRO
- Disk: Samsung HD154UI
EDIT Apparently this disk had a ATAPI standard instead of an ATA standard. So it might nog have supported all the AHCI functions. Enabling hotswap in the bios DID solve the problem (I think) but I have swapped the disk with an ATA one to get the system fully stable for sure.
1More times than not, when I see this event it is somewhat rapidly (say a few months) followed with a
Server agents on SVR01 - Disk x failed
type email. – Ben Pilbrow – 2011-05-11T21:50:41.2701If it's always the same disk, that really smells of a disk going bad to me. – Ben Pilbrow – 2011-05-12T09:40:57.347
I would just like to add that in my case this was an early warning of a bad block on the disk. – Lasse Christiansen – 2013-08-25T19:26:19.337